and the telegram concerning the Joint Announcement on the Transfer of the
Chinese Eastern Railway
(August 30, 1952)
Comrade Enlai:
Your telegram of August 28 (I J) has been received. We concur with the Soviet side’s proposed exchange of notes regarding Lushunkou. We also, in principle, agree to the Soviet side’s proposed joint announcement on the transfer of the Chinese Eastern Railway.
Mao Zedong
August 30, 24:00
[1]
Refers to Zhou Enlai’s telegram dated August 28, 1952, to Mao Zedong and the Central Committee, reporting on the second round of talks between the Chinese and Soviet delegations.
[2]
Refers to the exchange of notes between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning the extension of the period for the joint use of the naval base at Lushunkou, China. The formal exchange of notes took place on September 15, 1952.
[3]
Refers to the Sino-Soviet Joint Announcement on the Transfer of the Chinese Changchun Railway to the Government of the People’s Republic of China. The announcement was made on September 15, 1952, stipulating that the Chinese Changchun Railway should be fully transferred to the People’s Republic of China no later than December 31, 1952.