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October 19, 1950

TELEGRAM FROM ZHOU ENLAI TO CHAI JUNWU

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    Zhou Enlai gives instructions to the Chinese embassy in North Korea, stating that the main purpose of the embassy’s work is keeping in contact with the North Korean government and following the North Korean government’s actions.
    "Telegram from Zhou Enlai to Chai Junwu," October 19, 1950, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, Zhonggong zhongyang wenxian yanjiushi (CPC Central Historical Documents Research Office) and Zhongyang dang'anguan (Central Archives), eds., Jianguo yilai Zhou Enlai wengao (Zhou Enlai’s Manuscripts since the Founding of the PRC), vol. 3 (Beijing: Zhongyang wenxian chubanshe, 2008), 410. Translated by Jingxia Yang and Douglas Stiffler. https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/114218

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Chai [Junwu] [Chai Chengwen]:

[I] have received your telegram from the afternoon of [October] 17.  Concerning the question of the Embassy’s work in the future, the following is the reply:

(1)  The focal point of the embassy’s work is still keeping in contact with the North Korean government and following the North Korean government’s actions.  So the main force of the current personnel at Sineuiju should still be moved to Changseong.  If there is not too much to do, one section can be withdrawn.

(2)  A group of personnel can remain at Sineuiju solely for the handling of our entry and exit [document] processing.

(3)  After General Peng [Dehuai’s] arrival, Peng [Dehuai] and Kim [Il Sung] can set up mutual direct contact.

(4)  Chai [Junwu] and Zhu [Guang] should remain at Xichuan and maintain necessary diplomatic contact with Premier Kim.

Zhou Enlai

October 19 [1950]

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Zhou Enlai gives instructions to the Chinese embassy in North Korea, stating that the main purpose of the embassy’s work is keeping in contact with the North Korean government and following the North Korean government’s actions.

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Zhou, Enlai, 1898-1976

Kim, Il Sung

Peng, Dehuai, 1898-1974

Chai, Junwu

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  • Zhonggong zhongyang wenxian yanjiushi (CPC Central Historical Documents Research Office) and Zhongyang dang'anguan (Central Archives), eds., Jianguo yilai Zhou Enlai wengao (Zhou Enlai’s Manuscripts since the Founding of the PRC), vol. 3 (Beijing: Zhongyang wenxian chubanshe, 2008), 410. Translated by Jingxia Yang and Douglas Stiffler.

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