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1959

A Few Questions about the Details of the Worker's Party of Korea

A detailed description of the economic progress of North Korea from before the war to after the war, the successes of the first five year plan including the growth statistics in areas such as electric power, coal, steel, cement, and fertilizer. The inner politics of the party is discussed, mentioning the growth of the party since the war, the demographic of the party (workers, peasants, white collar workers, and an ‘other’ section). Statistics of growth throughout the years with a section on non-card carrying members and what prevents them from being members. There is a section discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the union of the country and a promise of a better life given to the citizens living in the American-occupied south. The question section at the end that invokes elaboration on many of these topics.

May 17, 1961

Report, Embassy of the Hungarian People’s Republic in the DPRK to the Foreign Ministry of Hungary

Hungarian Ambassador Károly Práth reports on a conversation with Soviet Ambassador Puzanov about the cult of personality in North Korea and leadership within the Korean Workers' Party

May 6, 1950

Report, Hungarian Foreign Ministry to the Embassy of Hungary in North Korea (Excerpt)

The Hungarian Ambassador to North Korea detailing the behavior of the North Korean delegation at the April 4, 1950 celebrations held in Budapest.

February 26, 1955

Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry

Report from Pál Szarvas, Hungarian Ambassador to the DPRK, describing the seemingly purposeful efforts of the North Korean government to minimize the effectiveness of all foreign delegations in the DPRK. He also talks about the lack of transparency of the government towards not just foreign diplomats but the North Korean populace as well.

October 26, 1955

Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry

Report from József Füredi, chargé d’affaires ad interim at the Hungarian embassy in the DPRK, on a meeting he had with German Ambassador Richard Fischer on 10 October 1955. He reports that the German Ambassador believes the North Korean government and leadership is much less effective than the Chinese one.

May 10, 1960

Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry

Károly Práth assesses the poor conditions facing repatriated Koreans from Japan.

July 21, 1960

Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry

Hungarian Ambassador Károly Práth analyzes progress related to North Korea's "communist universities" and the training of cadres specifically for Korean reunification.

October 11, 1960

Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry

Hungarian Chargé d’Affaires ad interim Károly Fendler reports on North Korea's "policy of the mass line."

September 4, 1959

A Document from E. Sagala, the 2nd Secretary of the PRL Embassy, regarding the Administrative Restructuring of the DPRK Government.

E. Sagala reports on the administrative restructuring of the North Korean government and the relationship between administrative changes and economic development in the DPRK.

July 26, 1960

Record of Conversation between the Czech Ambassador in the DPRK with the Soviet Ambassador

A report on a meeting between Kim Il Sung and Nikita Khrushchev in which the two discussed Soviet aid to North Korea and the trilateral relations between China, the Soviet Union, and North Korea.

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