COLD WAR

INTERNATIONAL
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BULLETIN
Woodrow Wilson International Center

Winter 1995/1996

THE C OLD WAR IN ASIA

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Cold War International History Project Bulletin
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Table of Contents
Stalins Conversations With Chinese Leaders
Talks with Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, 1949-53, with commentaries by Chen Jian, Vojtech Mastny,
Odd Arne Westad, and Vladislav Zubok...........................................................................................................................................3
Rivals and Allies: Stalin, Mao, and the Chinese Civil War, January 1949, introduction by Odd Arne Westad.................7

New Evidence on the Korean War

New Russian Documents on the Korean War, introduction and translations by Kathryn Weathersby.............................30
Chinas Road to the Korean War, by Chen Jian.......................................................................................................................41
Assessing the Politics of the Korean War, 1949-51, by Evgueni Bajanov...............................................................................54
The Shtykov Diaries, by Hyun-su Jeon with Gyoo Kahng.......................................................................................................69
Stalin, Mao, Kim, and Chinas Decision to Enter the Korean War, Sept. 16-Oct. 15, 1950: New Evidence from
the Russian Archives, article and translations by Alexandre Y. Mansourov................................................................................94
Bruce Cumings and Kathryn Weathersby: An Exchange on Korean War Origins............................................................120
Soviet Interrogation of U.S. POWs in the Korean War, by Laurence Jolidan.....................................................................123

New Chinese Sources

Constructing a History of Chinese Communist Party Foreign Relations, by Michael H. Hunt.........................................126
CCP Foreign Relations: A Guide to the Literature, by Michael H. Hunt.............................................................................129
CCP Leaders Selected Works and the Historiography of the Chinese Communist Revolution, by Chen Jian...............131
The Second Historical Archives of China, by Gao Hua with Scott Kennedy........................................................................147

New Evidence on Sino-Soviet Relations

The Emerging Disputes Betwen Beijing and Moscow: Ten Newly Available Chinese Documents, 1956-1958,
introduction, translations, and annotations by Zhang Shu Guang and Chen Jian......................................................................148
Mao on Sino-Soviet Relations: Two Conversations with the Soviet Ambassador, introduction by Odd Arne Westad....157
The Soviet Foreign Ministry Appraisal of Sino-Soviet Relations on the Eve of the Split, by Mark Kramer.....................170
East German Documents on the Sino-Soviet Border Conflict, 1969, by Christian F. Ostermann......................................186
The Cold War in Asia: Khabarovsk Conference Held on Russian Far East, by David L. Wolff........................................191
Soviet Reactions to the Sino-Soviet Border Rift, introduction and translations by Elizabeth Wishnick............................194
Sino-Soviet Tensions, 1980: Two Russian Documents, introduction and translations by Elizabeth Wishnick..................202

New Evidence on Sino-American Relations

Mao Zedongs Handling of the Taiwan Straits Crisis of 1958: Chinese Recollections and Documents, introduction,
translations, and annotation by Li Xiaobing, Chen Jian, and David L. Wilson...........................................................................208
Khrushchevs Nuclear Promise to Beijing during the Crisis, introduction by Vladislav Zubok.........................................219
Mao Zedong and Dulless Peaceful Evolution Strategy: Revelations from Bo Yibos Memoirs, introduction and
translation by Qiang Zhai...................................................................................................................................................................228

New Evidence on the Vietnam/Indochina Wars

The Vietnam War and Soviet-American Relations, 1964-73: New Russian Evidence, by Ilya V. Gaiduk..........................232
Beijing and the Vietnam Conflict, 1964-1965: New Chinese Evidence, article and translations by Qiang Zhai................233
Polish Secret Peace Initiatives in Vietnam, by Jerzy Michalowski..........................................................................................241
The Cambodian National Archives, by Kenton J. Clymer.......................................................................................................260
Sources on the Khmer Rouge Years: The Cambodian Genocide Program............................................................................260

Research Notes
Documenting the Early Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program, by Mark Kramer......................................................................266
Secret East German Report on Chinese Reactions to the 1956 Hungarian Revolt, by Mark Kramer.................................271

Book Reviews
G.M. Kornienko, The Cold War: Testimony of a Participant, review by David R. Stone........................................................272
Chen Hansheng, My Life During Four Eras, review by Maochen Yu.....................................................................................274
Robert Zuzowski, Political Dissent and Opposition in Poland: The Workers Defense Committee KOR, and Ya.Ya.
Grishin, Dramaticheskie sobytiya v Polshe, 1980-1981 gg, review by Mark Kramer....................................................................277
Response: Sudoplatov Controversy (cont.), More on 1956 Polish & Hungarian Crises............................................................280
Update.................................................................................................................................................................................................286