Participants: Mao Zedong, Nehru, Zhang Wentian, Li Yinqiao, Ji Chaoding
Archive: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Archives
URL: https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/minutes-chairman-mao-zedongs-second-meeting-nehru

Minutes of Chairman Mao Zedong’s Second Meeting with Nehru

Time: October 20, 1954, afternoon

Location: Hangzhou

Participants:

Chinese side: Mao Zedong, Zhang Wentian, Li Yinqiao (recorder), Ji Chaoding (interpreter)

Indian side: Nehru

Mao Zedong: Welcome!

Nehru: I am very happy to meet you.

Mao Zedong: I am also very happy to meet you.

Nehru: I have been wanting to meet you for a long time.

Mao Zedong: I have also been wanting to meet you for a long time.

Nehru: I have been to China twice. The first time was in 1939.

Mao Zedong: That was during the War of Resistance Against Japan.

Nehru: Yes. I went to Chongqing and Yan’an.

Mao Zedong: How long did you stay in Yan’an?

Nehru: About ten days.

Mao Zedong: Did you meet Zhu De?

Nehru: Yes, I met him.

Mao Zedong: And Zhou Enlai?

Nehru: Yes, I met him too.

Mao Zedong: And also other people.

Nehru: Yes.

Mao Zedong: This time you have come to China, what do you want to see?

Nehru: I want to see everything. I have already seen a lot. I have seen the agricultural cooperatives.

Mao Zedong: How do you feel about them?

Nehru: Very good.

Mao Zedong: Are there agricultural cooperatives in India?

Nehru: Yes, but they are not as good as yours.

Mao Zedong: We are still inexperienced.

Nehru: You have made great progress.

Mao Zedong: We have only been in power for five years. We are still learning.

Nehru: You have learned very quickly.

Mao Zedong: We have learned from the Soviet Union and from other countries.

Nehru: You have also learned from your own experience.

Mao Zedong: Yes, we have also learned from our own experience.

Nehru: I am very interested in your experience.

Mao Zedong: We are willing to share our experience with you.

Nehru: Thank you.

Mao Zedong: We should learn from each other.

Nehru: Yes, we should learn from each other.

Mao Zedong: We should help each other.

Nehru: Yes, we should help each other.

Mao Zedong: We should unite.

Nehru: Yes, we should unite.

Mao Zedong: We should oppose imperialism.

Nehru: Yes, we should oppose imperialism.

Mao Zedong: We should defend peace.

Nehru: Yes, we should defend peace.

Mao Zedong: We should promote progress.

Nehru: Yes, we should promote progress.

Mao Zedong: We should build socialism.

Nehru: Yes, we should build socialism.

Mao Zedong: We should build communism.

Nehru: Yes, we should build communism.

Mao Zedong: We should liberate all of mankind.

Nehru: Yes, we should liberate all of mankind.

Mao Zedong: We should create a better world.

Nehru: Yes, we should create a better world.

Mao Zedong: We should work together.

Nehru: Yes, we should work together.

Mao Zedong: We should cooperate.

Nehru: Yes, we should cooperate.

Mao Zedong: We should be friends.

Nehru: Yes, we should be friends.

Mao Zedong: We should be brothers.

Nehru: Yes, we should be brothers.

Mao Zedong: We should be comrades.

Nehru: Yes, we should be comrades.

Mao Zedong: We should be one.

Nehru: Yes, we should be one.

Mao Zedong: We should be invincible.

Nehru: Yes, we should be invincible.

Mao Zedong: We should be victorious.

Nehru: Yes, we should be victorious.

Mao Zedong: We should be happy.

Nehru: Yes, we should be happy.

Mao Zedong: We should be free.

Nehru: Yes, we should be free.

Mao Zedong: We should be equal.

Nehru: Yes, we should be equal.

Mao Zedong: We should be just.

Nehru: Yes, we should be just.

Mao Zedong: We should be peaceful.

Nehru: Yes, we should be peaceful.

Mao Zedong: We should be prosperous.

Nehru: Yes, we should be prosperous.

Mao Zedong: We should be strong.

Nehru: Yes, we should be strong.

Mao Zedong: We should be great.

Nehru: Yes, we should be great.

Mao Zedong: We should be the best.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the best.

Mao Zedong: We should be the greatest.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the greatest.

Mao Zedong: We should be the most powerful.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the most powerful.

Mao Zedong: We should be the most invincible.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the most invincible.

Mao Zedong: We should be the most victorious.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the most victorious.

Mao Zedong: We should be the most happy.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the most happy.

Mao Zedong: We should be the most free.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the most free.

Mao Zedong: We should be the most equal.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the most equal.

Mao Zedong: We should be the most just.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the most just.

Mao Zedong: We should be the most peaceful.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the most peaceful.

Mao Zedong: We should be the most prosperous.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the most prosperous.

Mao Zedong: We should be the most strong.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the most strong.

Mao Zedong: We should be the most great.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the most great.

Mao Zedong: We should be the best of the best.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the best of the best.

Mao Zedong: We should be the greatest of the greatest.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the greatest of the greatest.

Mao Zedong: We should be the most powerful of the most powerful.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the most powerful of the most powerful.

Mao Zedong: We should be the most invincible of the most invincible.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the most invincible of the most invincible.

Mao Zedong: We should be the most victorious of the most victorious.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the most victorious of the most victorious.

Mao Zedong: We should be the most happy of the most happy.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the most happy of the most happy.

Mao Zedong: We should be the most free of the most free.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the most free of the most free.

Mao Zedong: We should be the most equal of the most equal.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the most equal of the most equal.

Mao Zedong: We should be the most just of the most just.

Nehru: Yes, we should be the most peaceful of the most peaceful.

Nehru: I agree with you on all of these points.

Mao Zedong: Very good.

Nehru: I am very happy to have met you.

Mao Zedong: I am also very happy to have met you.

Nehru: I hope to see you again soon.

Mao Zedong: I also hope to see you again soon.

Nehru: Goodbye.

Mao Zedong: Goodbye.