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September 1, 1976

Telegram from Moscow to Bucharest, SECRET, Flash, No. 058.014

The Embassy of Romania in Moscow assesses the Panmunjeom or "Axe Murder" Incident of August 1976.

August 6, 1976

Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, SECRET, Urgent, No. 067.190

The Embassy of Romania in Pyongyang summarizes and analyzes the “declaration of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea government,” a report prepared by Jeon Myeong-su, DPRK Deputy Foreign Minister.

October 11, 1975

Telegram from Washington to Bucharest, No. 075119

Romanian diplomats report that Washington considers the situation in Korea to be very dangerous, that a withdrawal of U.S. ground forces from Korea could prompt South Korea to develop nuclear weapons, and that the Algerian-sponsored resolution in support of North Korea at the United Nations General Assembly is unacceptable.

July 24, 1975

Telegram from Washington to Bucharest, No. 074.783

Buffum and Bogdan discuss the US concern regarding the upcoming coming UN general assembly meeting, in which the issue of dismantling the UN headquarters in Korea remains on the agenda, as Buffum hopes to accompany the dismantlement with assurances protecting the armistice, but is worried about North Korea's unpredictable behavior.

July 15, 1975

Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, No. 059/219

The North Koreans list the reasons for not accepting the US proposal for the dismantlement of the UN headquarters in South Korea. The source notes that the North Koreans do not want to accept the US presence in Korea nor allow the US to raise the status of South Korea. Nonetheless, the North Koreans look to the recent proposal as a "step back" for the US.

July 4, 1975

Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, No. 01/06647

Budura relays the North Korean belief that the letter sent to the UN regarding the dismantling of the UN headquarters in Korea is an attempt to create confusion at the General Assembly.

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.

June 26, 1973

Telegram from Washington, DC, No.084.605, Urgent, SECRET

Romanian officials in Washington report that they submitted the letter from the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, intended for the US congress, to the US State Department. The US official in contact with the Romanians described North Korea's attitudes towards the joint accession of the two Koreas to the UN as unrealistic.

June 16, 1973

Telegram to Pyongyang from First Directorate, SECRET, No. 01/08463, Flash

Romanian officials relay the message from UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim regarding permanent observers from the DPRK to the UN. The telegram notes that Waldheim will offer his support to the North Korean observers and that obtaining visas to the US will not be difficult.

February 19, 1973

Telegram from Istanbul to Bucharest, No. 037032

The document comments on South Korea's unwillingness to cooperate with North Korea in any of the framework established under the 1972 joint declaration. While South Korea refuses closer economic and political ties with North Korea, Pyongyang has made the removal of the US troops a major prerequisite, further stalling cooperation.