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August 18, 1952	Report, Zhou Enlai to Chairman Mao [Zedong] and the Central Committee Zhou reports on the initial plans for his visit to Moscow and some of the conversations he's held concerning the Korean War.
June 28, 1950	Telegram, Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C. to Deputy Foreign Minister Yeh, President Jiang, and Dean Chen Chinese Ambassador Wellington Koo states his opinion about dispatching troops to aid United Nation Army on the Korean War.
January 20, 1951	Report from P. F. Yudin to I. V. Stalin on Meetings with the Leaders of the Communist Party of China, including Mao Zedong on 31 December 1950 Yudin recounts his meetings with Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, and Zhou Enlai. In three meetings, Yudin learned more about China's relations with other communist parties in Asia, economic conditions in China, and developments in the Korean War.
October 12, 1973	Verbatim Transcript of the Third Meeting between Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Zhou Enlai Zhou Enlai and Trudeau have a wideranging conversation on international politics, covering the Vietnam War, Sino-Japanese relations, Nixon's visit to China, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Arctic circle, and nuclear energy safeguards, among other topics.
September 3, 1951	Zhou Enlai’s Speech to the Central People’s Government Council, 'The Korean Ceasefire Negotiations and Making Peace with Japan' Speech by Zhou Enlai emphasizing the need to remain steadfast during negotiations with America on the Korean issue, in order to assure that the treaty is favorable to China and Korea. Notes that aiding Korea and resisting the United States is the only way to prevent Western dominance of East Asia.
July 4, 1953	Telegram from USSR Foreign Minister V.M. Molotov to Soviet Ambassador in Beijing Molotov writes to the Soviet Ambassador in Beijing discussing the Korean War armistice.
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.
May 23, 1953	Letter by United Nations Commander Mark W. Clark to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Solving the Prisoner of War Issue General Clark relays to the US Joint Chiefs of Staff the terms of the United Nations proposal to repatriate prisoners of war captured during the conflict in Korea. The agreement grants prisoners the right to refuse to be repatriated.
July 10, 1951	Letter from General Ridgeway to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on a Ceasefire Negotiations in Korea Report from Ridgway, Commander in Chief of the United Nations forces in Korea on meetings between the UN Command and North Korea to negotiate an armistice in Korea.
November 28, 1950	Letter from General MacArthur to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chinese Communist Intervention in Korea General MacArthur reports from Tokyo on developments in Korea, stating that the Chinese military support to North Korea was increasing.