Shtykov requests the Soviet government to give Koreans further aid in instruments for an arsenal.

A comprehensive overview of North Korean-East German ties as well as North Korea's overall foreign relations in light of a visit to the GDR made by Kim Il Sung.

The Minister writes about the DPRK’s failure to fulfill its trade obligations to the USSR. While the DPRK continues to blames its inability to deliver its goods on infrastructural weaknesses and political tensions on the peninsula, the Ministry finds that these problems should not deter the production and export of certain goods. The DPRK’s debt amounts to more than 60 million rubles, and the trade gap shows no signs of decreasing.

The DPRK would request of the USSR to help in the restoration of almost completely destroyed industrial enterprises (list of them given). Suzdalev notes that it would be good to invite Kim Il Sung and his associates to discuss these issues.

Discussing North Korea's request for Soviet assistance on different restoration project tasks and the leading industrial enterprises of the country.

Pak Seong-cheol passes Puzanov a tentative program for Khrushchev's visit to the DPRK. Nam Il and Jeong Jun-taek inform Puzanov of the situation of industry in North Korea.

Kim Do-man and A.M. Puzanov discuss the program of Khrushchev's planned visit to North Korea.

The memorandum elaborates on the rapid economic growth and development in domestic policies in the DPRK after the Korean War.

The Polish Embassy addresses North Korea's reactions toward Stalin's death, its domestic policies in line with the recommendations of the 5th Plenum of the KWP CC, and its stance towards the truce talks.

DPRK diplomat, Jeong Du-hwan expresses his satisfaction about the mutual relationship between the DPRK and the Soviet Union. He discusses the Pueblo incident, and remarks on the increased tension on the Korean peninsula and in the far east. A.N. Kosgygin describes in frank detail, the continuous economic co-operation that the Soviet Union has with the DPRK.