Chapter 117 Solidarity and cooperation with all countries willing to make peace[1]

(July 7, 1954) Comrade Zhou Enlai's report[2] is very good. We should agree with the guidelines he mentioned and approve the past activities of the delegation.The activity of the past two and a half months has been good.Several of our countries, the Soviet Union, China, as well as Korea and Vietnam, are united very well, our policies are correct, and our activities are successful.In Geneva, we seized on the slogan of peace, that is, we want peace.But the Americans don't catch this thing, they just want to fight it. In this way, it is very unreasonable and unreasonable.Now that there are many people who want to make peace, we have to cooperate with all those who are willing to make peace to isolate those militants, that is, to isolate the US authorities, mainly the faction there that is eager to fight.Many people in our country still don't see clearly that the United States has seized such a place as Indochina and such a war.Why does the war in such a small place affect the whole world? It is because the United States wants to use this place to make a fuss, use this place to expand the war, and continue to fight.This issue affects a lot, affecting Southeast Asia, Asia, Europe, the Americas (such as Canada) and Australia.So, there are many people who agree to peace.As for the specific steps, it is what Comrade Enlai said, what was agreed with Comrade Ho Chi Minh [3] in the past and what was negotiated this time.In negotiations, what should be compromised must be yielded, and what should be persisted must be persisted.According to the general policy, if these specific activities are done properly and can be coordinated, the goal of uniting the majority and isolating the minority (that is, the Americans) can be achieved.So we should approve these activities in the past.The future is the final stage of the meeting. Continue to implement this policy and pay close attention to some specific issues. It is estimated that an agreement can be reached and a situation can be developed.

The general international situation now is that the Americans are quite isolated.After the problem of Southeast Asia—the Indochina problem is resolved, it is estimated that its isolation will continue to develop.Now a large group of the United Kingdom, France, Southeast Asian countries, Canada, Mexico, and some South American countries do not like the United States.So, the situation is very promising.Now, it is impossible to close the door, and there is a favorable situation that requires us to go out.For example, when Churchill was negotiating with the United States in Washington, they issued a joint declaration[4] and wrote six articles. They had to write the first and second articles. These two articles meant to hold hands with us.It was Eisenhower who had promised to hold hands.For which country and under what conditions, they say that there must be real guarantees and good actions.We have the five principles[5], isn’t that a good guarantee? Isn’t it a good move for us to participate in the Geneva Conference[6]? Therefore, the relationship between the imperialist countries can be further divided.There are also contradictions within the United States.As Comrade Enlai said, Eisenhower, Smith[7] and his treasury and defense ministers are not in favor of fighting now; Dulles, Nolan, Nixon, Redford[8] are more Be more adventurous.Therefore, it is not that there is nothing to do with a country like the United States.

An important issue in the relationship between the United States and us now is the Taiwan issue, which has been a long-standing issue.If we want to destroy the possibility of the United States signing a treaty with Taiwan[9], we have to think of some ways and make propaganda.We have to organize some propaganda, we have to scold the United States for engaging in Taiwan, and Chiang Kai-shek continues to betray the country.In addition, there must be an appropriate expression in diplomacy, such as contacts on the issue of overseas Chinese, the purpose of which is to force the United States not to sign a treaty with Taiwan.In my opinion, the United Kingdom is also afraid of and opposes the treaty between the United States and Taiwan, and France may also be opposed to it.

To ease international tensions and to allow countries with different systems to coexist peacefully is a slogan put forward by the Soviet Union, and it is also our slogan. Now it has become what Aiden[10] said, and it has become what Nehru[11] said. They also talked about easing international tensions.This is a big change.It is estimated that there will be another period of time for this change, as long as the problem in Southeast Asia is resolved, there will be a promotion.Therefore, the overall situation should be said to be much better than in the past.Therefore, we have to work with as many countries as possible, such as the United Kingdom, France, and Canada, such as India and Myanmar.Even a country like Thailand, which is close to our country, is afraid of us and has to carry out work.At the same time, the United States must be divided and isolated. After isolation, it will always divide.In the current situation in which the world is divided, such a thing as a single iron plate is impossible.They are anti-Soviet, anti-communist, anti-China, anti-people's democracies, and anti-our front, that is true; however, their capitalist world is very disunified and torn apart.The main and biggest goal of the United States now is to rectify this middle zone, that is, from Japan to the United Kingdom, to make these countries scream.Many democrats in our country do not understand this point. They just believe in those propagandas and always say, look, they are united very well.Therefore, I will talk about this issue tomorrow to show that it is actually not the case.The United States now often uses the banner of opposing communism to occupy the places of its friends.Look at our East, it has taken Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, so the United Kingdom can't be put down.What kind of country is Japan? In the past, the Anglo-Japanese alliance, Japan was an ally of Britain.The country of China used to be a semi-colony of some countries dominated by the United Kingdom, but was later snatched by the United States.Our victory is not due to England but to America.China has won today, and the UK fears communism on the one hand, and joy on the other hand, that we have driven the United States away, and the UK can sneak in to do business, while we are still at odds with the United States, to sneak in to do business.China is a huge place to do business.So the situation is good.

