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Before I start, until 3-4 months ago I thought the Berlin wall was built in 1950 or so and that Berlin was on the line between east and west Germany. I looked it up and so now I am including the 1950 wall part as a POD for my main idea.

The ATL/WI below:

Okay the first change on January 10th 1950 where after the Berlin air lift Stalin now wanting to prove his power orders the Iron curtain to be built like the one in the OTL.

He also meets with China and North Korea on April 19th 1950 to sign the Iron Will Pact or IWP with the following guidelines:

1) If any of the nations is attacked in this pact then all party's go to war with the aggressor.

2) If any of the nations go to war then all nations in this pact must agree to help defend the nation(s) at war on request.

Then the Korean war breaks out like in OTL with china drafting 3,000,000 troops to commit. Russia chooses to boldly openly and fully commit to controlling the air space above North Korea.

How would this have impacted the Korean War and could have this more daring move by the reds led to a nuclear exchange?
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