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December 20, 1967
A report on the DPRK's negative attitude towards a relaxation of tensions in the international arena, based on remarks made by Kim Il Sung.
February 10, 1960
Kim Il reports on food and oil supplies from the Soviet Union, the introduction of nuclear weapons to South Korea, and suggest concluding a treaty of alliance, friendship and mutual aid between the USSR and the DPRK.
March 22, 1960
Puzanov and Pak Seong-cheol comment on the introduction of nuclear weapons to South Korea by the United States.
March 23, 1960
Kim Tae-hui briefs diplomats in Pyongyang on U.S.-South Korea military relations and the 1960 elections in the ROK.
April 28, 1958
Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Gromyko records that North Korea was eager to start a nuclear program, though they insisted it was for “peaceful purposes.” The North Korean Ambassador requested Soviet scientific aid and was informed by Gromyko that the request would “undoubtedly be considered in a favorable spirit.”
August 24, 1962
The North Korean Foreign Minister discusses with the Soviet Ambassador the nuclear hegemony of the US and their ability to control nuclear proliferation.
April 15, 1963
A North Korean colonel suggests that the Soviet Union should give advanced military technology to North Korea.
August 26, 1963
North Korea makes inquiries into acquiring German nuclear information.
September 27, 1963
Soviet specialists in North Korea inform the Ambassador that the Koreans are attempting to acquire large amounts of uranium ore.
October 16, 1963
Vasily Moskovsky relays that, according to one Korean engineer, North Korea can produce an atomic bomb.