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January 18, 1968	Note Number 48 from Louis de Guiringaud to His Excellency M. Couve de Murville, 'Relations between Communist Countries' Describing problems amongst communist countries, the Polish Ambassador to Japan reports that "Mao Zedong considered himself as the heir of the Chinese Emperors and treated the Ambassadors as such." The Ambassador also describes kidnappings carried out by the North Korean government.
June 5, 1960	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 5 June 1960 Kim Il Sung and Puzanov discusses Kim Il Sung's date of arrival to Moscow and the composition of the DPRK delegation to a conference in Bucharest.
June 4, 1960	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 4 June 1960 Puzanov urgently delivers a CPSU Central Committee letter to Kim Chang-man and informs Kim about Khrushchev's statement on general and complete disarmament.
February 1, 1960	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 1 February 1960 Nam Il and Puzanov discuss an incident involving Korean graduate student Ri Sang-un. Puznov expresses his desire to meet with Kim Il Sung.
June 8, 1960	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 8 June 1960 Kim Il Sung and Puzanov discuss agriculture in the DPRK as well as an upcoming party conference in Romania.
December 7, 1957	Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 7 December 1957 Kim Il sung discusses the KWP CC Plenum, which adopted a decision approving the work of the Moscow meetings and pointed to the need to further strengthen the unity between socialist countries.
October 12, 1956	Letter from Ri Sang-jo to the Korean Workers' Party Central Committee Ri Sang-jo seeks to redress the issue of aid from the Soviet Union by reminding party members of the CPSU's friendship and assistance to the North Korean people both before and after the Korean War. Ri discloses Soviet criticism of Kim Il Sung's economic policies and the cult of personality during meetings held in Moscow in the summer of 1956 and insists that the DPRK learn from the experiences of the fraternal communist parties in economic planning and in their struggles against cults of personality.
September 10, 1956	Memorandum of a Conversation with DPRK Ambassador to the USSR Ri Sang-jo Ri Sang-jo expresses to Shcherbakov his concerns about the problems within the Korean Workers' Party and indicates that external help is needed.
September 6, 1956	Protocol No. 39, Resolution of the Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, On the Situation in the Korean Workers' Party A Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee Presidium Protocol on coordinating with China to respond to developments in the Korean Worker's Party.
September 1, 1956	Diary of Ambassador of the USSR to the DPRK V.I. Ivanov for the period from 29 August to 14 September 1956 Kim Il Sung, in conversation with Ivanov, expresses his concerns about assignment of personnel and the cult of personality in North Korea.