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New Evidence on North Korea Edited by James Person June 2010 NORTH KOREA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTATION PROJECT DOCUMENT READER New Evidence on North Korea Edited by James Person June 2010 NEW EVIDENCE ON NORTH KOREA NORTH KOREA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTATION PROJECT DOCUMENT READER Prepared for the conference: New Documents and New Histories: Twenty-First Century Perspectives on the Korean War June 16-17, 2010 Harry S. Truman Presidential Library Independence, Missouri Organized by The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ North Korea International Documentation Project 1 Dear Participant The North Korea International Documentation Project (NKIDP) is pleased to present you with this “document reader,” which is intended to facilitate and enrich the discussion at the June 16-17 conference “New Documents and New Histories: Twenty-First Century Perspectives on the Korean War,” held at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. The volume consists of select Russian, Chinese, South Korean, Hungarian, Romanian, Polish, and (East) German archival documents that we hope will provide context for discussion on North Korea. The collection, compiled by NKIDP is by no means comprehensive, however, in selecting the materials, the editors sought to include some of the most important materials available and made a substantial effort to mine relevant official archives. The document reader is organized chronologically, starting with April 1955 and ending in May 1984. In compiling these documents, the editors received much appreciated cooperation and assistance from scholars from several countries, reflecting the multinational scope of this project. NKIDP is particularly grateful to Jakub Poprocki for contributing documentation from the Polish Foreign Ministry Archives; Bernd Schaefer for contributing documents from the former East German Foreign Ministry Archive; Jongdae Shin for contributing South Korean materials from the Foreign Ministry Archive; Mircea Munteanu for Romanian documents; Gregg Brazinsky for Chinese documents, and Balazs Szalontai for Hungarian documents. The document reader would not have been ready for distribution had it not been for the diligence of NKIDP interns Katherine Harrington, Lauren Sungeun Bae, Scott LaFoy, and Will Treece. The editors are especially grateful to the Korea Foundation, whose support made the translation of many of the documents contained in this reader possible. Last but not least, the editors would like to thank the Hon. Lee H. Hamilton, President and Director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Dr. Michael Van Dusen, Deputy Director, for providing Center resources for additional document translations. NKIDP is part of the Woodrow Wilson Center’s History and Public Policy Program, directed by Christian F. Ostermann. The Project was launched in 2006 in cooperation with the University of North Korean Studies (Seoul). James F. Person Coordinator, NKIDP Christian F. Ostermann Director, History and Public Policy Program 2 New Evidence on North Korea List of Documents 1955-1957 1) April 1955: Report, Communist Party of Soviet Union Central Committee, “Report on the Situation in the DPRK” 2) 30 October to 14 November, 1956: Memorandum of Conversation between Comrade Ivanov V.I with the Chinese Ambassador to the DPRK, Qiao Xiao Guang 3) 24 December 1956: [Secret] Memorandum of Conversation between Henryk Brzeziński, 1st Secretary of the PRL Embassy in the DPRK and Comrade Samsonov, 1st Secretary of the Embassy of the USSR in the DPRK 4) 11 March 1957: [Secret] Memorandum of Conversation between Henryk Brzeziński, 1st Secretary of the PRL Embassy in the DPRK and Comrade Makarov, Counselor of the Embassy of the USSR 5) 4 April 1957: [Secret] Memorandum of Conversation between Henryk Brzeziński, 1st Secretary of the PRL Embassy in the DPRK and the 1st Secretary of the Embassy of the USSR 6) 29 August 1957: Memorandum of Conversation between Henryk Brzeziński, 1st Secretary of the PRL Embassy in the DPRK and the counselor of the Embassy of the USSR, Comr. Makarov 7) 16 October 1957: [Secret] Memorandum of Conversation between Henryk Brzeziński, 1st Secretary of the PRL Embassy in the DPRK and Comr. Pimenov 1st Secretary of the Embassy of the USSR 8) 24 October 1957: Memorandum of Conversation between Henryk Brzeziński, 1st Secretary of the PRL Embassy in the DPRK and Comr. Pelishenko Counselor of the Embassy of the USSR 9) 27 November 1957: Memorandum of Conversation between Henryk Brzeziński, 1st Secretary of the PRL Embassy in the DPRK and Comr. Berentz, 3rd Secretary of the Embassy of the GDR 10) 2 December 1957: Memorandum of Conversation between Henryk Brzeziński, 1st Secretary of the PRL Embassy in the DPRK and Botsin, the Deputy Director of the Economic Office at the Embassy of the USSR 3 11) 7 December 1957: [Secret] Memorandum of Conversation between Henryk Brzeziński, 1st Secretary of the PRL Embassy in the DPRK and Chen Wen Chin, 1st Secretary of the Embassy of the PRC 12) 9 December 1957: [Top Secret] Report