Kim Il Sung asks to send Korean students over in order to learn flying and maintenance techniques.
November 22, 1950
Telegram from Kim Il Sung to Stalin, via Shtykov
CIPHERED TELEGRAM No. 600782/sh
From CORRESPONDENT No. 18 Sent 22.11.50 6:30 Received 22.11 9:55
Sent to 8th Department of General Staff of Armed Forces 22.11 10:02
By telegram
Extremely urgent
To Comrade FENG XI [Stalin].
I transmit the letter I received from KIM IL SUNG addressed to you with the following contents:
"To Comrade FENG XI
I received your telegram of 20.11.50 about the preparation of pilot cadres. We fully agree with your opinions.
Accept, Comrade FENG XI, our deepest gratitude for your tireless assistance to the Korean people in its struggle for its independence.
Yours truly - KIM IL SUNG 21.11.50"
SHTYKOV
No. 35
Copies: Stalin (2), Molotov, Malenkov, Beria, Mikoyan, Kaganovich, Bulganin, Khrushchev, Vasilevsky, Shtemenko, File of 8th Department
Kim Il Sung agrees to Stalin’s recommendations in regards to the training of North Korean pilots.
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