1893-1976
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1912- 1994
East Asia
1879- 1953
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1875- 1965
1893- 1963
South Korea
September 22, 1948
Kim praises Stalin and the USSR for its role in securing Korean independence and in negotiating with the Americans on the Korean issue
October 12, 1948
Telegram from Stalin to Kim Il Sung acknowledging Kim's telegram from the 8th of October. Stalin states that the Soviet government is ready to begin diplomatic relations with the DPRK, exchange ambassadors, and start economic relations
January 1, 1947
Shtykov informs Ignatev of South Korea's current inability to pay its debt for electricity to North Korea.
1945
Soviet officers provide a sketch of the existing communist movement in northern and southern Korea in 1945 and suggest that Kim Il Sung should be a leading candidate to head the Korean government.