on the Political Situation in the DPRK 13) 17 December 1957: [Secret] Memorandum of Conversation between Henryk Brzeziński, 1st Secretary of the PRL Embassy in the DPRK and Pimenov, 1st Secretary of the Embassy of the USSR 1958-1962 14) 5 January 1958: [Top Secret] Memorandum of Conversation between Henryk Brzeziński, 1st Secretary of the PRL Embassy in the DPRK and the director of a department in one of the ministries 15) 13 January 1958: [Secret] Memorandum of Conversation between Henryk Brzeziński, 1st Secretary of the PRL Embassy in the DPRK and the Director of the Industry Department of the CC KoHwiman 16) 3 February 1958: [Secret] Report on the Political Situation in the DPRK 17) Undated: [Top Secret] Correspondence Abstract 18) 18 June 1958: Important Data of the 5-year plan of the DPRK 19) 24 July 1958: Note, Jozef Knapik 20) 27 November 1958: Memorandum of Conversation between Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai and North Korean Prime Minister Kim Il Sung 21) 4 September 1959: [Secret] Report on the Internal Affairs of the DPRK 22) July 1960: Message with Record of Conversation involving Czechoslovak Ambassador in DPRK and USSR Ambassador 23) 2 July 1960: Report, Hungarian Embassy DPRK to Hungarian Foreign Ministry 24) 2 November 1960: Report on Economic Situation on the DPRK for 1st semester of 1960 25) 13 December 1960: Nodong Sinmun, “Report by [Chinese] Army General Ra Se Kyon at Event Commemorating the Return of PRC Military Delegation from Visit to DPRK” 4 26) 28 August 1962: Record of c. Durcak’s Conversation with the USSR Ambassador c. Moskovskii in the DPRK 1963-1967 27) 16 May 1963: Memorandum of Conversation of the Cs. Ambassador in the DPRK c. Moravec with the USSR Ambassador C. Moskovskii and the GDR Ambassador c. Becker. 28) 4 June 1965: Reports on Some New Aspects of Korean-Chinese Relations in the First Half of 1965 29) October 1966: Information on the Korean Workers’ Party 30) 2 December 1966: Memorandum on Sino-Korean Relations in 1966 31) 30 December 1966: Memorandum of Soviet Embassy DPRK, “Measures against Chinese Anti-Soviet Propaganda in DPRK” 32) 22 January 1967: Report, Hungarian Embassy DPRK to Hungarian Foreign Ministry 33) 7 March 1967: Memorandum about Sino-Korean Relations 34) 7 March 1967: Memorandum, Soviet Embassy DPRK, “The DPRK Attitude toward the So-called ‘Cultural Revolution’ in China” 35) 16 March 1967: Report, Hungarian Embassy DPRK to Hungarian Foreign Ministry 36) 11 April 1967: Note on Conversation with Zvetkov 37) 11 April 1967: Report, Hungarian Embassy DPRK to Hungarian Foreign Ministry 38) 12 May 1967: Memorandum on Audience for Comrades Heintze and Breitenstein with Comrade Pak Seongcheol, Member of the Politburo, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister 39) 5 August 1967: Memo of the Soviet Embassy in the DPRK, “Activity of the Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang” 40) 20 October 1967: Memorandum of Conversation between Jarck, Acting Ambassador and the Acting Ambassador of the People’s Republic of Poland, Comrade Pudisz 41) 13 November 1967: Message, GDR Ministry for Foreign Affairs to GDR Embassy DPRK 5 42) 20 November 1967: Report, Hungarian Embassy PRC to Hungarian Foreign Ministry 43) 25 November 1967: Report, Hungarian Embassy USSR to Hungarian Foreign Ministry 44) 22 December 1967: Message, GDR Embassy DPRK to GDR Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1968 45) 23 January 1968: Telegram From the Commander in Chief, United Nations Command, and Commander of United States, Korea (Bonesteel) to the Commander in Chief, Pacific (Sharp) 46) 24 January 1968: Notes of the President's Meeting With the National Security Council 47) 24 January 1968: Telegram from the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State 48) 27 January 1968: Memorandum of Conversation between Jarck, Acting Ambassador and the Polish Ambassador, Comrade Naperei 49) 28 January 1968: Information about the Incident with the Ship Pueblo 50) 28 January 1968: Telegram from the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State 51) 29 January 1968: Record of a conversation with Canadian Ambassador to the USSR R. Ford 52) 31 January 1968: Record of a Conversation between A.A. Gromyko and Charge D’Affaires of the DPRK in the USSR Kang Cheoljin 53) 1 February 1968: Memorandum of Conversation between Jarck, Acting Ambassador and the First Secretary of the CSSR Embassy, Comrade Horshenevski, 54) 2 February 1968: Memorandum on Information of 1 February 1968 55) 2 February 1968: Record of a Conversation with Canadian Ambassador to the USSR R.Ford 56) 2 February 1968: Telegram Summarizing MAC Senior Members Meeting held at Panmunjeom 57) 4 February 1968: Report on the situation in Korea 6 58) 4 February 1968: Study of Tension in the Korean Area (Military Part) 59) 9 February 1968: Report on the American-South Korean Relations 60) 20 February 1968: Memorandum of Conversation between Jarck, Acting Amabssador and the USSR Ambassador, Comrade Sudarikov 61) February 1968: Letter Relaying Information Shared between USSR Ambassador in Prague c.
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