Comment on the Issue of Concluding a Sino-Mongolian Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation[!]

(March 21, 1960)

Agree. It seems advisable to copy and send one copy each to the Soviet Union, Korea, and Vietnam. If Korea and Vietnam are willing to conclude similar treaties and treaties of friendly alliance and mutual assistance containing military aid clauses, I think that would also be possible. Whether this opinion is appropriate, please raise it before the Central Committee meeting for discussion and decision.

Mao Zedong

March 21

Chuan

This is a comment on the draft telegram from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Xie Fusheng, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Mongolian People's Republic, regarding the conclusion of a Sino-Mongolian Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation and other issues, submitted by Zhou Enlai on March 20, 1960.

The draft telegram states: Please reply to the Mongolian Foreign Minister: Our government warmly endorses the proposal put forward by the Mongolian government to conclude a Sino-Mongolian Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation. If the Mongolian government agrees, Premier Zhou Enlai is very willing to go to Ulaanbaatar to sign this treaty, with the specific date to be separately agreed upon later. Attached with the telegram is one copy of the "Sino-Mongolian Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation (Draft)", which may be used at an appropriate time to solicit the Mongolian side's opinions on the specific content of the treaty.

On March 24, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent this telegram.