China's Road to the Korean War

The Making of the Sino-American Confrontation

Chen Jian

New York

Columbia University Press

1994

Abbreviations

Abbreviations Used in Text

CCP: The Chinese Communist Party

CIA: Central Intelligence Agency

CMC: The CCP's Central Military Commission

CMAG: Chinese Military Advisory Group

CPV: Chinese People's Volunteers

DRV: Democratic Republic of Vietnam

GMD: The Guomindang (The Nationalist Party)

JCS: Joint Chief of Staff

KPA: Korean People's Army

NEBDA: Northeast Border Defense Army

NSC: National Security Council

PLA: The People's Liberation Army

PPS: Policy Planning Staff

PRC: The People's Republic of China

UN: The United Nations

Abbreviations Used in Footnotes

CCA: Chinese Central Archives

CMA: Chinese Military Archives

FBIS: Foreign Broadcast Information Service

FRUS: Foreign Relations of the United States

MJWJ: Mao Zedong, Mao Zedong junshi wenji (A Collection of Mao Zedong's Military Papers)

MJWX: Mao Zedong, Mao Zedong junshi wenxuan (Selected Military Works of Mao Zedong)

MNP: Mao Zedong nianpu (A Chronology of Mao Zedong)

MWG: Mao Zedong, Jianguo yilai Mao Zedong wengao (Mao Zedong's Manuscripts Since the Founding of the PRC)

MXJ: Mao Zedong, Mao Zedong xuanji (Selected Works of Mao Zedong)

NA: National Archives

ZWJWX: Zhou Enlai, Zhou Enlai waijiao wenxuan (Selected Diplomatic Works of Zhou Enlai)

ZXJ: Zhou Enlai, Zhou Enlai xuanji (Selected Works of Zhou Enlai)

ZYWJXJ: Zhonggong zhongyang wenjian xuanji (Selected Documents of the CCP Central Committee)