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The Influence of Sino-Soviet-North Korean Triangular Relations on the Course of the Korean War and Postwar North Korean Foreign Relations: Evidence from Declassified Documents

Korean Studies Quarterly / Korean Studies Quarterly, (P)2671-8197; (E)2733-936X
2010, v.33 no.3, pp.117-142
https://doi.org/10.25024/ksq.33.3.201009.117


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Abstract

Based on Russian and Chinese archival records, this paper examines the influence of the Sino-Soviet-North Korean triangular relations on the course of the Korean War and on the North Korean diplomatic behavior after the end of the war. It argues that Pyongyang’s willing subjugation to Soviet and Chinese interests in the decision for war turned to bitter resentment in October 1950, when Stalin ordered Kim Il Sung to evacuate his troops from DPRK territory. The eventual entry of Chinese troops, while preventing defeat, brought Kim Il Sung personal humiliation and loss of control over his country and over the outcome of the war. The wartime alliance thus brought about assumption that Korea’s salvation could only be entrusted to Koreans, even while fraternal allies would be used as sources of economic and military aid.

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6, 25전쟁, 소련, 중국, 북한, 김일성, 스탈린, 마오쩌둥, 기밀해제문서, the Korean War, Soviet Union, China, North Korea, Kim Il Sung, Stalin, Mao Zedong, declassified documents


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