Telegram to Kim Il Sung and Others on Proceeding Quickly to Kaesong to Prepare for Armistice Negotiations
(July 4, 1951)

Comrade Kim Il Sung, and Comrades Li Kenong and Qiao Guanhua[1]:

(1) Kim’s telegram of 13:00 on July 4 and the report sent by Li and Qiao from Andong[2] at 12:00 on July 4 have both been received.

(2) Li, Qiao, and Deng Hua[3] can all arrive at Kim’s location by dawn on July 5. Kim is requested to convene an immediate meeting with Li, Qiao, Deng, and Nam Il, Kim Chang-man, Kim Po, Chai Junwu[4], and others. If possible, they should depart from Pyongyang on the evening of July 5 and arrive in the Kaesong area on the morning or evening of July 6 to prepare for various matters. It is better to go a little earlier.

(3) If you agree to go early, then the second notice to Ridgway[5] need not be sent. However, if you believe it is still necessary to send a number of people by daytime train on the morning of July 7 to Kaesong to assist in meeting preparations, then that notice may still be issued on the morning of July 6. As to whether or not to issue that notice, Kim is requested to send me another telegram tomorrow, the 5th. But comrades such as Li, Qiao, Nam, Deng, Kim, Kim, Chai, and others should preferably depart for Kaesong on the night train of the 5th—the earlier, the better.

Mao Zedong
21:00, July 4, 1951
Printed from the manuscript.

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Notes

[1] Li Kenong, then Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Central People’s Government. Qiao Guanhua, then Director of the International News Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
[2] Andong, now Dandong City.
[3] Deng Hua, then Deputy Commander and Deputy Political Commissar of the Chinese People’s Volunteers.
[4] Nam Il, then Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army and Chief Delegate of the Korean-Chinese side in the Korean Armistice Negotiations. Kim Chang-man, then Director of the Mobilization Bureau of the Supreme Command of the Korean People’s Army and Chief Liaison Officer of the Korean-Chinese side in the Korean Armistice Negotiations. Kim Po, should be Kim Il-po, then Liaison Officer of the Korean People’s Army in the Korean Armistice Negotiations. Chai Junwu, also known as Chai Chengwen, then Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Korea and Liaison Officer of the Chinese People’s Volunteers in the Korean Armistice Negotiations.
[5] Ridgway, then Commander-in-Chief of the “United Nations Command,” succeeding MacArthur in directing the war of aggression against Korea.