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October 7, 1977	Report on Visits to the Mongolian People's Republic and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea In September 1977, W. Jaruzelski visited Mongolia and the DPRK. While in North Korea, Jaruzelski met with President Kim Il Sung and the Minister of National Defense O Jin U. Although Jaruzelski did make several critical comments about the DPRK in his secret post-trip report, he still spoke in highly favorable terms about the country and generally recommended that Poland strengthen its relations with North Korea. Jaruzelsk's report also includes commentary on China's relations with both Mongolia and the DPRK.
September 28, 1950	Telegram, Gromyko to Cde. I.V. Stalin, Transmitting Letter from Kim Il Sung Kim Il Sung expresses his gratitude. In his telegram Gromyko informs Stalin of other letters from Kim Il Sung concerning the training of 120 Korean pilots in the Soviet Union, the supply of cars to the DPRK, the four advisors to North Korea's Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the wages of the air force cadets of the People's Army who are training in the Soviet Union.
July 8, 1950	Handwritten Letter, Kim Il Sung to Joseph Stalin About the 25-35 Soviet military advisors given to the Korean army.
April 13, 1955	Record of a Conversation with Illarion Dmitriyevich Pak, Chairman of the Jagang Provincial People's Committee Pak discusses the domestic political situation of the DPRK, in which a culture of servility toward Kim Il Sung pervades the political atmosphere and great pressure is placed the on peasants as a result of new agricultural policies.
June 26, 1958	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A. M. Puzanov for 26 June 1958 Puzanov recounts a meeting with Kim Gwang-hyeop and an encounter with Kim Il Sung at a farewell ceremony for the Chinese People's Volunteers.
May 27, 1958	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A. M. Puzanov for 27 May 1958 Kim Il Sung and the Soviet Military Attaché A. A. D'yakonov review North Korea's military preparations and foreign military relations.
May 15, 1957	Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 15 May 1957 Kim Il Sung requests that Military Attaché General-Lieutenant D'yakonov and other Soviet military specialists meet often with North Korean higher command personnel.
April 27, 1957	Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 27 April 1957 Puzanov and Nam Il discuss the possibility of Soviet military advisers to North Korea. Then they talk about the guest list for a comradely lunch, the TASS statement, and Kim Il Sung's deteriorated health due to the stresses of party consolidation.
July 3, 1953	Telegram of the Soviet Chargé to the PRC to the Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers After acknowledging Syngman Rhee's solitary role in blocking the passage of the armistice agreement, Peng Dehuai and Kim Il Sung draft a response to General Clark.
September 4, 1952	Record of a Conversation between Stalin, Kim Il Sung, Pak Heon-yeong, Zhou Enlai, and Peng Dehuai Soviet, Chinese, and North Korean officials discuss the military situation in Korea and the status of armistice talks.