Chou En-lai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of [[China]], serving from 1949 until his death in 1976. At the Bandung Conference of African and Asian nations in April 1955, he promised [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] as many arms as [[Egypt]] could afford, marking a significant step in Nasser's efforts to secure military aid from the Communist world.[^1] ### Footnotes [^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 3.