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November 2, 1950	Ciphered Telegram from Shtykov to Fyn-Si [Stalin], Transmitting a Letter to Stalin from Kim Il Sung In agreement with the Chinese comrades, Korean reserves are to be withdrawn to Manchuria, including nine infantry divisions, and officers school, a tank regiment-in-training, and an air division with an aviation regiment-in-training. Six combat divisions will be preparing in Korea.
October 20, 1950	Telegram, from Golovko to Stalin Dispatches around 8:00 on October 20 reported that three Korean boats, a big hunter (trapper), a torpedo boat, and a patrol boat crossed the Soviet border with Korea and requested permission to take refuge in the bay.
October 13, 1950	Telegram, from Gromyko to Stalin Account of the reception of the Chinese Ambassador Peng Dehuai. He requested that all Korean undergrad and graduate students be admitted to the Soviet summer schools, as well as Korean specialists who receive production and technical training in industrial settings the USSR (a total of 738 people). Gromyko notes that there are differences between the requests of Dehuai and Kim Il Sung, and that Dehuai has been asked to speak to Kim Il Sung, and clear up the differences.
October 10, 1950	From the Journal of Gromyko, Memorandum on Conversation with Chinese Ambassador Peng Dehuai Talks about Ambassador Peng Dehuai's request to send 738 Korean students, of higher education, to Soviet summer schools.
October 2, 1950	Cable, from Chan-Fu to Matveev Cable stating that orders to retreat by any means possible (in groups, or individually) must be given out immediately to the remaining soldiers and commanders in the South.
September 30, 1950	Cable No. 600308, Shtykov to Stalin, transmitting Letter from Kim Il Sung and Pak Heon-Yeong Telegram from Kim Il Sung and Pak Heon-yeong telling Stalin of the losses they have incurred following American air and ground attacks in South Korea and of their general lack of supplies and trained personnel.
September 28, 1950	Outgoing Cable No. 18249, Gromyko to Vyshinsky Gromyko asks Vyshinsky to get Tsarapkin to inform American intermediary Lancaster that Malik has agreed to the meeting. Malik must hear out the Americans and if it seems that they're willing to work towards a peaceful resolution, tell Lancaster that any questions that the Americans had during this discussion will be answered in the next meeting.
September 28, 1950	Telegram, Gromyko to Cde. I.V. Stalin, Transmitting Letter from Kim Il Sung Kim Il Sung expresses his gratitude. In his telegram Gromyko informs Stalin of other letters from Kim Il Sung concerning the training of 120 Korean pilots in the Soviet Union, the supply of cars to the DPRK, the four advisors to North Korea's Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the wages of the air force cadets of the People's Army who are training in the Soviet Union.
September 27, 1950	Incoming Cable No. 28116, Vyshinsky to Gromyko On the meeting that took place between Tsarapkin and an American intermediary named Lancaster. They talked about the Korean issue.
September 23, 1950	CPSU Politburo Decision to Adopt the Attached Draft Response Telegram telling Vyshinsky to inform Lancaster that Malik consented to a meeting with the assistant Ahesona or one of the American ambassadors, as suggested by Lancaster. Malik should listen to the State Department official and if it's evident that the Americans are taking a step forward towards a peaceful settlement of the Korean question, tell him that Malik should ponder the issues mentioned in the conversation.