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Mao Zedong: In the military and political sectors we have already achieved complete success; as for cultural and economic sectors, we have as yet not freed ourselves from foreign influence there.
Stalin: Do you have inspectors and agents overseeing foreign enterprises, banks, etc.?
Mao Zedong: Yes, we have. We are carrying out such work in the study and oversight of foreign enterprises (the Kailan mines, electric power plants and aqueducts in Shanghai, etc.).

 

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Stalin: One should have government inspectors who must operate legally. The foreigners should also be taxed at higher levels than the Chinese.
Who owns the enterprises mining wolfram [tungsten], molybdenum, and petroleum?
Mao Zedong: The government.
Stalin: It is important to increase the mining of minerals and especially of petroleum. You could build an oil pipeline from Lanzhou in the west to Chengdu and then transport fuel by ship.
Mao Zedong: So far we have not decided which districts of China we should strive to develop first the coastal areas or those inland since we were unsure of the prospects for peace.
Stalin: Petroleum, coal, and metal are always needed, regardless of whether there be war or not.
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