Comrade Kim Il Sung, Comrade Li Kenong, and Comrade Peng Dehuai:

(1) Do not raise the issue of reparations, because doing so would, first, enable Britain, France, and the United States to unite and prevent the isolation of the United States; second, the United States could respond by providing relief funds, and North Korea cannot accept relief funds from the United States.

(2) If Comrade Kim Il Sung believes that exchanging refugees would be disadvantageous to North Korea, the provision on the exchange of refugees between North and South Korea may be removed and not raised, but preparations should be made for countermeasures in case South Korea raises this issue.

(3) Regarding the civil affairs matters in the demilitarized zone in Article 2, it is agreed to write up to "restore the state prior to June 25, 1950," and the following two sentences may be deleted.

(4) It is not necessary to raise the condition of "prohibiting the transfer of weapons."

(5) Agree to add Xie Fang as a representative. The representatives of both the Korean and Chinese sides shall use their real names, not pseudonyms. A communiqué must be issued today (July 9), stating the ranks and names of the representatives of the People’s Army and the Volunteer Army. Request Li Kenong to draft it immediately and send it to Kim and me.

Mao Zedong
July 9, 1:00 a.m.

[1] This is a telegram from Mao Zedong to Kim Il Sung, Premier of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and Li Kenong, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Central People’s Government and head of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army delegation to the Korean armistice negotiations.
[2] Xie Fang was then serving as Chief of Staff of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army.