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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.

January 7, 1992

The South Korean Passenger Aircraft Incident (1983)

V.A. Martynov reviews Soviet archival sources on the shoot down of the Korean Air Lines Flight 007 in 1983.

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.

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.

June 17, 1960

Excerpts from V.P. Tkachenko 'The Korean Peninsula and Russia's Interests'

A compilation of conversations between various officials from the USSR and DPRK in terms of the USSR-DPRK treaty and its implications on the US-ROK relationship.

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.

April 1955

Information on the Situation in the DPRK

Soviet diplomats Fedorenko and Ponomarev report on a wide range of issues involving North Korea, including agriculture, industry, and economic conditions in the DPRK, relations with China and the Soviet Union, and the situation in South Korea.

Pagination