Telegram Regarding the Return of Qiao Guanhua, Huang Hua [1] et al. to Beijing to Participate in Preparations for the Geneva Conference (March 1, 1954) To Comrades Du Ping [2] and Qiao Guanhua, with notification to Premier Kim and Commander Peng [3]: Your telegram of February 28 has been received.  1. In order to prepare for participation in the Geneva Conference, we concur with Comrade Li Kenong’s [4] view that Comrades Qiao Guanhua and Huang Hua should promptly return to Beijing to join the preparatory work.
Upon their passage through Pyongyang, Qiao and Huang should report on their work to Premier Kim and seek his instructions.  2. We approve the reorganization of the delegation’s Party committee, with Comrade Ding Guoyu [ ] appointed as deputy secretary of the committee; henceforth, all reports and requests for instructions to Beijing and Pyongyang shall be signed by Comrades Li Xiangchao [ ], Du Ping, and Ding Guoyu.  3. As Comrade Du Ping is not yet able to fully relinquish his duties within the troops, whenever Du is absent from Kaesong, Party committee affairs will be assumed by Comrade Ding Guoyu (with assistance from Comrade Chai Chengwen [7]), and all reports and requests for instructions to Beijing and Pyongyang will be signed by Comrades Li Xiangchao and Ding Guoyu.
Under conditions permitting, Comrades Ding Guoyu and Chai Chengwen may alternately return home for leave.
Mao Zedong March 1, 1954 Printed from the telegraph draft preserved in the Central Archives.

Notes [1] Qiao Guanhua and Huang Hua were both members of the Party committee of the Chinese People’s Volunteers’ delegation to the Korean Armistice Talks at that time. [2] Du Ping was then Director of the Political Department of the Chinese People’s Volunteers, a representative of the Sino–Korean Joint Delegation to the Korean Armistice Talks, and Deputy Secretary of the Party committee of the Chinese People’s Volunteers’ delegation. [3] Premier Kim refers to Kim Il-sung, Premier 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 then 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 directing the work of the Sino–Korean Joint Delegation. [ ] Ding Guoyu was then a representative of the Sino–Korean Joint Delegation to the Korean Armistice Talks and a member of the Party committee of the Chinese People’s Volunteers’ delegation. [ ] Li Xiangchao was a lieutenant general of the Korean People’s Army and at that time served as the chief representative of the Sino–Korean Joint Delegation to the Korean Armistice Talks. [7] 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.