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September 25, 1956	Telegram from V. Ivanov to A.I. Mikoyan
October 11, 1956	Telegram from USSR Ambassador to the DPRK V.I. Ivanov to A.I. Mikoyan, 'Decision of the Korean Workers' Party Central Committee Plenum' Ivanov lists the accusations raised against those involved in the August Plenum incident, and describes the decision which calls for their expulsion from the Korean Workers' Party.
October 22, 1956	Letter from DPRK Ambassador to the USSR Ri Sang-jo to Kim Il Sung Ri expresses strong disapproval of the accusations brought against certain party members, including himself. He asks that he be removed from the Korean Workers' Party and presents his own accusations against Kim of embezzling state funds.
July 31, 1960	Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 31 July 1960 In a conversation with Puzanov, Pang Hak-se expresses gratitude for the enormous aid from the Soviet Government, reports a small sea engagement with the South Korea, explains aftermath of Kim Il Sung’s visit to Moscow, and distinguish Pro-china faction members within the North Korea political community.
June 16, 1960	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 16 June 1960 Kim Il Sung expressed indignation toward Mao Zedong after reading a statement alleging that Kim Il Sung is a traitor to the communist cause.
June 15, 1960	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 15 June 1960 Khrushchev gives Kim Il Sung a copy of Mao Zedong's statements stemming from the 1956 August Incident and the joint Sino-Soviet intervention.
November 29, 1960	Record of Conversation between Polish Delegation (Gomułka et al.) and Chinese Communist Politburo Member Liu Shaoqi, Moscow Liu Shaoqi and Gomułka review the state of the communist bloc, discussing the Sino-Soviet intervention in North Korea in 1956 and the position of Albania.
October 19, 1957	On the Implementation of the Party's Policy in the Field of Construction Kim Il Sung's concluding speech at a Plenary Meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
August 3, 1967	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, No. 76.279, TOP SECRET, August 3, 1967 A. Lazar and G. Chubotarenko from the Soviet Embassy in Pyongyang discuss the purge of Pak Geum-cheol from the Korean Workers' Party.
July 30, 1967	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, TOP SECRET, No. 76.276, July 30, 1967 I. Horjenevski and A. Lazar discuss Czech loans to North Korea and the important purges taking place in North Korea an effort to achieve the "monolithic unity" of the Korean Workers' Party.