Harriman telling the President that he presented the Stalingrad and Leningrad scrolls to Stalin.

Harriman reports on his meeting with Dr. Soong, in which Soong provides him with detailed notes from his July 2, 1945 meeting with Stalin. Soong is concerned that Stalin does not understand the importance of China's territorial integrity in regards to Outer Mongolia, asks for the stance of the United States' government on this issue. Harriman reports on Stalin and Soong's discussion of open ports and Korea.

Novikov gives orders for air support in preparation for a Soviet invasion of the Japanese island of Hokkaido.

Soviet, Chinese, and North Korean officials discuss the military situation in Korea and the status of armistice talks.

Memorandum to the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU on Troop strength orders for the Red Army, May 9, 1940. Proposals for strengthening of Soviet armed forces.

Soviet-Korean Gi Seok-bok (Ki Sok Pok) was conscripted into the Soviet Army in August 1945 and was an important figure during the Soviet occupation of North Korea. In the wake of attacks on Soviet-Korean cadres in the mid-1950s, Gi returned to the Soviet Union in 1957.

Pak Yeong-bin worked closely with Soviet authorities during the Red Army's occupation of North Korea.