Mao Zedong asks for Soviet arms and permission to send naval advisers to Moscow to discuss the future of the Chinese navy.
CIPHERED TELEGRAM
BEIJING - to Comrade Zakharov
For MAO ZEDONG
To Comrade MAO ZEDONG
I received your telegram about naval matters. I agree to the trip to MOSCOW of XIAO JINGUANG and the other comrades.
FILIPPOV [Stalin]
29.10.50.
Copies: Stalin, Bulganin
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Stalin agrees to receive Chinese naval advisers.
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