Mao Zedong's Draft Telegram to Liu Shaoqi

Telegram to Liu Shaoqi and Others
(February 2, 1950)
Comrade Shaoqi, urgently forward to Chen and Bo [I]:
In the loan agreement, there is an annex [3], namely that our side is responsible for supplying strategic materials to the Soviet Union. The Soviet side has requested four types: tungsten, tin, antimony, and lead. The method is that during the fourteen years of loan repayment (1950 to 1963), China shall sell its surplus ores to the Soviet Union. For tungsten: 8,000 tons per year in the first and second years, 9,000 tons per year in the third and fourth years, and 10,000 tons per year in the subsequent ten years. For tin: 7,000 tons per year in the first and second years, 8,000 tons per year in the third and fourth years, and 10,000 tons per year in the subsequent ten years. For antimony: 6,000 tons per year in the first and second years, 7,000 tons per year in the third and fourth years, and 8,000 tons per year in the subsequent ten years. For lead: 5,000 tons per year in the first and second years, 6,000 tons per year in the third and fourth years, and 8,000 tons per year in the subsequent ten years. Exports in the first four years shall be included in the annual commodity exchange lists, and those in the subsequent ten years may be used for loan repayment, with prices calculated according to world market prices. We, except for informing them that lead is an import for us...

[I]
Chen and Bo refer to Chen Yun and Bo Yibo. Chen Yun was then Vice Premier of the Government Administration Council of the Central People's Government, concurrently Director of the Financial and Economic Committee and Minister of Heavy Industry. Bo Yibo was then Deputy Director of the Financial and Economic Committee of the Government Administration Council of the Central People's Government, concurrently Minister of Finance.
[2]
Refers to the Agreement between the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Loan to the People's Republic of China. The agreement was signed in Moscow on February 14, 1950.
[3]
Refers to the secret protocol attached to the Agreement between the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Loan to the People's Republic of China.