Telegram Regarding Preparations for the Geneva Conference
(March 1, 1954)
To Comrades Du Ping121 and Qiao Guanhua, with copy to Premier Kim and Commander Peng131:
Received your telegram of February 28.
I. In order to prepare for participation in the Geneva Conference, we concur with Comrade Li Kenong141’s view that Comrades Qiao Guanhua, Huang Hua, and others should promptly return to Beijing to join the preparatory work. When passing through Pyongyang, Qiao and Huang should report on their work to Premier Kim and seek his instructions.
II. We approve the reorganization of the delegation’s Party committee: Comrade Ding Guoniu151 will serve as deputy secretary of the committee;
the following comrades will be members of the committee:
[1]
Qiao Guanhua and Huang Hua were at that time both members of the Party committee of the Chinese People’s Volunteers’ delegation to the Korean Armistice Talks.
[2]
Du Ping was then Director of the Political Department of the Chinese People’s Volunteers, a delegate of the Joint Military Armistice Commission representing China and North Korea, and deputy secretary of the delegation’s Party committee.
[3]
Premier Kim refers to Kim Il-sung, Prime Minister of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Commander Peng refers to Peng Dehuai, Commander and Political Commissar of the Chinese People’s Volunteers.
[4]
Li Kenong was at that time Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Central People’s Government, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army, and Secretary of the Party Committee of the Chinese People’s Volunteers’ delegation to the Korean Armistice Talks, responsible for leading the Chinese-North Korean delegation’s work in the armistice negotiations.
[5]
Ding Guoniu was then a delegate of the Chinese-North Korean delegation to the Korean Armistice Talks and a member of the delegation’s Party committee.

Telegram Concerning Qiao Guanhua, Huang Hua, and Others Returning to Beijing to Participate in the Preparations for the Geneva Conference
Thereafter, reports and requests for instructions to Beijing and Pyongyang shall be signed jointly by Comrades Li XiangchaoIll, Du Ping, and Ding Guoniu.
III. Since Comrade Du Ping is still unable to fully detach himself from his duties with the troops, whenever Du is not in Kaesong, Party committee affairs will be handled by Comrade Ding Guomao (with assistance from Comrade Chai Chengwenm), and all reports and requests for instructions to Beijing and Pyongyang will be signed by Li Xiangchao and Ding Guolian. Under conditions permitting, Comrades Ding Guomao and Chai Chengwen may alternate returning home for leave.
Mao Zedong
March 1, 1954
[I]
Li Xiangchao was a lieutenant general in the Korean People’s Army and served as the chief representative of the Chinese-North Korean delegation to the Korean Armistice Talks at that time.
[2]
Chai Chengwen was then a member of the Party committee and secretary-general of the Chinese People’s Volunteers’ delegation to the Korean Armistice Talks.