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April 02, 1946
Protocol No. 18 of a Meeting of the Special Committee under the Council of Ministers of the USSR (Excerpt)
Special dossier containing a resolution to send a Soviet geological prospecting party to survey North Korea for beryllium.
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April 25, 1947
Protocol No. 36 of a Meeting of the Special Committee under the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (Excerpt)
Special dossier refining aspects of the geological prospecting party to North Korea, to extract "rare elements".
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April 12, 1948
Protocol No. 61 of a Meeting of the Special Committee under the Council of Ministers of the USSR (Excerpt)
Memorandum of the Special Committee of the CC CPSU postponing the geological prospecting for uranium in North Korea.
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April 28, 1958
From the Journal of Gromyko, Record of a Conversation with Ambassador Ri Sin-Pal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Gromyko records that North Korea was eager to start a nuclear program, though they insisted it was for “peaceful purposes.” The North Korean Ambassador requested Soviet scientific aid and was informed by Gromyko that the request would “undoubtedly be considered in a favorable spirit.”
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August 24, 1962
Conversation between Soviet Ambassador in North Korea Vasily Moskovsky and North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Seong-cheol
The North Korean Foreign Minister discusses with the Soviet Ambassador the nuclear hegemony of the US and their ability to control nuclear proliferation.
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April 15, 1963
Conversation between Soviet Ambassador in North Korea Vasily Moskovsky and Czechoslovak Ambassador Moravec
A North Korean colonel suggests that the Soviet Union should give advanced military technology to North Korea.
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August 26, 1963
Conversation between Soviet Ambassador in North Korea Vasily Moskovsky and the German Ambassador
North Korea makes inquiries into acquiring German nuclear information.
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September 27, 1963
Conversation between Soviet Ambassador in North Korea Vasily Moskovsky and Soviet Specialists in North Korea
Soviet specialists in North Korea inform the Ambassador that the Koreans are attempting to acquire large amounts of uranium ore.
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October 16, 1963
Report on a Conversation between the Soviet Ambassador in North Korea Vasily Moskovsky and Soviet Specialists in North Korea
Vasily Moskovsky relays that, according to one Korean engineer, North Korea can produce an atomic bomb.
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January 11, 1964
Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
Ambassadors from the Soviet Union, Hungary, and Romania discuss the zealousy of Koreans acquiring new technologies.
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March 09, 1967
Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
A report on a meeting between Kim Il Sung and the Cuban Ambassador in which the North Koreans criticize China, report on North Korea's relations with Cuba and Yugoslavia, and comment on nuclear nonproliferation.
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March 13, 1967
Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
The Hungarian Ambassador reports on Kim Il Sung's visit to Moscow to request a nuclear power plant.
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April 08, 1967
Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, No.76.121, TOP SECRET, April 8, 1967
Telegram informing requests from North Korea asking for technical and scientific cooperation in the field of atomic energy.
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May 13, 1967
Memorandum on Audience for Comrades Heintze and Breitenstein with Comrade Pak Seong-cheol
Based on remarks made by Kim Il Sung, Pak Seong-cheol discusses North Korea's military policy, relations with the United States, the Vietnam War, and the state of the communist bloc.
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December 20, 1967
A 20 December 1967 DVO Memo about the Attitude of the Korean Leadership toward the Issues of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
A report on the DPRK's negative attitude towards a relaxation of tensions in the international arena, based on remarks made by Kim Il Sung.
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February 01, 1968
Informational Report by Ambassador Herrmann
As North Koreans prepared for a new war after the Pueblo Incident, East German Ambassador Herrmann explains that the USSR and PRC will fight with nuclear weapons on the DPRK's side.
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February 02, 1968
Memorandum on an Information of 1 February 1968
The East German Embassy in Pyongyang reports that North Korea, fearful of counter attacks in the wake of seizing the USS Pueblo, is on a state of alert.
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February 05, 1968
Lt. Col. J. Załuska, 'Record: Information from CSSR Military Attaché, Col. Goch, obtained during a Hunt'
North Korea is interested in obtaining equipment for nuclear research, and the Soviet Union has been supporting the DPRK's nascent atomic industry.
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February 29, 1968
Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
The Romanian Delegation is received in Pyongyang to discuss relations between the two countries.
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February 29, 1968
Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
Hungarian Embassy reports on terms of a request from the DPRK to the GDR, asking the Germans for the mutual exchange of scientists, along with purchasing various tools and technologies. The GDR asks the DPRK to appeal to the Soviet Union before pursuing the agreement any further.
