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October 10, 1977

Minutes of Conversation between N. Ceausescu and O Jin-u, Minister of defense of DRPK

O Jin-u provides a brief on the military developments within the peninsula, including the transfer of American defense capabilities to South Korea, tensions provoked by South Korea, and the modernization of South Korean military. O expressed North Korea's interest in broad cooperation with Romania in the field of military industry.

July 28, 1967

Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, TOP SECRET, No. 76.247, July 28, 1967

Romanian and Vietnamese diplomats discuss the purges in the Korean Workers' Party and North Korea's reunification policy.

May 18, 1967

Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, No. 76.168, TOP SECRET, May 18, 1967

A description of North Korea's economic situation, especially its difficulties regarding the transportation sector and its focus on increasing defense capacity.

May 13, 1967

Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, No. 76.164, TOP SECRET, May 13, 1967

A description of the extension of North Korea's Seven-Year Plan due to its reallocation of sources toward the military, as well as North Korea's perspective of Japan.

May 10, 1967

Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, No. 76.161, TOP SECRET, May 10, 1967

Kim Gwang-hyeop explains that North Korea's standard of living is relatively low because of the need to invest heavily in defense industries, a policy dated back to the October 1966 Party Conference.

April 7, 1967

Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, No.14.213, TOP SECRET, April 7, 1967

Ionescu Teofil and the Chinese counselor in Pyongyang discuss the "great revolutionary event" in North Korea and the state of play in Sino-North Korean relations.

March 28, 1967

Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, No.76.108, TOP SECRET, March 28, 1967

Ionescu Teofil and the Soviet Minister-Counselor in Pyongyang discuss the reasoning behind the "forthcoming revolutionary event" in North Korea, commenting that the event is likely to be way of distracting the public from economic problems and failures.

March 15, 1967

Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, No.76.093, TOP SECRET, March 15, 1967

Ionescu Teofil and Huang Mîoi discuss a forthcoming ‘great revolutionary event’ in North Korea.

May 18, 1978

TELEGRAM 066.588 from the Romanian Embassy in Pyongyang to the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Kim Il Sung and Hua Guofeng are said to have discussed bilateral relations between China and North Korea, Korea's unification, and the Non-Aligned Movement.

November 3, 1977

Telegram 065856 from the Romanian Embassy in Pyongyang to the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Romanian Embassy in Pyongyang reports to the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Kim Il Sung's discussion with Tito regarding Korea's reunification. Both leaders affirm that the global configuration is such that the DPRK needs to avoid military confrontation.

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