This issue addresses the temporary withdrawal of Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission inspection teams from designated North and South Korean ports. It also discusses the Sino-American ambassadorial talks, results from the national economic plan for 1955, and environmental and industrial concerns. One section addresses the problem of reducing illiteracy among opera and drama artists.

Brief notes on the Red Cross Conference, including repatriation of Korean in Japan to North Korea, ex-prisoners of war problem, and resolution on China.

Choi Duk Shin announces the denial of South Korea's admittance into the Colombo Plan, offers his opinions on the threat of Red China's interference in Asia, and reports on major events in South Vietnam.

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.

The ambassador describes an August 25 meeting with GDR Ambassador Schneidewind.

A report on North Korea's attitudes toward South Korea and North Korea's relations with the Soviet Union and China.

Discussion on organizational problems with South Korean students in western countries, who intend to live in North Korea, and about German reunifcation.

Letter about South Korean Students in FRG who want to visit DPRK

The ambassadors of the Soviet Union and East Germany in North Korea discuss Kim Il Sung's visits to China and the Soviet Union, the personality cult in North Korea, the economic situation in North Korea, and North Korea's policy towards South Korea.