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August 25, 1976	Telegram from Beijing to Bucharest, SECRET, Urgent, No. 066.252 The Embassy of Romania in Beijing assess the Chinese response to the Panmunjeom or "Axe Murder" Incident of August 1976.
August 20, 1976	Telegram from New York to Bucharest, SECRET, Urgent, No. 060.387 The Romanian Mission to the United Nations in New York reports on developments related to the Panmunjeom or "Axe Murder" Incident at the UN.
March 20, 1976	Telegram from Dacca to Bucharest, SECRET, Regular, No. 030.602 The Embassy of Romania in Dacca summarizes Korean unification efforts based on information provided by North Korean diplomats in Bangladesh.
December 16, 1975	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, No. 059.349 Nanu discusses the focus that US and PRC places on the tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The US refuses to withdraw its forces from the peninsula and instead proposes an international reunion to discuss the issue while China supports a direct bilateral meeting between the DPRK and the US.
May 10, 1975	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, SECRET, No. 059.156 At a recent state visit of the DPRK delegation to the PRC, both countries look at the developments in Indochina as positive and as predicted changes to the Korean Peninsula. Beijing agrees to increase trade and economic cooperation with North Korea while promising to keep distance from Seoul.
July 18, 1974	The Foreign Policy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and its Position towards the Main International Matters The North Korea outline the direction of its foreign policy. Mainly, Pyongyang seeks to expand the number of countries that it maintains diplomatic relations with and ascend to international organizations. The DPRK hopes to replaces the 1953 armistice with a peace treaty that will facilitate the eventual unification of the Korean peninsula. The document also notes North Korea's tumultuous relationships with the communist powers. The source observes that while there have been reservations in the relationship with the USSR, ties with the PRC have continued to grow.
November 26, 1973	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, SECRET, No. 61.530 The telegram highlights the new South Korean effort to normalize relations with China and the USSR. Both Soviet and Chinese officials reject the overture from South Korea.
November 26, 1973	Telegram from New York to Bucharest, SECRET, No. 052312 The document describes a consensus at the UN regarding the Korean issue after an understanding was reached between Kissinger and Zhou Enlai. Thea author observes that some of the US media believes that the US came to a compromise solution with China because Nixon wanted to avoid having more political issues.
July 31, 1973	Telegram from New York to Bucharest, SECRET, No. 091.722, Normal Romanians note that the Chinese are worried about the possible vacuum left behind on the Korean Peninsula if the US withdraws from South Korea. The telegram notes that the Chinese will not oppose continued US presence in South Korea even after the dissolution of the UN Commission for Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea.
June 25, 1973	Telegram from Beijing, No.059.658, Urgent, SECRET Romanian official comments on statements made by Premier Zhou Enlai that appeared on China's Renmin Ribao. The official notes that Zhou does not condition Sino-American relations on US withdrawal from South Korea, Taiwan and South Vietnam. In fact, the official comments how Taiwan is overlooked and withdrawal of US troops from Korea is characterized as a request from Kim Il Sung.