Cold War International History Project
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Korea, DPRK, 1956

Memorandum of Conversation with Ambassador of the Peoples’ Republic of China to the DPRK, Qiao Xiao Guang
September 04 1956 - Ambassador Ivanov in the DPRK speaks with PRC Ambassador on the four Koreans who spoke against Kim Il Sung that are being held at the Chinese border. Ivanov states that the Soviet Union is against criticizing Kim Il Sung.
 
Memorandum of conversation with the charge d’ affaires of the Chinese embassy in the DPRK, Chao Ke Xian
October 26 1956 - Ambassador Ivanov meets with charge d’ affaires of the Chinese embassy in the DPRK, Chao Ke Xian, regarding Ivanov's meeting with Kim Il Sung. Kim Il Sung allegedly made promises about publishing the decrees of the August and September Plenums, which he has not done.
 
Memorandum of Conversation with the Chinese Ambassador to the DPRK, Qiao Xiao Guang
November 05 1956 - The PRC intervention of Mikoyan and Peng Dehuai regarding the September Plenum is discussed, along with the possibility of the critics of Kim Il Sung's leadership returning from the PRC.
 
Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
June 01 1964 - This document concerns the stratified nature of North Korean society with a particular focus on the lower levels of the social hierarchy being based upon ties to anti-revolutionary elements.
 

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