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August 25, 1976	Telegram from Beijing to Bucharest, SECRET, Urgent, No. 066.252 The Embassy of Romania in Beijing assess the Chinese response to the Panmunjeom or "Axe Murder" Incident of August 1976.
December 16, 1975	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, No. 059.349 Nanu discusses the focus that US and PRC places on the tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The US refuses to withdraw its forces from the peninsula and instead proposes an international reunion to discuss the issue while China supports a direct bilateral meeting between the DPRK and the US.
November 26, 1973	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, SECRET, No. 61.530 The telegram highlights the new South Korean effort to normalize relations with China and the USSR. Both Soviet and Chinese officials reject the overture from South Korea.
November 26, 1973	Telegram from New York to Bucharest, SECRET, No. 052312 The document describes a consensus at the UN regarding the Korean issue after an understanding was reached between Kissinger and Zhou Enlai. Thea author observes that some of the US media believes that the US came to a compromise solution with China because Nixon wanted to avoid having more political issues.
July 31, 1973	Telegram from New York to Bucharest, SECRET, No. 091.722, Normal Romanians note that the Chinese are worried about the possible vacuum left behind on the Korean Peninsula if the US withdraws from South Korea. The telegram notes that the Chinese will not oppose continued US presence in South Korea even after the dissolution of the UN Commission for Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea.
June 25, 1973	Telegram from Beijing, No.059.658, Urgent, SECRET Romanian official comments on statements made by Premier Zhou Enlai that appeared on China's Renmin Ribao. The official notes that Zhou does not condition Sino-American relations on US withdrawal from South Korea, Taiwan and South Vietnam. In fact, the official comments how Taiwan is overlooked and withdrawal of US troops from Korea is characterized as a request from Kim Il Sung.
May 14, 1973	Telegram from Beijing, No.059.484, Urgent, SECRET Pyongyang forwards ideas for exchange of commerce, people and goods between North and South Korea. These include bringing surplus labor in the South to work in North Korea, jointly creating irrigation system using North Korean expertise, etc. However, South Korea remains distrustful of the motives of North Korea.
March 21, 1973	Telegram from Bucharest to Pyongyang, SECRET, No. 02/01810 Romanian officials describe disagreements between the South and North Korean delegations during the second session of the South-North Coordination Committee (SNCC).
December 4, 1973	Joint State/Defense Message, “Korean Northwest Coastal Situation" The U.S. Departments of Defense and State offer instructions about how to respond to the Northern Limit Line Dispute, including measures to restrain South Korea.
November 29, 1984	Letter from Fidel Castro to the President of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch Letter from Cuban leader Fidel Castro the President of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch on the 1988 Seoul Olympics