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December 17, 1952	Ciphered Telegram from Mao Zedong to Semenov [Stalin] An application for military goods for 1953, a request for urgently needed military goods, and an application for materials for military production.
July 24, 1952	Ciphered Telegram from Filippov [Stalin] to Mao Zedong via Krasovsky Telegram stating that it would be impossible to fulfill Mao's request on supplying arms and resources for a certain number of divisions, and that fulfilling even a fifth of his request (which they did) was difficult.
March 22, 1952	Ciphered Telegram from Kim Il Sung to Razuvaev Telegram asking for agreement/confirmation from the USSR government in order to award a number of Soviet military advisors (list included) for their military assistance.
November 3, 1951	CPSU Central Committee Politburo Decision with Telegram for Stalin Decision to approve the request of the government of the DPRK to manufacture and supply to Korea 89,000 orders (a type of military medal), 300,100 medals, and 100 copies of the charter for the Korean Hammer and Sickle medal, and to approve the draft on the matter mentioned in the first paragraph of this resolution.
October 17, 1951	Ciphered Telegram from Razuvaev to Vasilevsky Razuvaev reports the DPRK's request of the Soviet Union to produce weapons for three divisions, produce 1000 cars, and to produce TU-2 aircrafts.
October 7, 1951	Telegram from Filippov [Stalin] to Mao Zedong via Krasovsky Telegram from Stalin to Mao discussing the five advisors being sent to Beijing, and the military equipment being sent by the end of 1951 for the remaining six divisions -- the delivery of which is being delayed six months.
September 26, 1951	Cable No. 5542, Filippov [Stalin] to Krasovsky, for Cde. Mao Zedong Telegram from Stalin to Mao stating that because of the conditions of production and transportation, it is almost impossible to ensure additional supplies (in the amount of the proposed one-fifth of the value of all applications from the September 8 telegram), and at the same time supply six infantry divisions with arms and equipment by the end of the year. Stalin states that they can take Mao's additional order on the delivery of military equipment in 1951, equal to one-fifth of the total cost of China's application, only on the condition that the supply of weapons and equipment for the six divisions are postponed for six months.
September 12, 1951	Telegram from Filippov [Stalin] to Mao Zedong via Krasovsky Telegram from Stalin to Mao agreeing to send the military advisors requested by Mao, and that five advisors should be satisfactory.
August 30, 1951	Telegram from Vasilevsky to Stalin In accordance with Stalin's instructions, Vasilevsky relayed instructions for the MiG-15 to Belov, and the commanders of the military and air force.
June 23, 1951	Telegram from Sokolovsky and Shtemenko to Stalin On the meeting between Shtemenko and Xu Xiang-Qian. Xu Xiang-Qian reiterated Mao's request that the Soviets supply 60 divisions with weapons, and that Mao agrees with the proposed organizational plan of the infantry divisions.

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