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June 26, 1950

Telegram from Lake Success, Trygve Lie to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow

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

December 8, 1950

Letter from Zhou Enlai to Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, and Chen Yun

Zhou Enlai reports on Soviet replies to telegrams from the Chinese side.

August 30, 1951

Ciphered Telegram No. 23397, Mao Zedong to Filippov [Stalin]

Telegram from Mao to Stalin agreeing with the latter's assessment of the inadvisability of having neutral observers, at the present time, at the armistice talks.

September 10, 1951

Ciphered Telegram, Filippov [Stalin] to Mao Zedong

Telegram from Stalin to Mao agreeing to send the military advisors requested by Mao. He also asks whether General Zakharov would be suitable as the main military adviser for the staff.

August 20, 1952

Minutes of Conversation between I.V. Stalin and Zhou Enlai

Conversation between Stalin and Zhou Enlai concerning the extension of the Port Arthur agreement, the construction of a Sino-Mongolian railroad to the Soviet Union, and the situation in Korea. On the issue of Korea, they discussed sending arms shipments to China and Chinese arms production; the possibility of a Chinese offensive in Korea; and the return of POWs. Stalin reaffirmed his commitment to assisting China in the war in Korea.

December 7, 1950

Ciphered telegram from Roshchin conveying message from Zhou Enlai to Soviet Government

A telegram from Roshchin in Beijing to Moscow, informing the Soviet leadership of the terms under which the Chinese will consider an armistice on the Korean Peninsula.

September 14, 1949

Telegram from Tunkin to the Soviet Foreign Ministry in Reply to 11 September Telegram

North Korea plans to attack South Korea, but the Soviet Foreign Ministry is skeptical about North Korea's actual military capabilities and generally disproves of North Korea's plans.

July 3, 1951

Ciphered Telegram No. 21412, Mao Zedong to Filippov [Stalin]

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

July 3, 1951

Ciphered Telegram No. 3950, Filippov [Stalin] to Krasovsky, for Cde. Mao Zedong

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

September 27, 1950

Telegram from Matveyev (Razuvayev V.N.) to Stalin

Matveyev describes the state of the Korean People’s Army, particularly the severe status of troops in Seoul and Busan after having encountered American air and ground forces. Matveyev also reports on a meeting between several Soviet and Korean foreign ministers in which Kim Il Sung assumed the tasks of both Supreme Commander-in-Chief and Defense Minister and ordered the deployment of troops northward. Matveyev also outlines the steps he plans to take as a Soviet envoy in aiding the desperate Korean army.

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