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February 5, 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.
January 14, 1968	Lt. Col. J. Załuska, 'Report: Information from GDR Military Attaché Lt. Col. Schafer' Moskovsky advised Pak Geum-cheol and Kim Chang-man to cooperate with the Soviet-led socialist bloc. Conversation with Kim Il Sung and Moskovsky imply strong relations with the Soviet Union.
1996	Excerpts from Recollections by the Former Soviet Ambassador in North Korea Aleksandr Kapto Aleksandr Kapto reflects on the Soviet Union's normalization of relations with South Korea, and the consequential fallout in relations between North Korea and the USSR. According to Kapto, North Korea threatened to develop nuclear weapons and withdraw from the NPT as a result of Soviet-South Korean rapprochement.
October 9, 1991	Record of Conversation between Chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR A. S. Dzasokhov with the DPRK Ambassador Son Seong-pil Son Seong-pil says North Korea will "closely watch" the withdrawal of US nuclear weapons from the Korean Peninsula.
October 2, 1991	Record of Conversation between F.G. Kunadze and Son Seong-Pil G.F. Kunadze pressures North Korean Ambassador Son Seong-pil about the DPRK concluding an agreement on nuclear safeguards with the IAEA.
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.
May 20, 1958	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A. M. Puzanov for 20 May 1958 Puzanov visits Nam Il and is informed on the DPRK delegation for familiarization with the use of atomic energy.
May 6, 1958	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A. M. Puzanov for 6 May 1958 Puzanov reports on the premises selected to house the Soviet exhibition on the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes.
March 22, 1960	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 22 March 1960 Puzanov and Pak Seong-cheol comment on the introduction of nuclear weapons to South Korea by the United States.
May 17, 1958	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A. M. Puzanov for 17 May 1958 Nam Il learns that the Soviet government will receive a North Korean delegation to study the "use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes" while informing Puzanov of arrangements for representatives of the DPRK to attend party congresses in Eastern Europe.