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December 10, 1945	Malik, 'On the Question of a United Government in Korea' This document discusses the creation of an independent Korea. Roosevelt, Churchill, and Chiang Kai-shek first presented the idea at the Cairo Conference in 1943. The United States supports the creation of a single Korean state while the USSR opposes it. The document discusses the importance of the answer to the unification question for the Soviet Union's political and economic future as well as its interest in the Far East.
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.
September 18, 1960	The Korean People's Democratic Republic (A Brief Memorandum) Tugarinov discusses the division of the Korean Peninsula in 1945 and the political and economic situation in the DPRK and ROK respectively.
April 6, 1955	The Nature of Our Revolution at the Current Stage and the Primary Tasks of Our Party in the Cause of Socialist Development in North Korea Suzdalev comments on the problems with a KWP CC document, "The Nature of Our Revolution at the Current Stage and the Primary Tasks of Our Party in the Cause of Socialist Development in North Korea".
June 3, 1958	From the Journal of N.T. Fedorenko, Reception of DPRK Ambassador in the USSR Ri San-pal Ri San-pal responds to Senator Mike Mansfield's comments on inter-Korean relations and briefs N.T. Federenko on North Korea's diplomatic relations with Eygpt.
August 14, 1960	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 14 August 1960 Kim Il Sung continues to push for the creation of a Confederation of South and North Korea.
May 29, 1960	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 29 May 1960 Pak Seong-cheol reports that Syngman Rhee has left South Korea and comments on Kim Il Sung's health.
March 23, 1960	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 23 March 1960 Kim Tae-hui briefs diplomats in Pyongyang on U.S.-South Korea military relations and the 1960 elections in the ROK.
May 28, 1957	Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 28 May 1957 Nam Il and Puzanov object to American efforts to legitimize the military fortification of South Korea by changing Article 13 of the Armistice agreement. Nam Il also requests consultation for the DPRK draft of its first five-year plan. Later, Puzanov meets with PNR Ambassador Siedlecki, who discusses the Neutral Commission's perspective on the US proposal to change the Armistice.
May 23, 1966	Record of Conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK Comrade Pak Seong-cheol Pak Seong-cheol explains North Korea's military policies and stances toward reunification, Japan, and military relations with the Soviet Union.