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March 3, 1951	Ciphered Telegram from Filippov [Stalin] to Mao Zedong via Zakharov Agreement to relocate two fighter divisions - division 151 and 324 - under the command of General Belov to cover the rear of the Sino-Korean forces, if they are able to leave two Chinese air divisions in Andun to protect the power and communications in the area.
February 17, 1951	Ciphered Telegram from Zakharov to Filippov [Stalin] Response to Filippov's [Stalin's] telegram from the 16th of January passing on Zhou Enlai's response. Zhou Enlai stated that the air force will be at the joint command of the Chinese and Korean airforce.
November 2, 1950	Ciphered Telegram from Shtykov to Fyn-Si [Stalin], Transmitting a Letter to Stalin from Kim Il Sung In agreement with the Chinese comrades, Korean reserves are to be withdrawn to Manchuria, including nine infantry divisions, and officers school, a tank regiment-in-training, and an air division with an aviation regiment-in-training. Six combat divisions will be preparing in Korea.
January 15, 1950	Record of the Conversation between I.V. Stalin and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Stalin and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan discuss India's policy of neutrality regarding cold war issues, India's relationship with Pakistan, and potential agrarian reforms within India.
November 12, 1973	Memorandum of Conversation between Mao Zedong and Henry Kissinger Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met with Chairman Mao and Zhou Enlai. The three discussed a large range of topics from Sino-Soviet relations to the Middle East to the influence of Chinese communism.
February 17, 1973	Memorandum of Conversation between Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Henry Kissinger Mao Zedong and Kissinger's meeting was aimed at establishing political relations between China and the United States. They discussed the following issues: U.S.-Chinese cooperation, the differences in ideology, Western German policy towards the Soviet Union, the amount of American overseas troops, the Vietnam War, trade barriers between two nations, Chinese-Japanese relations, and the historical issues between Germany and Britain during WWII.
October 24, 1951	Cable No. 25187, Mao Zedong to Cde. Filippov [Stalin] Mao reports to Stalin regarding an enemy aircraft attempting to sever Chinese-Soviet communication lines in Korea. Mao requests the Soviet air force assistance.
August 18, 1958	Instructions, Mao Zedong to Peng Dehuai Mao instructs Chinese Minister of National Defense Peng Dehuai to hault military maneuvers and prepare air forces for the planned bombardment of Jinmen Island in the Taiwan Strait.
June 27, 1950	Statement by the President, Truman on Korea Truman condemned North Korea's invasion of South Korea as a violation of international peace and the UN Charter and announced US air and naval support for South Korea. He also ordered the 7th Fleet to protect Formosa (Taiwan) and strengthened military support in the Pacific and Indochina.
July 1953	Report from the 64th Fighter Aviation Corps of the Soviet Air Forces in Korea The Soviet Air Forces report on the number of aircrafts which were shot down during the Korean War and the reasons for the decline in the effectiveness of the fighters.