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June 30, 1950	Cable No. 405743, Shtykov to Stalin North Korea requests supplies and weapons from the Soviet Union.
October 24, 1946	Cable Nº 35907/35893 from Tehran Soviet Ambassador to Iran Sadchikov passes along Iranian General Razmara's requests for weapons and ammunition.
January 3, 1941	Cable, Reza Shah Pahlavi to Mitskevich Pahlavi notes continuing rumors that various forms of firearms are being smuggled into Iran.
November 11, 1945	Cable No. 1297 from Stalin to Belgrad, Kiselev for Marshal Tito Stalin replies to Marshal Josip Tito's request for uniforms and shoes.
June 20, 1988	Anatoly Chernyaev, Notes from a Meeting of the Politburo Anatoly Chernyaev’s notes from the Politburo session on June 20, 1988, during which military spending, party membership, the progress of perestroika, and CPSU organizational leadership were discussed.
August 15, 1986	Resolution of the USSR Defense Council, 'On Military Cooperation in the 12th Five Year Plan with Socialist and Developing Countries' This 1986 resolution catalogs failings in Soviet practices for military cooperation with Socialist and developing countries.
August 27, 1945	Report from Cde. Yegnarov to Cde. Beria Yegnarov reports on several successful Red Army military operations in the Ili District at the end of August, including Firsov's seizure of Chinese supply trucks and the forced retreat of a Chinese brigade by Leskin's cavalry brigade. He also notes a raid on Kobuk by Chinese aircraft, which killed four Soviet soldiers.
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 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.
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.