Agreement between the government of the Soviet Union and the government of the DPRK to grant the Republic of Korea a loan to pay for the supplied equipment and materials, as well as military equipment.
March 11, 1949
Note, V. Molotov to Cde. Stalin
[Translator’s note: there is a stamp
in the upper right-hand corner halfway
off the page, possibly a reference to
a decision contained in Politburo minutes]
to Cde. STALIN
The Commission on Korean Affairs has prepared a draft Agreement between the Governments of the USSR and Korea about the Soviet Union offering a credit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for the payment of the equipment and materials being delivered to Korea, and also for military equipment.
I attach a draft.
Please examine [it].
[signature] V. Molotov
11 March 1949
Copies distributed to
Cdes. Beria
Malenkov
Mikoyan
Kaganovich
Bulganin
Kosygin
Nº 3-M
The Soviet Commission on Korea prepared an official agreement between the USSR and DPRK, which gives the DPRK credit to purchase Soviet military equipment and materials.
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Archives of the President of the Russian Federation (AP RF). Translated by Gary Goldberg.
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