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Popa, Dumitru

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Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

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Press Briefing by Permanent Observer of Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the UN, 7 July 1976.

Inter-Korean Relations

Gyeongbokgung

East Asia

South Korea

United States-North Korea Relations

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Ho, Dam

1929- 1991

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

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Romania. Embassy (Korea : North)

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Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

Demise of Detente in Korea, 1973-1975

The Two Koreas and the Third World

Kim Il Sung, 1978

Kim, Il Sung

1912- 1994

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Lazar, Aurelian

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Nanu, Victor

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Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

North Korea-China friendship celebrated at the DPRK mass games

China-North Korea Relations

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Inter-Korean Dialogue, 1977-1980

The Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik) in Berlin

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East Germany

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March 25, 1975	Telegram from the Romanian Embassy in Pyongyang to Bucharest, SECRET, No. 059.101 Popa describes the breakdown of the negotiations at the North-South Coordination Committee, which has devolved into an "organized exchange of accusations and labels." He notes that the discovery of tunnels beneath the DMZ and other conditions have made it impossible to stall the rising tensions on the peninsula.
March 11, 1975	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, No. 059.076 North Koreans report that the South Koreans are concerned with the imminent fall of South Vietnam. At the same time, Seoul is moving to ensure the continued presence of US troops on the Korean Peninsula even after the U.N. troops’ headquarters in South Korea. While Pyongyang can observe increased popular dissent against Park Chung Hee, the North Koreas worry that not even the anti-government opposition foster anti-American sentiments
March 11, 1975	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, No. 059.076 Popa observes an increase of US military presence in South Korea, including the transfer of nuclear weapons and notes that many see this move as Washington's way of coping with the Sino-Soviet split and increased division between Japan and the US.
March 1, 1975	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, SECRET, No. 059.060 The Romanian Embassy in Pyongyang reports on the Northern Limit Line (NLL) dispute based on the remarks of Ri Jongmok, North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister
February 27, 1975	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, SECRET, No. 059.057 The Embassy of Romania in Pyongyang reports on the military responses of North and South Korea to the growing number of clashes near the Northern Limit Line (NLL).
April 22, 1974	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, SECRET, Urgent, No. 060.180 Heo Dam seeks to replace the armistice with a peace treaty and establish direct contact with the United States to remove American troops from the peninsula.
February 21, 1974	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, SECRET, Urgent, No. 060.076 The Embassy of Romania in Pyongyang reports on the February 15 naval clash between North and South Korea, and how the sides had responded to the incident
November 15, 1973	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, SECRET, No. 061.465, Urgent The document describes several gatherings of Korean People's Army corps in Pyongyang where military leaders presented a report underlying the necessity of increasing the level of technical and combat preparedness of the army. The author observes how the rhetoric of driving out "American imperialists" and unifying the peninsula had reappeared in North Korea.
October 30, 1973	Telegram from Pyongyang, SECRET, No.061487, Urgent Soviet officials note their dissatisfaction towards the state of relations between the USSR and the DPRK. According to the Soviets, the exchange of delegations between the two countries is at an all time low, but they expect their relationship to improve in the next year. A similar "tenuous" relationship is observed between the PRC and the DPRK.
October 27, 1973	Telegram from Pyongyang, SECRET, No.061482, Urgent Popa notes Kim Yeong-nam's concern regarding interference of the USSR and USA in the Yom Kippur/October War as a source of a wider conflict, contrary to the optimism expressed by the North Korean leadership.