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March 11, 1949

Note, V. Molotov to Cde. Stalin

[Translator’s note: there is a stamp

in the upper right-hand corner halfway

off the page, possibly a reference to

a decision contained in Politburo minutes]

 

to Cde. STALIN

 

The Commission on Korean Affairs has prepared a draft Agreement between the Governments of the USSR and Korea about the Soviet Union offering a credit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for the payment of the equipment and materials being delivered to Korea, and also for military equipment.

 

I attach a draft.

 

Please examine [it].

 

[signature] V. Molotov

 

11 March 1949

 

Copies distributed to

Cdes. Beria

Malenkov

Mikoyan

Kaganovich

Bulganin

Kosygin

3-M

 

The Soviet Commission on Korea prepared an official agreement between the USSR and DPRK, which gives the DPRK credit to purchase Soviet military equipment and materials.



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Archives of the President of the Russian Federation (AP RF). Translated by Gary Goldberg.

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