1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
1879- 1953
East Asia
1912- 1994
1893- 1976
1907- 1964
1898- 1976
1900- 1980
North Korea
South Korea
November 17, 1950
Kim Il Sung asks to send Korean students over in order to learn flying and maintenance techniques.
November 20, 1950
Stalin agrees to train North Korean pilots, but in China, not in the Soviet Union, as Kim Il Sung previously suggested.
November 22, 1950
Kim Il Sung agrees to Stalin’s recommendations in regards to the training of North Korean pilots.
February 3, 1951
Stalin clarifies that his previous telegram of 30 January was not an order, but a proposal to discuss options with Korea.
March 15, 1951
Stalin proposes sending more Soviet fighter planes to aid Chinese and Korean troops.
May 29, 1951
Stalin sends a message for Kim Il Sung saying that he cannot give Kim Il Sung rifle-mortar arms, but can give him other types of ammunition.
June 5, 1951
Mao asks Stalin to receive Gao Gang and Kim Il Sung in Moscow so that they may discuss military operations in Korea.
Telegram from Stalin to Mao encouraging a prolonging of the war and giving advice on the conduct of operations against allied troops.
June 13, 1951
Response to Stalin’s telegram from the same day. Mao tells Stalin that Peng Dehuai needs Soviet advisers and gives some details about the current military situation in Korea.
June 24, 1951
Stalin’s response to Mao’s 21 June telegram, turning down his request for further arms and discussing the possibility of armistice.