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After the end of the Taiwan War, the foreign exchange received by our army from the Bank of China's Bank of Communications account and the US dollar cash found in the vault in Taipei were worth a total of 3420 million US dollars. This part... China... recognized the account.
Boss Chen and Herter finalized and reached an agreement on where to go for loans between these two types, and they basically did this in two days.
On the issue of intellectual property rights, China and the United States should have the same standards as China and the Soviet Union, and "respect" each other.
There is no solution to the high-tech embargo in Batumi. China will definitely be treated the same as the Soviet Union, and Boss Chen does not intend to get entangled in this regard.
On May 5, the Chinese and American delegations talked for another day. When they came out on the afternoon of the 23rd and spoke to reporters, the words finally changed: "We have made substantial progress."
On the morning of May 5, Boss Chen and Hetuo signed the same document successively.The six-year Sino-US military confrontation and cold maritime conflict have finally come to an end.
Chapter 222, Peaceful Coexistence, Peaceful Competition, Peaceful Transition
"General Secretary Khrushchev congratulated China and the United States on the consensus reached in Kuala Lumpur. The coordination of China and the Soviet Union on the policy toward the United States will establish a common position of the socialist camp in the diplomatic field."
Prime Minister: "General Secretary Khrushchev's idea of peaceful competition, the chairman and I agree. Peace is our country's foreign policy since the Bandung Conference. However, a few years ago, we proposed peace. The United States I don’t want peace, so it’s been delayed until now.”
Yudin, the Soviet ambassador to China, looked very relaxed and happy when he met with the prime minister.
Because when Khrushchev talked with Eugene on the phone yesterday, Khrushchev was also in high spirits, as can be heard from the tone of the phone.
Eugene: "Since the confrontation between China and the United States has been lifted, and Chinese merchant ships can sail freely, the General Secretary and the Ministerial Council have this idea, whether the rubber purchased by China for us in the future can increase from 8 tons to 9 tons. 10 tons per year, or preferably [-] tons."
Prime Minister: "The supply of rubber, we are obliged to satisfy the comrades of the Soviet Union. The rubber trade channel between China and Nanyang has always been stable, and there is no problem with this request. In fact, since China introduced rubber tree species in 1951, it was the first planted in Hainan. A batch of rubber trees is expected to be harvested in 1961, and by then, we will be more confident about this strategic material.”
Eugene nodded: "Cuba, Vietnam, and southern China are very important to the socialist camp, because they can grow unique economic crops in the tropics. In fact, in addition to rubber, we also expect the southern provinces of China to start experimenting with coffee planting."
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The Soviet Union was restricted by the international rubber control order from 1947 to 1956. After 1957, the rubber control order was relaxed, but if the Soviet Union purchased it directly, it was still very troublesome.China purchases rubber, because China and Nanyang Chinese business groups have special communication and trade channels, and can get rubber from Nanyang plantations.
Moreover, there was a difference in price when China bought rubber for the Soviet Union. After deducting freight and operating costs, there was still a profit of about 5 to 10%.
Coffee is another grievance of the Soviet Union. The demand for coffee in the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries is too great. In 1954, the Soviet Union tried its best to promote the signing of the Geneva Agreement. The very important reason was that it hoped that coffee trees could be planted stably in northern Vietnam and solve the problem in the Soviet Union. urgent.
By 1959, the Soviet Union went a step further, thinking about the plantations in southern Vietnam, and asked North Vietnam several times when they could unify South Vietnam.Given the climate and land area of South Vietnam, if North and South Vietnam are unified, the amount of coffee provided by Vietnam will not be doubled, but will be increased by 1.5 times.
When it comes to coffee, we have to talk about sucrose. Sugar beets in high-latitude areas have low sugar content. If there is such land, it is better to grow wheat to solve the food problem.Sugar cane is the king of sugar production.
To be honest, if it weren't for the sugar problem, the Soviet Union would have been too lazy to aid the Cuban revolution a few years ago.
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Hong Kong.
News of the China-U.S. agreement reached Hong Kong that evening.
"There is a change in the trade plan," Stenbaugh, the trade representative of the Lamore Steel Company, hurried into the office. "According to the instructions of the British headquarters, we must complete these tasks:"
"Lamour must win at least one of the steel plant projects in Tangshan and Baoshan in China. Instead of supplying parts and scattered equipment to China, he sells the technical solution of the entire blast furnace."
"Wow. But China has been promoting self-reliance for the past few years to build industry," said a secretary at the trade office.
Stern Bo: "The headquarters believes that China will not exclude foreign equipment. Foreign equipment can allow China to erect a large modern factory in the shortest time. This is in line with another of their construction guidelines. Johnson, you must get Tangshan The grade of the iron ore used, the technical report on the content of phosphorus and sulfur impurities, and the data of the coal used should be obtained within three weeks."
