Search | Wilson Center Digital Archive

Switch to Visualization

North Korea Pak, Heon-yeong Kim, Il Sung Clear All

Related Resources

Kim Il Sung, 1978

Kim, Il Sung

1912- 1994

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Pak, Heon-yeong

-

Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

North Korea

Photograph of 38th parallel crossing during Korean War

Korean War, 1950-1953

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Shtykov, Terentiĭ Fomich

1907- 1964

A photo of Joseph Stalin from 1943

Stalin, Joseph

1879- 1953

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

Portrait of Mao Zedong from propaganda poster

Mao, Zedong

1893- 1976

Gyeongbokgung

East Asia

South Korea

Portrait of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung

Conversations with Kim Il Sung

Photograph of Zhou Enlai in 1972.

Zhou, Enlai

1898- 1976

Chinese troops cross the Yalu River, 1950, to fight in the Korean War.

China and the Korean War

Placeholder image for when a Topics image is not available

North Korea August 1956 Plenum Incident

Placeholder image for when a places image is not available

South Korea

Incheon

Seoul, South Korea

South Korea

Seoul

Sino-Soviet Relations

Photograph of Kim Il Sung in Moscow, March 1949

Korean War Origins, 1945-1950

Results:

21 - 29 of 29

Display:

Sort By:

Documents

September 27, 1950	Telegram from Matveyev (Razuvayev V.N.) to Stalin Matveyev describes the state of the Korean People’s Army, particularly the severe status of troops in Seoul and Busan after having encountered American air and ground forces. Matveyev also reports on a meeting between several Soviet and Korean foreign ministers in which Kim Il Sung assumed the tasks of both Supreme Commander-in-Chief and Defense Minister and ordered the deployment of troops northward. Matveyev also outlines the steps he plans to take as a Soviet envoy in aiding the desperate Korean army.
September 29, 1950	Telegram from Shtykov to Gromyko and Stalin Shtykov gives an insider’s report of a meeting with Kim Il Sung and Pak Heon-yeong, in which they discussed the current desperate state of the KPA, possible advancement of the US forces over the 38th parallel and the extent of the enemy’s knowledge of Soviet Union deliveries to North Korea. Kim asks for advice concerning the appeal for military aid that the Political Council of the Worker’s Party of Korea plans to send to Stalin. Shytkov comments on the nervousness and desperation of the Korean officials.
April 19, 1956	Memorandum of Conversation with Kim Il Sung Diary entry of a conversation between V.I. Ivanov and Kim Il Sung about whether Pak Heon-yeong should be put to death or not.
May 12, 1950	Ciphered Telegram, Shtykov to Vyshinsky Shtykov reports of a meeting with Kim Il Sung, in which Kim Il Sung tells Shtykov the questions he means to ask Mao Zedong in a following meeting in Beijing the next day.
July 4, 1950	Ciphered Telegram No. 405840 from Shtykov to Feng Xi [Stalin] Shtykov reports on a meeting with Kim Il Sung and Pak Heon-yeong concerning requests for arms, advisers and advice on how to move troops more efficiently. Shtykov proposes resolutions and advice.
October 14, 1950	Ciphered Telegram, Shtykov to Feng Xi (Stalin) Shtykov describes the reactions of Kim Il Sung and Pak Heon-yeong to Stalin's telegram to postpone the evacuation of the troops to the north. (see also)
September 26, 1950	Ciphered Telegram from Matveyev (Zakharov) to Feng Xi (Stalin) Telegram from Zakharov to Stalin detailing the dire situation for the North Koreans following the Incheon landing.
September 30, 1950	Ciphered Telegram, Shtykov to Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and Instantsia (Stalin) Telegram from Shtykov to Gromyko and Stalin reporting the dire circumstances into which the North Koreans had fallen in the wake of the Incheon landings. Mentioned is a correspondence between the North Koreans and Mao which hinted at possible Chinese aid.
September 29, 1950	Ciphered Telegram from DPRK leader Kim Il Sung and South Korean Communist Leader Pak Heon-yeong to Stalin (via Shtykov) Telegram from Kim Il Sung and Pak Heon-yeong telling Stalin of the losses they have incurred following American air and ground attacks in South Korea and of their general lack of supplies and trained personnel.