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January 20, 1986	Diary of Teimuraz Stepanov-Mamaladze on Meeting between Eduard Shevardnadze and North Korean Foreign Minister Kim Yong-nam Kim talks about the importance of North and South Korea, referring to the peninsula as "the most explosive place on the planet."
August 19, 1983	Report, Embassy of Hungary in East Germany to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry The standpoints of the GDR on several international events related to Korea, including the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
January 13, 1988	Letter from Fidel Castro the International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch Letter from Fidel Castro the IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch
November 11, 1986	Statement by M.S. Gorbachev: “The Amelioration of the International Situation, Strengthening of Peace” Statement by M.S. Gorbachev: “The Amelioration of the International Situation, Strengthening of Peace”
May 16, 1986	Conversation between the Secretary of the CC CPSU A.N. Yakovlev with the Secretary of the CC KWP Hwang Jang-yeop Conversation between the Secretary of the CC CPSU A.N. Yakovlev with the Secretary of the CC KWP Hwang Jang-yeop
April 25, 1986	Meeting between President Chun Doo Hwan and President Samaranch Meeting between President Chun Doo Hwan and President Samaranch
December 4, 1984	Letter from International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Juan Antonio Samaranch to Fidel Castro Letter from Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the International Olympic Committee, to Cuban leader Fidel Castro on the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul
November 29, 1984	Letter from Fidel Castro to the President of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch Letter from Cuban leader Fidel Castro the President of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch on the 1988 Seoul Olympics
August 11, 1988	Note from the President of International Olympic Committee (IOC) to Richard W. Pound, IOC Member, regarding Issue of Co-hosting the 1988 Olympics by the Two Koreas Letter from IOC President, Juan Antonio Samaranch, to Mr. Richard W. Pound, containing an IOC proposal on the 1988 Olympic Games and correspondence between the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly and the ROK National Assembly.
August 16, 1988	Letter from the President of the DPRK’s National Olympic Committee to the President of International Olympic Committee on the Issue of Co-hosting the 1988 Olympics Letter from the President of the DPRK NOC, Kim Yu Sun, to the President of the IOC, Juan Antonio Samaranch, on the IOC proposal for the 1988 Olympic Games dated August 11, 1988.