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October 12, 1950	Ciphered Telegram No. 25553, Roshchin to Filippov [Stalin] Mao Zedong has already given orders to halt Chinese troops preparing to cross the Korean border.
October 12, 1950	Cable, 8th Directorate of the USSR Armed Forces General Staff to Cdes. Shtykov and Vasil'yev Instructions for Kim Il Sung in light of the fact that the Chinese troops destined for Korea are not ready to act.
October 13, 1950	Ciphered Telegram No. 25612, Roshchin to Flippov [Stalin] Mao Zedong asks that Zhou Enlai remain in Moscow as they discuss intervening in Korea.
October 7, 1950	Ciphered Telegram No. 25348, Roshchin to Filippov [Stalin] Ambassador Roshchin passes a message from Mao to Stalin regarding the Chinese deployment of troops to Korea.
July 22, 1950	Ciphered Telegram No. 22591 from Roschin to Filippov [Stalin] Mao Zedong informs Stalin of China's military and strategic maneuvers in summer 1950 as a result of the Korean War.
May 16, 1950	Telegram, Filippov [Stalin] to Mao Zedong via the Soviet ambassador Stalin notifies Mao Zedong that he believes the signing of a treaty pact between China and North Korea should only come after Korean reunification.
May 18, 1949	Cable No. 54611 from Kovalev to Stalin A telegram from the leader of the group of Soviet specialists in Northeast China to the Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers about the results of Chinese-Korean talks on military cooperation.
January 22, 1950	Cable, Liu Shaoqi to Chairman Mao [Zedong] Liu Shaoqi reports to Mao Zedong that the ethnic Korean officers have arrived to bring back the ethnic Koreans to Korea. To the request of the North Korean officers in bringing back the weapons ethnic Korean officers had used, Mao responds in the affirmative.
December 29, 1949	Telegram to Mao Zedong from Nie Rongzhen concerning the Repatriation of Ethnic Korean Soldiers to North Korea Lin Biao and others ask for instructions on whether to send ethnic Korean officers and soldiers to North Korea.
December 27, 1952	Telegram from Stalin to Mao Zedong Stalin agrees to send ammunitions to Mao in preparation for a US attack.