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88 Sep 15 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | China: Cradock minute for MT ("China: position of Zhao Ziyang") [rumours his position under threat, but UKE in Beijing thinks it remains strong; Cradock thinks reform likely to slow down] [declassified 2016] |
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89 Feb 9 Th | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | China: CIA memorandum ("China: Potential for Political Crisis") [vulnerability of Zhao Ziyang] [declassified 2000] |
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89 Apr 11 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★☆☆ | Archive (US Dept of Defense) | China: Intelligence telegram ("Internal friction among top political leaders in China") [Li Peng on Zhao Ziyang: "I don't see how a person who is always playing golf can know anything"] [declassified ?2014] |
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89 Apr 19 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (CIA) | China: CIA telegram ("China: student protests escalate") [will probably sharpen dissension within leadership, "may further weaken" Zhao Ziyang] [declassified 2001] |
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89 Apr 19 We | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (US Dept of Defense) | China: Defense Intelligence Agency HQ telegram ("China: student protests") ["an escalation of student protests will most likely trigger a government crackdown"] [declassified ?2014] |
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89 May 15 Mo | Chronology | ★★★☆ | [Chronology] | China: massive demonstrations in Tiananmen Square during Gorbachev visit |
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89 May 19 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (US Dept of Defense) | China: Defense Intelligence Agency HQ telegram ("China - students demonstrating for democracy") ["military will likely be used to restore order"] [declassified ?2014] |
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89 May 20 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★★ | Archive (TNA) | China: UKE Beijing to FCO ("Chinese Internal Situation") [US believes "Chinese Government has decided that there is no way to avoid bloodshed"] [declassified 2016] |
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89 May 22 Mo | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | China: State Department memcon (Secretary Baker-Chairman Wan Li) [Wan Li: "restoration of stability" necessary for reform and opening outward] [declassified 1996] |
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89 May 23 Tu | Declassified documents | ★★☆☆ | Archive (Bush Library) | Cold War, China: White House memcon (Bush-Wan Li) [Bush: Wan Li visit "very constructive - and friendly - for the bilateral relationship"] [partially declassified 2009] |
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89 Jun 2 Fr | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | China: Secretary of State's Morning Summary ("China: stalemate continues") [hard-liners still unable to resolve leadership crisis or end demonstrations] [declassified 1993] |
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89 Jun 3 Sa | Chronology | ★★★★ | [Chronology] | China: Tiananmen Square massacre |
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89 Jun 3 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | China: USE Beijing telegram to State ("Sitrep No.27") ["Martial law with Chinese characteristics"] [declassified 1996] |
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89 Jun 3 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | China: USE Beijing telegram to State ("Sitrep No.28") ["10-15,000 armed troops stopped at city perimeter by human and bus barricades"; not yet permitted to use force, but armed for it] [declassified 1993] |
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89 Jun 3 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | China: State telegram to USE Beijing ("Sitrep No.1, 1730 EDT, 6/3/89") ["PLA moves on Tiananmen. Casualties high"; Chinese Ambassador summoned] [declassified 1996] |
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89 Jun 3 Sa | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | China: Secretary of State's Morning Summary ("China: Police use tear gas on crowds") [army forced back; octogenerians summoned up by Deng active in leadership] [declassified 1993] |
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89 Jun 4 Su | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | China: USE Beijing telegram to State ("Sitrep No.33") ["June 4 afternoon and [?evening]"; tanks, APCs and trucks moving towards Tiananmen] [declassified 1996] |
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89 Jun 4 Su | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | China: Secretary of State's Morning Summary ("China: troops open fire") [reports of deaths between 180 and 500] [declassified 1993] |
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89 Jun 4 Su | Declassified documents | ★★★☆ | Archive (State Department) | China: State telegram to USE Beijing ("China Task Force Situation Report No.3 - Situatuon as of 1700 EDT, 6/4/89") [Beijing - "The PLA is mopping up isolated resistance"] [declassified 1996] |
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89 Jun 4 Su | Speeches, interviews, etc. | ★★★☆ | Archive (TNA) | China: MT statement ("Statement on recent events in Peking") ["deeply shocked by the news from Peking and appalled by the indiscriminate shooting of unarmed people"] |
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