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May 1, 1958	Note from a Conversation with the Director of a Department in One of the Ministries on 5.I.1958 The political language used in official speeches and in the North Korean press is explained to a Polish diplomat.
1945	Soviet Report on Communists in Korea, 1945 Soviet officers provide a sketch of the existing communist movement in northern and southern Korea in 1945 and suggest that Kim Il Sung should be a leading candidate to head the Korean government.
March 3, 1977	Telegram 656286 from the Romanian Embassy in Moscow to the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aspects Regarding the Celebration of the 65th Birthday of Comrade Kim Il Sung The Romanian Embassy in Moscow sends a telegram to the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs detailing plans for Kim Il Sung's birthday celebration.
February 4, 1968	"Information about the Situation in Korea" A wide ranging Czeck government report on the causes, consequences, and potential resolutions to the USS Pueblo Incident.
May 27, 1976	Report from the GDR Embassy in the DPRK, “Note concerning a Conversation in Moscow on 12 May, 1976, with the Head of the Far East Department, Comrade Kapitsa, and the Head of the Southeast Asia Department, Comrade Sudarikov” Summary of a discussion addressing the personality cult in the DPRK, its economy and its foreign relations, particularly with other socialist countries.
May 13, 1976	Report from the GDR Embassy in the USSR, “Note about a Conversation between Comrade Bauer and Comrade Basmanov, Deputy Head of the 1st Far Eastern Department of the USSR Foreign Ministry, on 10 May, 1976.” Summary of a conversation between Comrade Bauer and Comrade Basmanov addressing the personality cult in the DPRK, the socialist development in the DPRK, the DPRK’s economy, the relationship between the Soviet Union and the DPRK. Basmanov, furthermore, compared the DPRK’s relationship with the Soviet Union to its relationship with the PRC.
October 31, 1973	Conversation with the Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) Conversation between GDR Ambassador to the DPRK Everhartz and the DRV Ambassador Comrade Le Dong addressing the personality cult in the DPRK, changes of cadres in the DPRK, issues of the peaceful reunification of the country and the economic situation in the DPRK.
October 12, 1956	Letter from Ri Sang-jo to the Korean Workers' Party Central Committee Ri Sang-jo seeks to redress the issue of aid from the Soviet Union by reminding party members of the CPSU's friendship and assistance to the North Korean people both before and after the Korean War. Ri discloses Soviet criticism of Kim Il Sung's economic policies and the cult of personality during meetings held in Moscow in the summer of 1956 and insists that the DPRK learn from the experiences of the fraternal communist parties in economic planning and in their struggles against cults of personality.
December 28, 1956	Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee Report on the Situation in the Korean Workers' Party and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 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.
October 5, 1956	Letter from Ri Sang-jo to the Central Committee of the Korean Workers Party Letter from Ri Sang-jo to CPSU Central Committee in which Ri writes about his disagreement with the decisions made at Korean Workers' Party Central Committee Plenum in August 1956.