The Formation of Diplomatic Policy in New China and its Main(5)

　　According to a telegram Mao Zedong sent to the CPC Central Committee，it wasonly during his talks with Molotov and others that evening that the Soviet sideagreed to sign a new treaty.Mao Zedong told them that a new treaty would commandsupport from the Chinese people from all walks of life，and be of help in dealingwith the treaties signed by old China with imperialist countries.12Thereafter，Mao Zedong continued to persuade the Soviet side that the new treaty should reflectthe "completely new relationships ‘’between the two countries.``Some of the Chinesepeople are very unhappy with the existing Sino-Soviet treaty，‘’he emphasized.13obviously Mao Zedong used the difficulties he had encountered at home as a pivotfor Soviet concessions.Considering the situation at that at that time there ison reason to doubt that Mao Zedong‘s major concern was centered around domesticpolitical .
　Zhou Enlai proved to be a tough negotiator in later talks related to the conclusionof a new treaty ，which astonished the Soviet delegates，who asked，"How canthe Soviet Union and China be regarded as allies now that things are going thisway ？"14On returning after signing the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship ，Allianceand Mutual Assistance ，Mao Zedong emphasized that the new treaty was a "patrioticone"and accorded with the needs of economic construction and national securityin China.15The disturbances in China that followed in the wake of the signing ofagreements in March on the setting up of the Sino-Soviet petroleum and non-ferrousmetal joint-stock companies provided indirect evidence of the necessity for MaoZedong‘s statement.It can be seen from the document drafted by Liu Shaoqi thatthe two agreements had raised doubts among the students and were sharply criticizedby them.16