North Korea requests supplies and weapons from the Soviet Union.

Ambassador Roshchin passes a message from Mao to Stalin regarding the Chinese deployment of troops to Korea.

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.

Stalin cables his chief political and military representatives in Pyongyang in response to messages relating the increasingly dire situation in Korea as North Korean forces were driven back across the 38th parallel. Stalin demands that they establish defenses along the 38th parallel to prevent further American advance and even go on the offensive by organizing “guerrilla warfare” in the south behind enemy lines.

Stalin sharply reprimands Ambassador Shtykovfor promising Soviet advisors to the North Koreans without permission.

Soviet, Chinese, and North Korean officials discuss the military situation in Korea and the status of armistice talks.

Mao Zedong informs Stalin of China's military and strategic maneuvers in summer 1950 as a result of the Korean War.