A telegram conveying the UN Security Council's resolution calling for North Korea to withdraw from the 38th Parallel.

Stalin cables his chief political and military representatives in Pyongyang in response to messages relating the increasingly dire situation in Korea as North Korean forces were driven back across the 38th parallel. Stalin demands that they establish defenses along the 38th parallel to prevent further American advance and even go on the offensive by organizing “guerrilla warfare” in the south behind enemy lines.

Stalin sharply reprimands Ambassador Shtykovfor promising Soviet advisors to the North Koreans without permission.

Gromyko reports Stalin's approval of Kim Il Sung's request for the prompt delivery of medical supplies to North Korea.

Soviet, Chinese, and North Korean officials discuss the military situation in Korea and the status of armistice talks.

Terenti Shtykov reports on Kim Il Sung's military planning for an invasion of South Korea and signals Soviet approval for the invasion.

Mao Zedong informs Stalin of China's military and strategic maneuvers in summer 1950 as a result of the Korean War.