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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.
February 18, 1953	CPSU Politburo Decision Along with Proposals from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Trade Decision to adopt the proposal made by the Minister of Foreign Trade and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and to defer the DPRK's loan payments represented in the Agreement of 14 November 1951.
January 29, 1953	Ciphered Telegram from Mao Zedong to Semenov [Stalin] Mao requests from the Soviet government 3,000 tons ammonal, 24 million blasting caps, and 9.6 million meters of safety fuse. He asks that these things be supplied February-March, in two parts.
January 28, 1953	Ciphered Telegram from Semenov [Stalin] to Mao Zedong Stalin informs Mao that the Soviets are able to deliver 10 torpedo boats, 83 aircrafts - of which 32 are torpedo bombers TU-2, 35 are LA-11 fighter aircrafts -, 26 guns (37 mm), 8 guns (180mm), and ammunition. As for advisors, they're able to send an additional three.
January 12, 1953	Ciphered Telegram from Vasilevsky and Sokolovsky to Stalin A proposal of how many guns and ammunition can be given to the Chinese troops and at what rate.
January 15, 1953	Ciphered Telegram from Semenov [Stalin] to Mao Zedong Stalin informs Mao that his request was impossible to complete at the time, but that the Soviet government is able to send 600,000 units of ammunition and 332 guns. The ammunition will be supplied monthly from January-April, 150,000 each month. The guns will also be supplied monthly from January-February, 166 guns each month.
December 17, 1952	Ciphered Telegram from Mao Zedong to Semenov [Stalin] An application for military goods for 1953, a request for urgently needed military goods, and an application for materials for military production.
July 24, 1952	Ciphered Telegram from Filippov [Stalin] to Mao Zedong via Krasovsky Telegram stating that it would be impossible to fulfill Mao's request on supplying arms and resources for a certain number of divisions, and that fulfilling even a fifth of his request (which they did) was difficult.
March 22, 1952	Ciphered Telegram from Kim Il Sung to Razuvaev Telegram asking for agreement/confirmation from the USSR government in order to award a number of Soviet military advisors (list included) for their military assistance.
November 3, 1951	CPSU Central Committee Politburo Decision with Telegram for Stalin Decision to approve the request of the government of the DPRK to manufacture and supply to Korea 89,000 orders (a type of military medal), 300,100 medals, and 100 copies of the charter for the Korean Hammer and Sickle medal, and to approve the draft on the matter mentioned in the first paragraph of this resolution.