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March 4, 1954	Letter, President Syngman Rhee to General Van Fleet President Rhee once again suggests that the US government should increase the ROK defense forces. It will not only be cheaper to fund Korean (over American) divisions, it also means that Americans do not need to fight in Korea. Rhee then negotiates that if the US government implements the necessary military buildup aid, he too will not take any “unilateral action” for or against the future Geneva Conference until after it has been in session. Finally, Rhee advocates his disapproval of US interest to build up Japan.
March 6, 1954	Letter, James A. Van Fleet to President Syngman Rhee General Van Fleet addresses his concern for the Far East. While some Americans are calling for US withdrawal from South Korea, he insists that the US has a “morale and a material obligation” in the Peninsula.
March 18, 1954	Letter, General James A. Van Fleet to General Bruce C. Clarke General James A. Van Fleet responds to an invitation to attend a ceremony marking the turning over of operational control to Korean forces and General Paik Sun Yup.
May 3, 1951	Letter, President Syngman Rhee to General Coulter President Rhee writes to General Coulter to address the issue of prisoners of war. After stating that releasing POWs would “demoralize” Korean soldiers, Rhee expresses his concern for POWs forced to fight in the North’s side. Rhee states that “democratic-accepting” POWs can be released only after they pass a series of tests proving them to be anti-communist. Once released, these POWs can “carry their stories of fair treatment under a democratic United Nations.”
February 17, 1973	Memorandum of Conversation between Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Henry Kissinger Mao Zedong and Kissinger's meeting was aimed at establishing political relations between China and the United States. They discussed the following issues: U.S.-Chinese cooperation, the differences in ideology, Western German policy towards the Soviet Union, the amount of American overseas troops, the Vietnam War, trade barriers between two nations, Chinese-Japanese relations, and the historical issues between Germany and Britain during WWII.
February 21, 1972	Memorandum of Conversation between Chairman Mao Zedong and President Richard Nixon Mao Zedong and Richard Nixon focus on "philosophic problems" in relations between China and the United States during their first meeting.
April 25, 1951	Letter, General James A. Van Fleet to UN Ground Forces in Korea General Van Fleet encourages the UN Ground Forces in Korea to continue their fight against “armed communism aggression.”
August 26, 1954	Letter, General James A. Van Fleet to Syngman Rhee After the Korean War, General Van Fleet informs President Rhee that U.S. will bear the cost of rebuilding Korean military forces in order to facilitate the withdrawal of American troops from the Korean Peninsula in the future.
March 18, 1954	Letter, Syngman Rhee to General James A. Van Fleet President Rhee discusses different tactics with General Van Fleet on how to convince President Eisenhower and the American public to build the ROK's armed forces.
November 1957	Friendship and Solidarity Among Socialist Countries Kim Il Sung's article, originally published in Mezhdunarodnaya Zhizn, thanks the Soviet Union and China for assisting North Korea while deriding American foreign policy.