Brothers in Arms (120 page)

Authors: Odd Arne Westad

Tags: #Political Science, #International Relations, #General, #test

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Mao Zedong: We believe that the new treaty should include a paragraph on consultation regarding international concerns. The addition of this paragraph would strengthen our position, since among the Chinese national bourgeoisie there are objections to the policy of rapprochement with the Soviet Union on questions of international concern.


Stalin: Good. When signing a treaty of friendship and cooperation, the inclusion of such a paragraph goes without saying.


Mao Zedong: That's right.


Stalin: To whom shall we entrust the preparation of the draft? I believe that we should entrust it to [Andrei] Vyshinskii and Zhou Enlai.


Mao Zedong: Agreed.


Stalin: Let us move over to the agreement on the Chinese Changchun Railway [CCR]. What proposals do you have on this question?


Mao Zedong: Perhaps we should accept as the guiding principle the idea of making practical changes concerning the CCR and the Port Arthur agreements, while legally continuing them in their present state?

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