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September 2, 1950	Incoming Cable No. 600081, Shtykov to Vyshinky Shtykov passes on a memorandum to Vyshinsky written by Syngman Rhee to Dr. Robert T. Oliver.
May 6, 1951	Memorandum of Conversation, Soviet Ambassador N. V. Roshchin with CC CCP Secretary Liu Shaoqi Conversation between Soviet Ambassador to the PRC Roshchin and Liu Shaoqi regarding the Kuomintang and American intervention in Korea, and the question of Chinese relations with Tibet.
November 1, 1951	Ciphered Telegram No. 25465 from Beijing, Mao Zedong to Cde. Filippov [Stalin] Mao writes to Stalin discussing strategies for a proposal cease hostilities at the front line, and establish a line of demarcation between the two sides.
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.
March 29, 1953	Ciphered Telegram from Kuznetsov and Fedorenko Report that Kim Il Sung agrees that it is time to bring the war to an end, if not through military means than through negotiations.
September 9, 1950	National Security Council Report, NSC 81/1, "United States Courses of Action with Respect to Korea" The National Security Council reports to President Truman on possible US courses of action in resposne to the North Korean invasion of South Korea.
June 27, 1950	Statement by the President, Truman on Korea Truman's statement on the invasion of South Korea by North Korean forces.
October 1, 1950	Telegram from Vyshinsky Kiselev's mistakes during the discussion of Korean issue is reported.
August 9, 1966	On the Korean War, 1950-1952, and the Armistice Negotiations A survey of Soviet and Chinese involvement in the Korean War compiled in 1966 by an unidentified members of the staff of the Soviet Foreign Ministry archive. The apparent purpose of this internal history was to provide background information for the small group of Soviet officials who were at that time engaged in discussions with the People’s Republic of China and North Vietnam over possible Soviet assistance to the Viet Cong in their war with the United States.
December 27, 1952	Telegram from Stalin to Mao Zedong Stalin agrees to send ammunitions to Mao in preparation for a US attack.