Message Received from His Majesty
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This declassified government record documents a critical diplomatic exchange concerning China's potential intervention in the Korean War. It is a summary of a message from His Majesty's Charge d'Affaires in Peking, dated October third, nineteen-fifty, available via The Black Vault at documents2.theblackvault.com. This document was released under the Freedom of Information Act and declassified on October twenty-ninth, two thousand six, by the F-B-I. It is part of a larger collection of U.S. intelligence on China. The document, titled "Message Received from His Majesty's Charge d'Affaires, Peking, dated 3rd October, 1950," states: "Chou En-lai received the Indian Ambassador at Peking time morning of October third and informed him that if 'American' Armed Forces crossed thirty-eighth parallel the People's Government of China would send in troops across the frontier to participate in the defense of North Korea. Chou said this action would not be taken if only South Korean troops were to cr
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