Soviet Ambassador to China N.V. Roschin relays a Chinese assessment of the armed forces in North Korea and South Korea and the possibility of China and North Korea signing a treaty of friendship, alliance, and mutual aid.
May 16, 1950
Telegram, Filippov [Stalin] to Mao Zedong via the Soviet ambassador
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Сов.секретно
Шифрованная телеграмма
Пекин совпосол
Внеочередь
ОСОБАЯ
Сообщите Мао Цзэдуну , что товарищ Филиппов и друзья считают совершенно правильным мнение тов.Мао Цзэдуна о том, чтобы заключить с Кореей после объединения договор о дружбе , союзе и взаимной мощи .
ФИЛИППОВ.
Исполнение телеграфьте.
А.Вышинский
16.V.50 г.”
тов.Cталину
Тов.Молотову
Тов.Вышинскому
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ГРАСПИ Ф 588, Оп. N 11, Д. N 334. Л. 57
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Enciphered telegram
Peking, to the Soviet Ambassador
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Inform Mao Zedong that Cde. Filippov and [his] friends consider the opinion of Cde. Mao Zedong to conclude a treaty of friendship, alliance, and mutual aid after unification to be absolutely correct.
FILIPPOV [Stalin]
Report by telegraph when this is done.
A. Vyshinsky
16 May 1950
to Cde. Stalin
to Cde. Molotov
to Cde. Vyshinsky
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Stalin notifies Mao Zedong that he believes the signing of a treaty pact between China and North Korea should only come after Korean reunification.
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RGASPI, F. 588, Op. 11, D. 334, p. 57. Translated by Gary Goldberg.
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