Mao Zedong proposes 20-mile buffer zone to end Korean fighting
Li Kenong was secretly dispatched to Kaesong to lead negotiations as Mao feared neutral observers would monitor Chinese military transport on the border and in Korea.
By Vera Kessler ·
Mao Zedong
Pham Van Dong Pushed for 13th Parallel Against French 18th
Top-secret communications to Mao Zedong show how Soviet officials felt Pham Van Dong had "no mature ideas" for pushing French forces back to the 13th parallel in 1954.
By Vera Kessler ·
Seven parties synchronized scripts to isolate Mao Zedong
Communist officials coordinated a propaganda offensive against Mao Zedong in Warsaw, where a sudden Soviet plan to isolate Albania shocked the Polish party.
By Marcus Boone ·
Peng Dehuai Warns Stalin That Faltering Coast Requires 100,000 Soviet Mines
North Korean divisions dwindled to 3,000 men while General Peng Dehuai urged a strategic pause to prevent a reckless charge and proposed drafting 20,000 prisoners into the ranks.
By Roy Castellano ·