Young Kee Kim briefs Minister Cho on the Guatemala Goodwill Mission, which is to promote friendly relations between Guatemala and other Asian countries.

Chen Yun explains why China cannot purchase as many military supplies from the Soviet Union as original proposed.

Syngman Rhee inquires Young Kee Kim about the statement of Philippines Ambassador to the United States, which appeared in the Pacific Stars and Stripes.

Choi Duk Shin reports on his concern about Japan's possible entry into the United Nations, anti-Communist strategies, and recent South Vietnamese affairs.

Young Kee Kim briefs Minister Cho on the budget increase for the Philippines' foreign service personnel.

Syngman Rhee discusses his meeting with Philippines' Vice Minister of Commerce and Industry and President Magsaysay's visit plan to Korea.

Conversation about the mood among the foreign Hungarian colony in PRC. The most of the conversation concerns the reasons for the 1956 uprising in Hungary. A lack of knowledge among the Hungarian leadership (with a predominant Soviet background) about the actual situation in Hungary, and the failure of the Soviet Embassy in Budapest to establish contacts with non-Russian speaking Hungarians, are here presented as main reasons for the Hungarian uprising.

Choi Duk Shin reports on the overall work of the legation, anti-communist strategies, Chinese ethnic minority normalization in South Vietnam, and Cambodian-Japanese relations.

The document features a conversation between Brzezinski Henryk and comrade Samsonov. To the questions of the 1st Secretary of the PRL Embassy in the DPRK, Samsonov states his opinion on the following topics: the group from the August plenum, different groups in the leadership of the DPRK, exchange of party cards, changes in economic policies, the standard of living of the population, agricultural production, Korean unification, and the role of the intelligentsia in the DPRK.

Young Kee Kim briefs Minister Cho on the budget increase for the foreign service personnel.

Young Kee Kim briefs President Rhee on the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister George K.C. Yeh's visit to Manila.

Report from Ambassador Károly Práth to Budapest on a conversation he had with Macuch, the Counsellor of the Czechoslovak Embassy. They discussed the inefficient organization of industry in North Korea and the ineffective manner with which Southern provocations are dealt.

The Soviet embassy in Pyongyang provides a description of the events leading up to the 1956 August Plenum,the strained relations between the DPRK and the PRC following the joint Sino-Soviet intervention, and North Korean development strategies.

A draft decision calling for a fair and peaceful resolution to the Sino-Burmese border dispute.

A conversation between Chief of the Korean Mission in Japan and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, regarding Japan and Korea's proposal.

Korea's proposal to amend the document drafted between Korea and Japan.

Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs Raul S. Manglapus awards Minister Kim for his achievement at the legation of Korea.

Choi Duk Shin reports on recent South Vietnamese affairs, including the election of Vice-President Nguyen-Ngoc Tho, and the current political environment of South East Asian countries.

President Rhee briefly comments on his New Year address and acknowledges the difficulties of South Vietnam's Chinese minority issue.

President Rhee offers a response to Choi's proposed political travel to promote anti-communism.