"Mr. Stenbow, I have already got these materials." Johnson said, "The Chinese gave us a month ago at the Canton Fair."
"Very good. How about the iron ore information of Shanghai Baoshan Iron and Steel Works?"
Johnson: "They didn't distribute the iron ore materials for the Shanghai Baoshan Iron and Steel Project."
"Then your job is to find out what kind of iron ore is used in that steel plant. The technological level of the Soviet Union's 1300-cubic-meter blast furnace used in China is not low. In addition to the 1850-cubic-meter blast furnace plan, we have to Accurate iron ore data can be obtained, so that we can design the most suitable blast furnace for China."
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After the reconciliation between China and the United States, China imported industrial equipment from the West, which was an established plan of the State Council.
Now the trade between China and the Soviet Union is basically based on the principle of trade balance.
The trade between China and the West has bypassed many bans in the past few years. The total amount is not large, but this small amount still has an obvious surplus: we want to buy things from the West, but there are many who want equipment Can't buy it.
Since June 1959, China's introduction from the West has become restricted only by "Batumi".
"Article 10 of Batumi's general prohibition prohibits the contracting states from engaging in international trade related to nuclear explosive devices, missiles, and chemical or biological weapons," Tang Hua said. "We don't care too much about international trade in nuclear weapons and missiles, but in When negotiating the introduction of pharmaceutical and chemical equipment, we have encountered two contact wires."
"It was also proposed by the foreign companies that we were negotiating with. When they heard that they wanted to buy a certain equipment, they quickly shook their heads and said that it was too sensitive," Ye Jizhuang said. "In fact, it is just some pharmaceutical synthesis equipment."
Chemical or biological weapons, China does not intend to mass-produce equipment, but it does not mean that China has no production capacity.Now there is no need to import prohibited equipment from abroad, Taiyuan can already produce sarin and tabun, and VX completed a small-scale laboratory synthesis in March this year.
China's import of medical equipment from the West is really to meet the needs of the domestic medical system...
The construction of county hospitals, township health centers and rural medical service stations has been put on the agenda. Whether the 20 commonly used rural medical drugs can reach the production capacity of supplying 10 million people within 7 years is related to whether the medical system can be completed.
Tang Hua: "Let's sort out the equipment that foreign companies dare not sell through the open trade channel, make a list, and then select the most important equipment that can only be bought in the West, and then go through the previous channel. .”
Ye Jizhuang, Liu Lantao, and Xue Muqiao nodded, expressing that this was the only way to go.
Although the United States blocked the ship without seeing it, Batumi still existed. The smuggling dealer-gray agent-Hong Kong-mainland gray import channel established between 1954 and 1958 will continue to be used.
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Zhongnanhai.
Last week, Eugene came to convey Khrushchev's congratulations on the reconciliation between China and the United States, and chatted for a long time about rubber, coffee and sugar.A week later, Eugene came again.
"General Secretary Khrushchev said that the Soviet Union is also very concerned about the small border dispute between China and India," Eugene said, "Both China and India were once invaded and colonized by Western imperialism. India and India share common values, which is to oppose Western aggression and jointly eliminate the influence of colonialism and neo-colonialism on the world. If China and India become hostile to each other due to small disputes, then it is not a good thing."
The Prime Minister didn't say much, just nodded to show that he understood what Khrushchev meant.
"Just like the assistance to China in the past few years, a series of industrial assistance and introduction plans have been signed between the Soviet Union and India to help India establish its own industrial system. If China and India are going to confront each other, this is the last thing we want to see of."
Eugene added another sentence.The Soviet Union was quite embarrassed when two countries receiving Soviet industrial aid fought each other.
Prime Minister: "The conflict between China and India requires further communication between the two countries. We also do not want to enter a state of full-scale confrontation with India."
Eugene: "It would be the best if this is the case. Comrade General Secretary would like to know the opinions of Chinese comrades: If possible, it is suggested that the second round of meetings between China and India on border conflicts be held in Moscow. At that time, Comrade General Secretary I will have separate meetings with you and Prime Minister Nehru to exchange views with each other."
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India is preparing for war.China also knows that India is preparing for war.
Nehru's war preparations were not only to send troops to the Sino-Indian border and build an airport, but most importantly, to do "psychological construction" for the Indian army and Indian high-level officials.
After all, this was the first time Indian troops fought without a British commander.
In New Delhi, Ponomarenko, the Soviet ambassador to India, said the same thing to Nehru.
Ponomarenko had only spoken three sentences before Nehru interrupted him.
"China's hand is stretched too far!" Nehru said, "The Himalayas are used as the geographical boundary between China and India, which is in line with the principle of dividing the national boundaries of all countries in the world. I don't understand why China is in such a sensitive place. Invasion of Indian territory during the period, the responsibility for this conflict lies entirely with China!"