In short, internationally we are implementing this policy. As long as we can unite on the issue of peace, we will build relations with them to defend our country, defend socialism, and strive to build a great socialist country. Published based on the transcript of the speech kept by the Central Archives. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This is Mao Zedong's speech at the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. [2] Refers to the report made by Zhou Enlai at the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on attending the Geneva Conference, visiting India, Myanmar, and holding talks between China and Vietnam.The policy adopted by Zhou Enlai at the Geneva meeting was to unite France, the United Kingdom, Southeast Asian countries, and Indochina, that is, to unite all international forces that can be united to isolate the United States, to limit and break the United States’ plan to expand world hegemony, and the key issue is to promote India. Peace in China.

[3] Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), then Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Labor Party and Chairman of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. [4] Refers to the joint declaration issued by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US President Eisenhower in Washington on June 29, 1954.The Declaration consists of six articles. The first article says: "We will continue to work together in a spirit of intimacy and friendship to seek world peace on the basis of the principles of the Atlantic Charter we have reaffirmed." The second article says: "We jointly and Continue everywhere to extend the hand of friendship to any and all nations that have shown by solemn pledges and tangible actions that they wish to participate in a just and equitable peace."

[5] Refers to the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, including mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, mutual non-interference in internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence.From December 1953 to April 1954, the Chinese government delegation and the Indian government delegation held negotiations in Beijing on the relationship between the two countries in Tibet, China.These five principles were put forward by Premier Zhou Enlai in his conversation with the Indian delegation at the beginning of the negotiations, and were later formally written into the preamble of the Agreement on Trade and Communications between Tibet, China and India.The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence were adopted in the joint statement of Premier Zhou Enlai and Indian Prime Minister Nehru in June 1954 and in many international documents since then.The Five Principles have been widely recognized and used in the world as the norms governing the relations between countries.

[6] The Geneva Conference refers to the international conference held in Geneva, Switzerland from April 26 to July 21, 1954, to discuss the peaceful settlement of the Korean issue and the restoration of peace in Indochina.China, the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain, and France participated in the discussions on all two topics.North and South Korea, as well as twelve countries other than the United States, Britain, and France that invaded North Korea participated in the discussion of the Korean issue, and the regimes of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and South Vietnam participated in the discussion of the Indochina issue.No agreement was reached on the North Korean issue; on the restoration of peace in Indochina, an agreement on the cessation of hostilities in the three countries in Indochina and the Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference (collectively referred to as the Geneva Agreement) were reached, realizing the armistice in Indochina.

[7] Smith (1895-1961), then served as Deputy Secretary of State of the U.S. State Department, was a representative of the U.S. delegation during the Geneva Conference. [8] Dulles (1888-1959), served as US Secretary of State at that time.Nolan (1908-1974), then a U.S. senator and leader of the Senate Republican Party.Nixon (1913-1994), then Vice President of the United States.Radford (1896-1973), then Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff. [9] On December 2, 1954, despite the opposition of the Chinese government and people, the U.S. government signed the Mutual Defense Treaty with the Taiwan authorities.The treaty stipulates: the United States helps the Taiwan authorities maintain and develop the armed forces; when Taiwan is "armedly attacked", "the United States will take action" to deal with "common dangers"; the United States has deployed land, sea, The rights of the air force can also be extended to "other territories" determined by mutual agreement.The treaty entered into force on March 3, 1955.On December 15, 1978, the US government issued a statement on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China, announcing that the US-Taiwan Mutual Defense Treaty would be terminated.The treaty was formally abolished on January 1, 1980.

[10] Eden (1897-1977), then the British Foreign Secretary. [11] Nehru (1889-1964), then Prime Minister of India.