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August 23, 1957
Ho Chi Minh reports on his trip to Europe, explains his impressions of various leaders in the Socialist bloc, and discusses Tito's politics in Yugoslavia with Khrushchev. They also discuss economic development and the Geneva Accords.
November 30, 1957
The Burmese delegation tells Khrushchev about their impressions of the Soviet Union, asking with particular interest about how the nationality question was solved.
July 20, 1957
Khrushchev explains the recent changes in the Soviet government to PM Sastroamidjojo, namely the expulsion of Molotov, Kaganovich, Malenkov, and Shepilov from their positions. This occurred as punishment for their 1957 coup attempt against Khrushchev, but he cites ideological difference in this conversation.
July 17, 1957
The leaders talk about the Geneva Accords and General Vo Nguyen Giap's travels. Ho Chi Minh asks Khrushchev about Soviet economic and political support to North Vietnam, as well as Soviet relations with other socialist countries. Ho Chi Minh takes personal culpability for a bureaucratic issue which caused the imprisonment and deaths of party members.
June 1, 1957
Khrushchev tells Nguyen Van Kien about the relations between the Soviet and the Yugoslav Communists, and expresses his dissatisfaction with Yugoslavia's proximity to America and Tito's response to the Hungarian uprising of 1956.
April 20, 1957
Khrushchev and Suemitsu Kadowaki talk about the recent restoration of normal diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Japan. The Japanese Ambassador requests that Japanese POW's who would like to return home be permitted to do so, agrees with Khrushchev on the importance of safe fishing practices, and asks that the USSR stop testing nuclear weapons.
June 27, 1956
Krushchev, Voroshilov, Bulganin, and Mikoyan speak with Iranian Shah about international affairs, atomic and hydrogen bombs, the situation in the Middle East and South Asia, and the Baghdad Pact.
October 18, 1956
Kono and Khrushchev argue about the text of peace agreement. Khrushchev insists on exclusion of the phrase "territorial question", claiming that the issue will be addressed following the signing of the peace treaty. After some discussion, the Japanese leaders accept the Soviet formulation and ask to sign the agreement as soon as possible.
October 17, 1956
Kono and Khrushchev continue the previous day's discussion of the peace agreement and the transfer of two islands to Japan, highlighting that this territorial transfer can give the Japanese leverage to demand that the United States return Okinawa as well.
October 16, 1956
Ichirō Kōno, the Japanese Minister of Agriculture, raises questions about the normalization of relations between the Soviet Union and Japan. Issues that must be addressed prior to this happening include disputes over fishing rights and the transfer of the islands of Habomai and Shikotan to Japan.