Declassified documents reinforce Beijing's position on plot
The central government has declassified a second batch of diplomatic papers, including documents that, news reports said, reinforce the mainland's position that Taiwan masterminded a foiled plot to assassinate premier Zhou Enlai.
The papers include about 80 documents on the assassination attempt. The decision to release the documents that draw attention to the plot appears meant to fuel the sentiment that hostile forces in Taiwan and Hong Kong have a long history of scheming against the mainland.
A total of 5,042 documents dating from 1949 to 1955 were made available to the public.
They include diplomatic recognitions, despatches from envoys and records from delegations to the Geneva Conference in 1954 and the Bandung Conference of non-aligned nations in 1955.
The Bandung Conference provided the backdrop for a plot to kill Zhou.