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December 3, 1953	Letter, John W. Staggers to Syngman Rhee John W. Staggers remarks positively about Rhee's meeting with Chang Kai-shek and refers to Syngman Rhee's frustration with having Indian troops guarding Korean prisoners of war.
December 23, 1954	Letter, Willard B. Cowles to UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold Willard Cowles forwards documents concerning the mission of a B-29 of the 581st Air Resupply And Communications Wing shot down during the Korean War. The Chinese claimed the plane was over Chinese territory on an espionage mission, which the United Nations denied.
January 6, 1955	Record of Meetings between UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold and Zhou Enlai Over a series of four meetings, Secretary-General Hammarskjold and Zhou Enlai discuss American prisoners in China, Chinese nationals in the US, and the US-Taiwan defense treaty.
February 22, 1972	Memorandum of Conversation between Richard Nixon and Zhou Enlai
September 5, 1945	Report from L. Beria to Cde. I.V. Stalin, V.M. Molotov, and Cde. G.M. Malenkov Beria reports on the progress of the rebel movement in Xinjiang at the end of August, including information on the locations of the rebels' active operations, their armed forces, Chinese prisoners of war, and recent rebel casualties. He also describes the Chinese Armed Forces' likely responses to recent rebel advances in the Ili District.
May 18, 1954	Cable from Zhou Enlai, 'Regarding Pham Van Don's reply to Eden' Zhou Enlai write Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, and report to the CCP Central Committee, regarding Pham Van Dong's reply to Eden and the issue of transporting wounded soldiers from Dien Bien Phu.
May 17, 1954	Telegram, Zhou Enlai to Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, and the CCP Central Committee (excerpt) Zhou Enlai informs Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, and the CCP Central Committee that despite an increased possibility for ceasefire, there are plots for sabotaging the ceasefire in Indochina by the US and factions for war in France.
May 13, 1954	Telegram, Zhou Enlai to Wei Guoqing, and report to the CCP Central Committee (excerpt) In this telegram Zhou Enlai informs Wei Guoqing and the CCP Central Committee that the Western countries have raised the question of sick and wounded soldiers at Dien Bien Phu and are criticizing the Soviet Union. Enlai wants to counter the enemy plots with propaganda, but in the meantime thinks it would be better if some captured senior officers issued statements concerning the "humanist measures" being taken by their captors - but not by force.
1972	A Visit to the DPRK: A Report from the Delegation of the American-Korean Friendship and Information Center to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea A report on a North Korean sponsored tour of Pyongyang made by staff and supporters of the AKFIC in 1972.
1971	Operation War Shift: Position Paper, Second (Revised) Edition A position paper of the American-Korean Friendship and Information Center, describing the organization's objectives in the context of the Vietnam War.