Mao Zedong writes Stalin on the Chinese position for a ceasefire in the Korean War which the Chinese side will propose at an upcoming meeting with the UN negotiators. Mao asks Stalin for his opinion on the Chinese position.

Mao sends Stalin the draft text of an agreement to cease military operations in Korea.

Report from Ridgway, Commander in Chief of the United Nations forces in Korea on meetings between the UN Command and North Korea to negotiate an armistice in Korea.

Mao sends Stalin a brief report from Li Kenong concerning the agenda for the armistice negotiations.

Mao sends Stalin four telegrams about the armistice negotiations which he received from Li Kenong.

Stalin thanks Mao for information about the armistice negotiations.

Information on future meetings of international communist groups.

Draft attached to telegram, explaining that the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Relations (MFA) and Ministry of Foreign Trade (MVT) disagree with the idea of suspending negotiations with Iranians. Specifically, this is because they believe the recess will be used against them by the British and Americans in Iran.

Telegram distributed among top Soviet officials regarding ongoing negotiations between Iran and the USSR over financial claims. Agreements have been reached on some smaller claims, but the main Soviet claim for oil and the main Iranian claim for gold both remain an issue. Telegram suggests that the negotiations be recessed, while noting that the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Foreign Trade (MVT) disagree.

Mao sends Stalin a brief report concerning the 38th parallel and troop withdrawal during the armistice negotiations from Le Kenong.

Short report on the activities of two Syrian intelligence agents on an assignment from the Deuxième Bureau in the South of Lebanon.

Mao asks Stalin for approval on the armistice negotiation agenda.

Stalin agrees with Mao's position in the 13 July telegram.

Talks concerning truce open in Gaeseong between North and South Korea and are suspended due to disagreements on the neutral zone.

Observations of BBC managers two months after the start of RFE broadcasting from Munich on May 1, 1951. It includes their analysis of the Czechoslovak Service broadcasts on May 26th, 1951, and of the network of field bureaus to gather information from refugees. They lauded the enthusiasm of RFE broadcasters but criticized their programs for mixing opinion with fact in newscast.

Stalin gives directions on how to react to the Egyptian atomic weapons ban. The Soviets are to support the Egyptian proposal and make all necessary concessions to get it passed in the UN. Vyshinsky should be informed of this position and made to understand how it encompasses a production ban.

Stalin agrees with Mao on excluding the withdrawal of troops from the armistice negotiation agenda.

Information on the assassin of King 'Abd Allāh (Abdullah) of Jordan