Terenti Shtykov reports on Kim Il Sung's military planning for an invasion of South Korea and signals Soviet approval for the invasion.
May 31, 1950
Ciphered Telegram No. 9849, Gromyko to the Soviet Ambassador, Pyongyang
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CIPHERED TELEGRAM
No. 9849
Received at 22:30 S
Sent at 23:55 on 31 May 1950.
To Pyongyang, Soviet Ambassador.
Urgent, out of turn
In reply to your no. 408-410
The Instantsia [Stalin] approves your proposals. Delivery of medical supplies and oil will be accelerated.
GROMYKO
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Gromyko reports Stalin's approval of Kim Il Sung's request for the prompt delivery of medical supplies to North Korea.
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Volkogonov Collections, Library of Congress; Archive of the President of the Russian Federation (APRF). Translated by Vladislav Zubok
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