The student demonstrations at Tiananmen Square in 1989 were not theįirst time in the 1980s that Chinese authorities were faced with organizedĭemonstrations expressing dissatisfaction with their rule. Click on any of the links below to jump to thatĭocuments 1-6: Student Demonstrations in 19 This Electronic Briefing Book is divided into five sections, each with With Chinese leaders during his June 1998 trip to China. Of many concerning President Clinton's decision to appear in the square The controversy continues to this day, as demonstrated by the reaction Of high-level contacts, and a halt in the transfer of military technology. Theĭeaths of democracy protesters resulted in U.S. The Chinese army crackdown in and around Tiananmen Square on June 4,ġ989 had an enormous effect on the course of U.S.-China relations. Tiananmen Square, 1989: The Declassified History Will likely prove the indispensable benchmark of primary source documentation Over four decades and nine administrations. Of documentation that provides the larger context of Chinese-American relations But for researchersĪnd historians, these conversations are sprinkled over a much broader landscape Will stand as the greatest contribution of this document set. In private, with both sides seeking to out-charm and out-wit the other, Premier Zhou Enlai, cajoling, admonishing and debating American leaders The first time, of China's revolutionary icons, Chairman Mao Zedong and Journey toward the People's Republic of China. The China collection is a breathtaking record of America's long Evans (M.A., George Washington University) assists with theĪnd the United States project, the Archive’s forthcoming Guatemalaĭocumentation project, and has also assisted with the Archive’s U.S. In a variety of magazines and academic journals. Intelligence Community (Westview, 1999), as well as articles He is the author of severalĬentury of Spies: Intelligence in the Twentieth Century (Oxford, Of the Archive's China and the United States project and previouslyĭirected Archive projects on intelligence, the military uses of space,Īnd presidential national security directives. Richelson (Ph.D., University of Rochester) is the director Richelson, a Senior FellowĪt the Archive, and Michael L. This briefing book was prepared by Jeffrey T. The events to come, the period leading up the PLA's use of force, and post-crackdownĪssessments of the events and their significance. In addition to the crackdown itself, the documents also cover the studentĭemonstrations in late 19 that, in hindsight, were signs of Embassy in Beijing as wellĪs many of the Secretary of State’s "Morning Summaries" from June 1989. Which include remarkable SITREPs from the U.S. This Electronic Briefingīook represents the first publication in any media of these documents, government accounts of the infamous militaryĪssault by the Chinese government on pro-democracy demonstrators in andĪround Tiananmen Square in Beijing in June 1989. World Wide Web publication of The Digital National Security Archive.Īmong the highlights of this collection are the detailed Virginia and Cambridge, U.K.), and will ultimately also appear in the Chadwyck-Healey This document set is part of the Archive's Special Collection Series, published Titled ChinaĪnd the United States: From Hostility to Engagement, 1960-1998, Include policy and research studies, intelligence estimates, diplomaticĬables, and briefing materials. In June 1999, the Archive will publish on microfiche withĪ detailed, item-level printed index, these extraordinary documents, which Relationship, the growing economic relationship between the two countries,Īs well as documents related to the several issues that divide the countries On U.S.-China interaction on foreign policy issues, the U.S.-PRC military Of relevant publications, and archival research, the Archive has amassedĪ collection of more than 15,000 pages of previously classified documentation Through Freedom of Information Act requests, collection Of the U.S.-Chinese relationship, with a focus on the years 1969 to the The purpose was to obtain critical documentation on key aspects National Security Archive initiated a project to shed more light on U.S.-China Republic of China over the fifty years since the PRC was established on Washington, D.C., J– The relationship between the United States and the People's Evans 202/994-7000 or PostingsĪnd the United States: From Hostility to Engagement, 1960-1998 Evans National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. Tiananmen Square, 1989: The Declassified History Edited By Jeffrey T.
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