Cold War International History Project
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Korea, DPRK, Relations with the GDR

Report by N. T. Fedorenko on a Meeting with DPRK Ambassador to the USSR Li Sangjo, 29 May 1956
May 29 1956 - Discussions between Fedorenko and Li Sangjo about the economic troubles in North Korea and potential Soviet aid, allowing the Ministry of Internal affairs to observe Soviet institutions, unrest in the KWP CC, and the power of Kim Il Sung
 
Conversation between Soviet Ambassador in North Korea Vasily Moskovsky and German Ambassador Schneidewind
September 20 1962 - German Ambassador Schneidewind discusses Kim Il Sung's reception of the GDR delegation. The Koreans express favoring a military action against the US.
 
Conversation between Soviet Ambassador in North Korea Vasily Moskovsky and the German Ambassador
August 26 1963 - North Korea makes inquiries into acquiring German nuclear information.
 
Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
February 29 1968 - Hungarian Embassy reports on terms of a request from the DPRK to the GDR, asking the Germans for the mutual exchange of scientists, along with purchasing various tools and technologies. The GDR asks the DPRK to appeal to the Soviet Union before pursuing the agreement any further.
 
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.
 
Excerpt from the Report on the Visit by Erich Honecker to the DPRK
October 18-21 1986 - Kim Il Sung discusses Anti-American sentiments in DPRK, and DPRK-US relations.
 
Report on the official friendship visit to the DPRK by the Party and state delegation of the GDR, led by Com. Erich Honecker
December 8-11 1977 - Report on the official visit to the DPRK of a GDR delegation led by Erich Honecker. Included are the summary of the visit and the text of the Agreement on Developing Economic and Scientific/Technical Cooperation.
 

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