The Digital Archive contains once-secret documents from governments all across the globe, uncovering new sources and providing fresh insights into the history of international relations and diplomacy. It collects the research of three Wilson Center projects which focus on the interrelated histories of the Cold War, Korea, and Nuclear Proliferation. [Read more]
May 10, 1988
Kim Il Sung apologizes for the North Korean trade shortfall and informed Schabowski of major flooding in 1986 and 1987. There was also talk of the approaching 13th World Games of …
May 10, 1988
Kim Il Sung apologizes for the North Korean trade shortfall and informed Schabowski of major flooding in 1986 and 1987. There was also talk of the approaching 13th World Games of …
The Digital Archive contains once-secret documents from governments all across the globe, uncovering new sources and providing fresh insights into the history of international relations and diplomacy. It collects the research of three Wilson Center projects which focus on the interrelated histories of the Cold War, Korea, and Nuclear Proliferation. [Read more]
North Korea's public diplomacy was in full swing in the United States in the 1970s. Brandon Gauthier investigates North Korea's American allies inside of the so-called American-Korean Friendship and Information Center (AKFIC).
The onset of the Algerian War of Independence in November 1954 was an important development in the international history of the Cold War. Pierre Asselin introduces documents from the Algerian National Archives on socialist bloc support for Algerian National Liberation Front.
Sergey Radchenko draws on Soviet and Russian documents from 1991-1993 to argue that the first North Korean crisis began partly as a result of the policy choices of key regional players.
RT @coldwardocs: November 29, 1961: Report on Visit of Luis Carlos Prestes, Chairman of the National Leadership of the Brazilian… http://t.…
#OnThisDay in '58 the CIA issues memo reviewing anti-Soviet Radio Liberty russian-language broadcasts. http://t.co/8yvam5Z6MT #coldwarhist
Stalin died today in 1953, triggering a power struggle within the Soviet leadership: http://t.co/Jym1VWKrIJ http://t.co/NmCTGskING
#OnThisDay in '53 Stalin dies, creating a struggle for succession within USSR. http://t.co/Jym1VWKrIJ. #coldwarhist
#OnThisDay in '46 Churchill delivers landmark speech, introducing "iron curtain" as term for Comm Bloc. http://t.co/o0UbamrsKh #coldwarhist
