Item COLD WAR 5/6 - Transcript of interview with former US student Wu Ningkun, 1997

Typescript transcript of interview with Wu Ningkun, Chinese student at the University of Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1949-1951, teacher and lecturer, China, 1951-1958, relating to Wu's reaction to the declaration of the People's Republic of China, 1 Oct 1949; his return to China from the US, 1951; the fears of a US invasion of China across the Yalu River from North Korea, 1951; the failure of the Chinese authorities to publish details of Chinese casualties in Korea, 1950-1953; the death of Chairman Mao Zedong's son in Korea, [1951]; the Chinese reaction to the end of the Korean War, Jul 1953; Wu's belief that he was mistrusted because of his association with the USA, [1953]; the Chinese Communist Party campaign of 'ideological remoulding of the intellectuals', [1953]; relations between the USSR and the People's Republic of China, 1953-1956; the attitude of the Chinese population to the Soviet advisers, experts and technicians working in China, [1953-1959]; the reaction in China to the death of Soviet President Josef Vissarionovich Stalin, 5 Mar 1953; the international role of the People's Republic of China, 1953-1956; Wu's opinion of Chou En-Lai (Zhou Enlai), Premier and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China, [1955]; the deterioration in relations between China and the USSR, 1957-1958; the publication of anti-Soviet propaganda in China, [1959]; the denunciation of Wu as a 'rightist', 1958; his detention and forced labour in northern China, 1958-[1968]; the causes of the Great Famine in China, 1958; Wu's experiences during the Cultural Revolution in China, 1966-1968; the rapprochement between the USA and the People's Republic of China, 1972-1979; the visit to China by US President Richard Milhous Nixon and Dr Henry (Alfred) Kissinger, US National Security Adviser, Feb 1972; the Mao personality cult, 1944-1976; the impact of the Cold War in China, 1949-1990. 26pp