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October 12, 1949
Mao requests assistance with shipments of fuel, troops, and aircraft to Urumchi.
October 14, 1949
Stalin agrees to send one division from Lanzhou to Urumchi and to ship aviation fuel to Urumchi and Hami.
September 2, 1949
A delegation of democratic organizations of Xinjiang crashed on its way to Beijing. The delegation included Uyghur political leaders Abdulkerim Abbas and Ehmetjan Qasim.
October 25, 1949
Detailed report on the arrival of the PLA in Xinjiang, including the local population's reaction. Mao reports that the PLA was greeted warmly except for activities of some "reactionary elements and propaganda units of the Kuomintang."
October 12, 1950
Mao Zedong has already given orders to halt Chinese troops preparing to cross the Korean border.
October 11, 1950
Instructions for the Chinese army in light of the fact that the Chinese forces designated to assist Korea are not ready.
October 13, 1950
Mao Zedong asks that Zhou Enlai remain in Moscow as they discuss intervening in Korea.
October 8, 1950
Mao informs Stalin that the Chinese volunteers could cross into Korea by October 15.
October 28, 1945
TASS reports on newspaper articles in the foreign press disputing rumors of Stalin's illness.
October 27, 1945
US Ambassador to the Soviet Union Harriman told the press that Stalin was in good condition when they met in Sochi.