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

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

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.

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

Molotov writes to the Soviet Ambassador in Beijing discussing the Korean War armistice.

After acknowledging Syngman Rhee's solitary role in blocking the passage of the armistice agreement, Peng Dehuai and Kim Il Sung draft a response to General Clark.

The included telegram from Mao to Peng, Gao, and Kim gives Mao’s military instructions for the upcoming peace negotiations.

Stalin sends his advice on peace negotiations to Mao, as requested by Mao’s telegram of the same day.

Telegram from Mao to Stalin relaying the assessment of Li Kenong of the state of the ongoing armistice talks. He states that the US is unwilling the accept the 38th parallel as the demaracation line and that given the state of North Korean forces, they should consider make concessions to American demands in this regard in the interests of ceasing hostilities.