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1996

Excerpts from Recollections by the Former Soviet Ambassador in North Korea Aleksandr Kapto

Aleksandr Kapto reflects on the Soviet Union's normalization of relations with South Korea, and the consequential fallout in relations between North Korea and the USSR. According to Kapto, North Korea threatened to develop nuclear weapons and withdraw from the NPT as a result of Soviet-South Korean rapprochement.

August 26, 1975

Memoranda of Conversations between James R. Schlesinger and Park Chung Hee and Suh Jyong-chul

Several memoranda of conversations between U.S. Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger and Park Chung Hee and other leading South Korean officials.

March 3, 1975

US National Security Council Memorandum, ROK Weapons Plans

American officials in Washington, D.C., conclude that South Korea is in the initial stages of developing a nuclear weapons program.

February 28, 1975

US National Security Council Memorandum, Development of US Policy toward South Korean Development of Nuclear Weapons

A memorandum produced for Henry Kissinger laying out U.S. policy towards the South Korean nuclear program.

July 2, 1975

US Department of State Memorandum, Approach to South Korea on Reprocessing

A State Department report on possible U.S. approaches towards South Korea's nuclear reprocessing plans.

June 30, 1975

US Department of State Cable, ROK Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plans

A report on America's discussions with French and Canadian suppliers on the South Korean nuclear program, as well as on U.S. policy towards reprocessing in the ROK.

March 4, 1975

US Department of State Cable, ROK Plans to Develop Nuclear Weapons and Missiles

American officials in Washington, D.C., conclude that South Korea is in the initial stages of developing a nuclear weapons program.

August 4, 1983

Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry

The Bulgarian Embassy in North Korea urges the DPRK to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty. North Korea won't commit, citing presence of US nuclear weapons in South Korea

August 31, 1976

Memorandum, Hungarian National Commission of Atomic Energy to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry

The DPRK Delegation to the IAEA expresses concern to the Hungarian Embassy about plans to build a regional reprocessing plant in South Korea and urges it to be moved to the Philippines.