Soviet Union: Sino/Soviet Border Negotiations

A file of correspondence and reports concerning relations between the Soviet Union and China. The documents cover the current Sino-Soviet negotiations in Beijing, led by Vasilii Kuznetsov and Qiao Guanhua, which followed a meeting of the two countries' premiers, Aleksei Kosygin and Zhou Enlai, and are planned to discuss the border situation, Sino-Soviet economic cooperation, and bilateral relations. Other documents in the file discuss anti-Soviet rhetoric in the Chinese press; the timing of the talks to coincide with the SALT talks on strategic arms limitation in Helsinki; the possible reasons for China's involvement in the talks, including fears of a strike on its nuclear installations; and Chinese statements on the border situation, including the refutation of a Soviet statement on the dispute, highlighting the expansionist policies of the Soviet Union and its "betrayal" of Marxism-Leninism.