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December 16, 1950	Telegram from Zhou Enlai to Wu Xiuquan and Qiao Guanhua Zhou Enlai advises the Chinese UN representatives on how to explain and respond to representatives from other countries regarding the Korea issue and the proposed armistice.
December 8, 1950	Telegram from the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee to Wu Xiuquan and Qiao Guanhua The CCP Central Committee gives instructions to the Chinese representatives to the UN on how to reply to confrontation over the Korean issue. The Chinese representatives are to express willingness to end military action as well as desire to know the UN and the U.S.'s positions on the conditions for an armistice.
July 3, 1951	Ciphered Telegram No. 21405, Mao Zedong to Cde. Filippov [Stalin] Mao Zedong writes Stalin on the Chinese position for a ceasefire in the Korean War which the Chinese side will propose at an upcoming meeting with the UN negotiators. Mao asks Stalin for his opinion on the Chinese position.
June 13, 1951	Ciphered Telegram No. 3557, Filippov [Stalin] to Roshchin Telegram from Stalin to Mao summarizing his discussions with Kim Il Sung and Gao Gang on the issues of military advisors, air force training and assistance, and the implications of a potential armistice.
June 14, 1951	Handwritten letter from Gao Gang and Kim Il Sung to Stalin, with 13 June 1951 handwritten letter from Mao Zedong to Gao Gang and Kim Il Sung Letter from Mao to Gao Gang and Kim Il Sung, conveyed to Stalin, on a strategy for approaching and terms for an armistice. Issues considered include Taiwan, China's entry into the UN and the establishment of a neutral zone.
June 30, 1951	Ciphered Telegram No. 21336 from Beijing, Mao Zedong to Cde. Filippov [Stalin] Telegram from Mao to Stalin relaying a query from Kim Il Sung on how to respond to a request for negotiations from Ridgway.
June 30, 1951	Ciphered Telegram No. 21334 from Beijing, Mao Zedong to Cde. Filippov [Stalin] Telegram from Mao to Stalin confirming that the PLA will enact the reorganizations proposed by Stalin. Mao also talks about several considerations regarding the American proposal for armistice negotiations.
June 30, 1951	Ciphered Telegram No. 21340 from Beijing, Mao Zedong to Cde. Filippov [Stalin] Telegram from Mao to Stalin advising on the manner in which he believes armistice negotiations should be carried out.
June 30, 1951	Ciphered Telegram No. 3917, Filippov [Stalin] to Krasovsky, for Cde. Mao Zedong Telegram from Stalin to Mao advising how to reply to the American request for armistice negotiations.
July 2, 1951	Ciphered Telegram No. 101529, Filippov [Stalin] to Cde. Razuvaev Message from Stalin that the Koreans must talk with the Chinese about armistice negotiations.