Participants: Mao Zedong, Nehru, Zhou Enlai, Chen Jiakang, Ji Chaoding, Shi Zhe, R.K. Nehru
Archive: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
URL: https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/minutes-chairman-mao-zedongs-third-meeting-nehru

Mao Zedong: Are you accustomed to living here?

Nehru: I am accustomed to it.

Mao Zedong: I think you are more accustomed to living in China than I am to living in India. I have never been to India.

Nehru: I hope that you will visit India in the future. The Indian people will be very happy.

Mao Zedong: I will be very happy too. However, if I go, I am afraid that I will be surrounded by the masses. I am afraid of noise.

Nehru: We will find a quiet place for you.

Mao Zedong: I am afraid of meeting people.

Nehru: You won’t have to meet people.

Mao Zedong: I am afraid of speaking.

Nehru: You won’t have to speak.

Mao Zedong: If that is the case, then it will be good.

Nehru: I am very happy to have the opportunity to meet with you.

Mao Zedong: I am also very happy to meet with you. We have a lot of things in common. We both oppose imperialism.

Nehru: Yes, that is right.

Mao Zedong: Some people are afraid of us. They say that we are very fierce.

Nehru: Yes, some people say that.

Mao Zedong: We are not fierce. We are very kind.

Nehru: I know that.

Mao Zedong: We want to be friends with all countries.

Nehru: That is very good.

Mao Zedong: We don’t want to invade anyone.

Nehru: I believe that.

Mao Zedong: We want to help other countries.

Nehru: That is very good.

Mao Zedong: We want to learn from other countries.

Nehru: That is also very good.

Mao Zedong: We are still very backward.

Nehru: We are also very backward.

Mao Zedong: We need to learn from each other.

Nehru: Yes, that is right.

Mao Zedong: We should not be arrogant.

Nehru: We should be modest.

Mao Zedong: We should help each other.

Nehru: We should cooperate with each other.

Mao Zedong: We should unite together.

Nehru: We should be united.

Mao Zedong: Long live the friendship between China and India!

Nehru: Long live the friendship between India and China!