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September 3, 1949	Telegram, Tunkin to Vyshinsky Kim Il Sung, having recieved intelligence suggesting South Korea intended to seize the Ongjin Peninsula, requests Soviet permission to move further into South Korea.
September 11, 1949	Telegram from Gromyko to Tunkin at the Soviet Embassy in Pyongyang The Soviet Union sends a set of questions to Kim Il Sung on about the South Korean army and North Korea's war plans.
September 24, 1949	Politburo Decision to Confirm the Following Directive to the Soviet Ambassador in Korea The Soviet Politburo argues that North Korea is not ready to launch a successful overthrow of the South Korean regime and suggests North Korea should concentrate its efforts on developing partisan groups in South Korea.
January 19, 1950	Telegram Shtykov to Vyshinsky on a Luncheon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK Shtykov reports a meeting with Kim Il Sung, along with Chinese and Korean delegates. Kim Il Sung expresses his view on the prospect of a liberation of the South Korean people that is to follow the Chinese success in liberation. Kim expresses his view that the South Koreans support his cause for reunification which the South Korean government does not seem to purse, and that he desires to ask Stalin for permission on an offensive action on South Korea.
July 3, 1951	Ciphered Telegram No. 21412, Mao Zedong to Filippov [Stalin] The included telegram from Mao to Peng, Gao, and Kim gives Mao’s military instructions for the upcoming peace negotiations.
July 3, 1951	Ciphered Telegram No. 2950, Filippov [Stalin] to Krasovsky, for Cde. Mao Zedong Stalin sends his advice on peace negotiations to Mao, as requested by Mao’s telegram of the same day.
September 29, 1950	Telegram from Shtykov to Gromyko and Stalin Shtykov gives an insider’s report of a meeting with Kim Il Sung and Pak Heon-yeong, in which they discussed the current desperate state of the KPA, possible advancement of the US forces over the 38th parallel and the extent of the enemy’s knowledge of Soviet Union deliveries to North Korea. Kim asks for advice concerning the appeal for military aid that the Political Council of the Worker’s Party of Korea plans to send to Stalin. Shytkov comments on the nervousness and desperation of the Korean officials.
June 11, 1956	Summarizing Protocol of the Politburo Meeting with the Korean Comrades on 8 June 1956 at 1730 hours Discussion on North and South Korean politics and economy, with detailed account on North Korean economic development.
August 27, 1950	Letter from Filipov [Stalin] to Soviet Ambassador in Prague, conveying message to CSSR leader Klement Gottwald Stalin lists the reasons for the Soviet withdrawal from and the return to the United Nations Security Council.
August 16, 1972	Information Regarding: New Developments Concerning the Unification of Korea and Relations between the DPRK and South Korea The Bulgarian Embassy in Pyongyang presents an overview of inter-Korean relations, concluding that progress toward reunification is unlikely given the sharp divergences between North and South Korea.