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Ridgway, Matthew B. (Matthew Bunker) 1895- 1993

Commander, UN and US Troops in Korea, 1951-1952; Commander, NATO Forces in Europe, 1952-1953; Chief of Staff, US Army, 1953-1955.

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Matthew Ridgway rose to command UN and US Troops in Korea from 1951-1952. He was tasked with stabilizing and saving the peninsula. Ridgway was able to successfully prepare the way for armistice talks by stabilizing the line on and around the 38th parallel.

Commander, UN and US Troops in Korea, 1951-1952; Commander, NATO Forces in Europe, 1952-1953; Chief of Staff, US Army, 1953-1955

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June 30, 1951

Ciphered Telegram No. 3917, Filippov [Stalin] to Krasovsky, for Cde. Mao Zedong

Telegram from Stalin to Mao advising how to reply to the American request for armistice negotiations.

July 10, 1951

Letter from General Ridgeway to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on a Ceasefire Negotiations in Korea

Report from Ridgway, Commander in Chief of the United Nations forces in Korea on meetings between the UN Command and North Korea to negotiate an armistice in Korea.

June 30, 1951

Ciphered Telegram No. 21340 from Beijing, Mao Zedong to Cde. Filippov [Stalin]

Telegram from Mao to Stalin advising on the manner in which he believes armistice negotiations should be carried out.

June 30, 1951

Ciphered Telegram No. 21334 from Beijing, Mao Zedong to Cde. Filippov [Stalin]

Telegram from Mao to Stalin confirming that the PLA will enact the reorganizations proposed by Stalin. Mao also talks about several considerations regarding the American proposal for armistice negotiations.

April 1951

Letter, President Syngman Rhee to General Matthew Ridgway

Syngman Rhee asks General Ridgway to expel a British reporter, Edward Hewat, for allegedly biased reporting on the "Shin-won-myun Massacre."
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