Confidential U.S. State Department central files: China, People's Republic of China: internal affairs, 1955-1959 (inclusive), [microform].

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Confidential U.S. State Department central files: China, People's Republic of China: internal affairs, 1955-1959 (inclusive), [microform].

The records consist of State Department files that document the internal affairs of China. The Great Leap Forward, the collectivization of agriculture, the creation of the rural people's communes, and Mao's call for free expression and the ensuing antirightist campaign are some of the major topics covered by the files.

48 reels.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6829849

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