1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
1912 - 1994
East Asia
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1879 - 1953
1907 - 1964
September 16, 1956
Mikoyan reports on a conversation with Mao Zedong concerning purges within the Korean Workers' Party and Kim Il Sung's leadership style.
1974
Kim Il Sung praises the work of AKFIC for giving “wide publicity to our people’s struggle [in the United States]…exposing the fascist dictatorship of South Korean reactionaries…as well as U.S. aggression in Korea.”
October 22, 1956
Ri expresses strong disapproval of the accusations brought against certain party members, including himself. He asks that he be removed from the Korean Workers' Party and presents his own accusations against Kim of embezzling state funds.
July 16, 1973
The East German Embassy in Warsaw reports on the improvement in relations between North Korea and China after the Cultural Revolution.
May 6, 1958
The August Group criticizes Kim Il Sung cult of personality and many DPRK officials are removed from their positions.
August 14, 1953
The Polish Embassy reports on the agenda of the 6th Plenum of the Korean Workers' Party Central Committee.
April 30, 1953
The Polish Embassy addresses North Korea's reactions toward Stalin's death, its domestic policies in line with the recommendations of the 5th Plenum of the KWP CC, and its stance towards the truce talks.
1945
Soviet officers provide a sketch of the existing communist movement in northern and southern Korea in 1945 and suggest that Kim Il Sung should be a leading candidate to head the Korean government.
September 6, 1956
Pak Ui-wan explains to V.I. Ivanov the personality cult in the Korean Worker's Party and the somewhat unstable condition of the Worker's Party due to the debate surrounding the cult of personality.
July 1, 1950
Telegram from Shtykov to Stalin (copied to the Soviet leadership) describing the successes of KPA forces in the South. He also relays the concern of some of the DPRK cadre regarding American intervention.
