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April 14, 1956

Report from the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs to A. A. Okhotin, 'Some Issues of the Domestic Political Situation in the DPRK'

A Soviet report that describes successful economic management in the postwar period in North Korea. The report also explains that the KWP CC still needs to work on improving some areas, particularly those concerning production cooperatives and the rural peasantry.

October 28, 1962

Telegram from USSR Foreign Ministry to Soviet diplomats in Washington, Havana and New York

US procedures for ships bound for or in transit to Cuba.

August 12, 1951

Telegram, Soviet Foreign Ministry to N. V. Roshchin (Soviet Ambassador in Beijing)

Message from the Soviet Foreign Ministry to its Ambassador to the PRC Roshchin, instructing him to inform Zhou Enlai of the USSR's intent to reluctantly take part in the peace conference at San Francisco.

December 18, 1970

Statement from the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the DPRK Embassy in Moscow

A statement to the DPRK Embassy about a series of incidents that have soured relations between Korean authorities and Soviet embassy staff. Over the course of four months, DPRK authorities have detained Soviet diplomats traveling on official business and denied Soviet merchant vessels access to Korean ports for unclear reasons. The Ministry points out that the DPRK in these incidents violated the two countries’ agreement on visa-free travel for official matters, and asks that DPRK takes measures to ensure that similar events will not occur in the future.

October 31, 1962

Telegram from USSR Foreign Ministry to Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister V.V. Kuznetsov

Orders from the Soviet Foreign Ministry to Kuznetsov concerning Soviet actions at the UN.