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Photograph of 38th parallel crossing during Korean War

Korean War, 1950-1953

Chinese troops cross the Yalu River, 1950, to fight in the Korean War.

China and the Korean War

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

North Korea

Portrait of Mao Zedong from propaganda poster

Mao, Zedong

1893- 1976

Sino-Soviet Relations

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1950-1959

A photo of Joseph Stalin from 1943

Stalin, Joseph

1879- 1953

Photograph of Zhou Enlai in 1972.

Zhou, Enlai

1898- 1976

Kim Il Sung, 1978

Kim, Il Sung

1912- 1994

Photograph of Korean War armistice signing

Korean War Armistice

Gyeongbokgung

East Asia

South Korea

Portrait of Peng Dehuai

Peng, Dehuai

1898- 1974

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Roshchin, Nikolai V.

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United States

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North Korea-China friendship celebrated at the DPRK mass games

China-North Korea Relations

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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.
July 16, 1952	Ciphered Telegram No. 4018 from Filippov [Stalin] to Mao Zedong via Krasovsky Stalin agrees with Mao's position on repatriation and says Kim Il Sung agrees as well.
June 30, 1951	Cable No. 21340, Mao Zedong to Filippov [Stalin] Mao asks Stalin to make sure that Kim Il Sung knows that he must agree to conduct negotiations to cease hostilities, and to decide the time, place, and number of participants for these negotiations. Mao continues to give his advice as to what the best place and time would be for these negotiations (place, on the 38th parallel; and time, 15 July, 1950).
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.
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.
April 15, 1954	Protocol for the Phased Withdrawal of Troops (First Draft) A first draft of the proposal to withdraw United Nations Command and Chinese People's Volunteers troops from southern and northern Korea respectively. The protocol also outlines a schedule for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from the Korean peninsula.
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.
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.
November 29, 1950	Telegram from Shtykov to the USSR First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Telegram from the Ambassador of the USSR to the DPRK to the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR about Sino-Korean talks about the trip of chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the DPRK to China.
October 8, 1950	Telegram from Shtykov to the Soviet Council of Ministers Telegram of the ambassador of the USSR in the DPRK to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR with information from the North Korean government about the decision of China to send a volunteer army to Korea