Revised Draft Telegram to Li Kenong[2]
(July 14, 1951)

Kenong:

The incoming message[3] of 21:30 hours, July 13, received. After revision it will be sent to you, and upon receiving the revised draft you may deliver it to the other party. The Beijing broadcast should be around 20:00 hours, July 14, that is, around 8 p.m.

Mao Zedong
01:45 hours, July 14

[1] Li Qiwei (Matthew B. Ridgway), then Commander-in-Chief of the "United Nations Command," who succeeded MacArthur in directing the war of aggression against Korea.
[2] Li Kenong, then Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Central People's Government.
[3] Refers to the draft reply to Li Qiwei intended to be issued in the names of Kim Il Sung, Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, and Peng Dehuai, Commander of the Chinese People's Volunteers.