The Council of Ministers decided to direct Minister of War Vasilevsky to send 200 Korean students to Manchuria by 5 December 1950, to direct the Minister of State Security to issue those students exit visas using the most simplified procedure, and to direct the Minister of Foreign Trade to calculate the cost of sending the Korean students to Manchuria.

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

Zhou Enlai reports on the Soviet plans to strengthen the air force, presumably as a show of force to the American side.

Telegram to Stalin reporting on the status--operational readiness and losses incurred--of North Korean air forces.

Stalin agrees to train North Korean pilots, but in China, not in the Soviet Union, as Kim Il Sung previously suggested.

Vasilevsky reports on the state of Korean fighter aviation regiments, damaged Soviet regiments in Korea, Korean maintenance crews and transport of battalions and munitions supplies to Korea, allowing Stalin to decide, pending further calculations, whether or not it would be logical to transfer aircraft to Pyongyang.

Stalin approves of sending North Korea arms through China.