Chapter 15 Trade with the Soviet Union should proceed from overall planning

(December 22, 1949) central: (1) According to Jiaxiang[1], Poland, Czech Republic and Germany all want to do business with us.In this way, in addition to the Soviet Union, these three countries are about to enter into commercial and trade relations.In addition, the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States, India and other countries have already done business or are about to do business.Therefore, when you are preparing a trade treaty with the Soviet Union, you should proceed from the perspective of overall planning. The Soviet Union is of course the first, but at the same time you must prepare to do business with Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, Britain, Japan, the United States and other countries. There is an approximate calculation. (2) The call on the 21st has been received, and an appointment has been made with Stalin for a talk on the 23rd or 24th.After this conversation, we can determine the policy and call you.

Mao Zedong 3:00 a.m. on the 11th and the 22nd Printed from manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Note [1] Jiaxiang, that is, Wang Jiaxiang (1906-1974), was born in Jing County, Anhui.At that time, he was the Chinese ambassador to the Soviet Union.