Search | Wilson Center Digital Archive

Switch to Visualization

Korean War, 1950-1953 United States Russian Clear All

Related Resources

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

Photograph of 38th parallel crossing during Korean War

Korean War, 1950-1953

Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

North Korea

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

A photo of Joseph Stalin from 1943

Stalin, Joseph

1879- 1953

Gyeongbokgung

East Asia

South Korea

Photograph of Korean War armistice signing

Korean War Armistice

Sino-Soviet Relations

Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1950-1959

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Vyshinsky, Andrey Yanuaryevich

1883- 1954

Kim Il Sung, 1978

Kim, Il Sung

1912- 1994

Portrait of Mao Zedong from propaganda poster

Mao, Zedong

1893- 1976

Chinese troops cross the Yalu River, 1950, to fight in the Korean War.

China and the Korean War

Andrei Gromyko at the UN, 1981

Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich

1909- 1989

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich

1890- 1986

Presidential Office Building of Taiwan

East Asia

Taiwan

Results:

11 - 18 of 18

Display:

Sort By:

Documents

October 5, 1950	Letter, Cde. Filippov [Stalin] for Mao Zedong Stalin describes the US inability to engage in a "big war" and encourages Kim in his fight against the US. He also discusses the domestic situation in China.
April 15, 1954	The Question of a Conference of the Five Great Powers with the Participation of the PRC At a conference of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, US, Britain and France, the USSR proposes a conference including the PRC, but the others oppose China's participation.
October 1, 1950	Telegram from Vyshinsky Kiselev's mistakes during the discussion of Korean issue is reported.
August 9, 1966	On the Korean War, 1950-1952, and the Armistice Negotiations A survey of Soviet and Chinese involvement in the Korean War compiled in 1966 by an unidentified members of the staff of the Soviet Foreign Ministry archive. The apparent purpose of this internal history was to provide background information for the small group of Soviet officials who were at that time engaged in discussions with the People’s Republic of China and North Vietnam over possible Soviet assistance to the Viet Cong in their war with the United States.
June 30, 1951	Ciphered Telegram No. 3917, Filippov [Stalin] to Krasovsky, for Cde. Mao Zedong Telegram from Stalin to Mao advising how to reply to the American request for armistice negotiations.
September 27, 1950	Telegram from Feng Xi (Stalin) to Matveyev (Razuvayev V.N.) and T.F. Shtykov Stalin blames the recent success of the UN forces in Seoul on the inefficiency of the KPA’s Frontline Command and Soviet military advisors, as well erroneous use of tank tactics and overall combat strategy. Stalin provides a detailed list instructing military advisors, and especially Vasilyev, how to delpoy and manage Korean troops around Seoul.
December 25, 1951	Memorandum from Gromyko to Razuvaev Gromyko suggests to Stalin, via Razuvaev, to turn down Vyshinsky’s proposal for publishing a communiqué about the American position in the armistice talks.
September 16, 1952	Hand delivered note, Zhou Enlai to Stalin, conveying telegram From Mao Zedong to Zhou Enlai Mao, via Zhou Enlai, informs Stalin of the position China means to take the discussion of the Korean question at the UN. Mao also asks Stalin’s advise about whether or not to sign non-aggression pacts with India and Burma.