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September 21, 1956	Telegram from A. Mikoyan to the CPSU Central Committee A meeting with Kim Il Sung reveals the main goals of the Sino-Soviet delegation: to convince the Korean Workers' Party to move away from policies of repression and to repeal the order to expel the group of accused party officials. Kim agrees on repealing the expulsion order, but not for those who fled to China. Mikoyan asks that Sino-Soviet delegation be allowed to sit in on the presidium meeting the next day.
October 8, 1960	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 8 October 1960 Petro Gedeshi and Kurt Schneidewind argue about the Soviet decision to recall specialists from the China. Kim Il Sung understands the delay of Khrushchev's visit to the DPRK and suggests that it be rescheduled for spring 1961.
August 18, 1960	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 18 August 1960 Kim Il Sung and A.M. Puzanov discuss China's attempts to sway other communist parties against the Soviet Union.
July 24, 1960	Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 24-26 July 1960 Kim Il Sung and Puzanov discuss Soviet-DPRK relations, a the proposed visit by Khrushchev to Korea, Sino-Soviet relations, the economic situation in North Korea, and North Korea's views on recent events in South Korea.
June 25, 1960	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 25 June 1960 Kim Il Sung gathers senior North Korean officials to inform them of the results of his visit to Moscow, and vehemently criticizes Mao Zedong.
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.
February 22, 1958	Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 22 February 1958 At the 40th anniversary of the USSR Armed Forces meeting, Kim Il Sung shares impressions of the visit of the PRC delegation and discusses the South Korean aircraft that overflew DPRK in February 16 and students who renounced the DPRK citizenship.
December 17, 1957	Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 17 December 1957 Kim Il Sung discusses his plans to send a letter to Mao Zedong about the withdrawal of the Chinese volunteers from DPRK and to convene a Party conference as well as the current situation with trade in pork and progress of the conference of agricultural cooperative workers.
October 16, 1957	Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 16 October 1957 Kim Il Sung and Puzanov review Soviet and Chinese advice on North Korea's economic policy during the First Five-Year Plan.