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November 5, 1949	Cable Telegram no. 20475 from Gromyko to Kovalev Gromyko demands Kovalev to pass the reply of Stalin to Mao Zedong in response to his telegram regarding the Workers' Party of South Korea.
October 23, 1949	Cable Telegram no. 59363 from Kovalev to Stalin, containing a message from Mao Zedong Mao details the actions of the Worker's Party of South Korea, its attempted actions and its repression by state authorities in the last month, and reiterates that he advised against offensive action.
October 12, 1950	Ciphered Telegram No. 25553, Roshchin to Filippov [Stalin] Mao Zedong has already given orders to halt Chinese troops preparing to cross the Korean border.
October 11, 1950	Cable No. 4785, Filippov [Stalin] and Zhou Enlai to the Soviet Ambassador in Peking Instructions for the Chinese army in light of the fact that the Chinese forces designated to assist Korea are not ready.
October 13, 1950	Ciphered Telegram No. 25612, Roshchin to Flippov [Stalin] Mao Zedong asks that Zhou Enlai remain in Moscow as they discuss intervening in Korea.
October 8, 1950	Telegram from Mao Zedong to Filippov (Stalin) Mao informs Stalin that the Chinese volunteers could cross into Korea by October 15.
July 2, 1950	Incoming Cable No. 19413, Roschin to the Central Committee Roschin tells the CC of his meeting with Zhou Enlai, in which they discussed talks with the Indian ambassador over maneuvering at the UN, and over the possibility of Chinese intervention in Korea against American forces.
April 14, 1969	Record of a Conversation with Kim Il Sung, General Secretary of the KWP CC and Chairman of the DPRK Cabinet of Ministers Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sought the help of Kim Il Sung in influencing China, which was in a border dispute with the Soviet Union. Requesting that they "exercise political influence on Peking."
July 13, 1950	Cable No. 3355, Filippov [Stalin] to the Soviet Ambassador, Peking Stalin tells Mao that the British have been pressuring the Soviets to help for the North Koreans to withdraw to the 38th peril, and the Soviets are offended by this, and to want to insist on Soviet and PRC participation in the Security Council to resolve the issue. He also informs Mao of his willingness to send more planes, and more pilots to help train Chinese forces.
June 9, 1969	Soviet Embassy in North Korea, 'Concerning Changes in the Views of the Korean Leadership on Questions of the Unity of the Socialist Camp and the International Communist Movement' The report states that the DPRK is influenced less by Beijing and has started to contact European socialist countries more. It describes how DPRK is advocating for “absolute independence” as well.