Cold War International History Project
Virtual Archive 2.0

Korea, DPRK, Relations with Hungarian People’s Republic

Report, Hungarian Foreign Ministry to the Embassy of Hungary in North Korea
May 06 1950 - Report by Irén Rózsa, Deputy Assistant Under-Secretary of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, to the Hungarian Ambassador to North Korea detailing the behavior of the North Korean delegation at the April 4, 1950 celebrations held in Budapest.
 
Report, Legation of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
March 04 1953 - Detailed report from Minister Károly Pásztor on his meeting with Kim Il Sung on 17 February 1953.
 
Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
December 22 1953 - Report from Zsigmond Csuka (Chargé d’Affaires ad interim in Pyongyang) in which he complains about difficulties caused by the North Korean foreign ministry regarding exchanges between the two countries.
 
Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
December 18 1954 - Report from Pál Szarvas, Hungarian Ambassador to the DPRK, complaining about the unwillingness of the DPRK foreign ministry to establish typical relations with fraternal countries. He also talks about the personality cult and the need for reform.
 
Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
April 13 1955 - Report from Dr. László Keresztes, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim at the Hungarian embassy in the DPRK, which talks about a conversation he had with Soviet Counselor A.M. Petrov. Keresztes sharply criticizes the secrecy and force that is utilized by the North Korean government and talks especially about the unreasonable economic conditions which exist in the DPRK.
 
Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
June 28 1955 - Report from Pál Szarvas, Hungarian Ambassador to the DPRK, describing a meeting he had with Kim Il Sung on 24 June 1955. Topics they talked about included Hungarian experts in the DPRK, the economic situation in the DPRK and factionalism within the North Korean CC.
 
Report, Embassy of the Hungarian People’s Republic in the DPRK to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
November 19 1959 - Report from Ambassador Károly Práth to Budapest on a conversation he held with Deputy Foreign Minister Yoo Ch’ang-sik. Topics discussed included the sixth session of the DPRK’s Second Supreme People’s Assembly, the mechanization of agriculture in the DPRK, the need to increase quality in North Korean industry and the revisionism and consequent failures of Yugoslavia.
 
Report, Embassy of the Hungarian People’s Republic in the DPRK to the Foreign Ministry of Hungary
May 20 1960 - Report from Hungarian Ambassador Károly Práth on a conversation he held with North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Yoo Ch’ang-sik. Topics of discussion included relations between the DPRK and the Republic of Guinea, the visit of an Algerian delegation to North Korea, and the need to strengthen the North Korean economy in light of provocations by the South.
 
Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
July 02 1960 - Report by Hungarian Ambassador Károly Práth on a conversation he held with Czechoslovak Ambassador Kohousek. Topics of discussion included the DPRK's 7 year plan, the difference in ideological views between the Chinese and Soviets, and Korea's relations with those two countries.
 
Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
March 10 1967 - A report on the manpower and armament of the Korean People's Army, and the South Korean Army.
 
Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
May 08 1967 - Report on Romanian, Czech, and Hungarian military attachés views on the KPA. The KPA is viewed as years behind in military technologies and capabilities.
 
Report on the 27 March-2 April 1968 session of the Hungarian-Korean Commission of Technical and Scientific Cooperation
April 16 1968 - Excerpt from Hungarian report on the DPRK's efforts to relieve their growing energy problems.
 
Memorandum, Hungarian Foreign Ministry
February 16 1976 - Korean Officials meet with the Hungarian Foreign Ministry. The North Koreans believe Korea can not be reunited peacefully, and that the DPRK is prepared for a nuclear war.
 
Memorandum, Hungarian National Commission of Atomic Energy to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
August 31 1976 - The DPRK Delegation to the IAEA expresses concern to the Hungarian Embassy, about the planned reprocessing plant to be established in South Korea. The DPRK urges it to be moved to the Philippines.
 
Report, Permanent Mission of Hungary to the International Organizations in Vienna to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
November 03 1977 - The DPRK's representation to Austria and Czechoslovakia is under-staffed and has little knowledge of international organizations. They are further impeded by language barriers. Hungary encourages an upgrade in representation.
 
Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
April 30 1981 - A North Korean delegations visits technical universities and colleges in Czechoslovakia and the GDR. North Korea urgently seeks to send post-graduate students and trainees to study in fields related to nuclear physics, laser technology, et c.
 
Memorandum, Hungarian Academy of Sciences to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
March 07 1983 - The DPRK asks Hungary to train Korean experts on the operation and management of a nuclear power plant.
 
Letter, Hungarian Foreign Ministry to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
April 06 1983 - Hungary politely defers North Korea's request for training on a nuclear power plant to the Soviets.
 

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