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September 22, 1952	Report, Zhou Enlai to the Chairman [Mao Zedong] and the Central Committee Zhou and Stalin discuss the POW issue, the United Nations and the formation of a new regional organization for Asia, and military cooperation.
September 16, 1952	Report, Zhou Enlai to the Chairman [Mao Zedong] and the Central Committee Zhou Enlai updates Mao Zedong on the latest conversations with Stalin and other members of the Soviet leadership. Topics of discussion included Soviet technical assistance to China, developments in the Korean War, the United Nations, and the formation of a regional organization for Asia.
September 14, 1952	Report, Zhou Enlai to the Chairman [Mao Zedong] Zhou and Stalin discuss the Korean War POW issue as well as the United Nations.
September 1, 1953	CPSU Central Committee Decision Kuznetsov (Soviet ambassador to China) should be informed of the outcome of the United Nations political conference on Korea, at the request of the Government of the People's Republic of China.
May 28, 1953	Record of Molotov's Conversation with US Ambassador Bohlen Molotov and Bohlen discussed the US government's recent proposal to the Delegation of the United Nations.
June 6, 1953	Statement by President Syngman Rhee President Syngman Rhee strongly opposed the peace talks between the United Nations, the North Korea People’s Army, and the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army. Rhee proposed that he would accept this armistice only if the United States signed a Mutual Defense Pact and to continue to build the ROK forces after the war.
November 10, 1958	Letter, You Chan Yang to Mr. Dag Hammarskjold You Chan Yang, chairman of the Korean deligation sends letter concerning the issue of prisoners in North Korea and returning them to South Korea.
July 27, 1953	The President of the Republic of Korea (Rhee) to President Eisenhower Rhee thanks Eisenhower for US appropriations for South Korea and congratulates him on the Korean War armistice.
July 7, 1953	National Security Council Report, NSC 157/1, 'US Objective with Respect to Korea Following an Armistice' NSC 157/1 analyzes the situation following the armistice in Korea and the problem of Korea's division in half. The report analyzes the North Korea/Communist, US, and South Korean positions regarding reunification. Although a unified Korea allied militarily with the US is not seen as a possibility, the report concludes that it might still be possible to achieve "a unified, neutralized Korea under a substantially unchanged ROK [South Korea]."
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.