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June 8, 1977

Telegram 066633 from the Romanian Embassy in Pyongyang to the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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TELEGRAM 066633

To: the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to comrade Constantin Oancea

From: the Romanian Embassy in Pyongyang

Date: June 8, 1977

Classification: Secret

 

The German Democratic Republic’s chargé d'affaires ad interim in Pyongyang, Klaus Steinhofer, told A. Lazar that the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Erich Honecker, had planned to visit the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in February this year. However, the visit was cancelled due to some disagreements with Vietnam in terms of dates, and rescheduled for the end of the year regardless of whether Honecker will visit Vietnam or not.

 

K. Steinhofer emphasized the importance of European socialist leaders to visit Pyongyang first in order to encourage Kim Il Sung to re-visit Europe and the USSR.

 

Signed: D. Popa

The Romanian Embassy in Pyongyang sends a telegram to the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Erich Honecker's plans to visit North Korea and Vietnam.


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Source

Archive of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Folder 929/1977, Issue 220/E: Bilateral relations between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and several socialist countries in Europe (the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the People’s Republic of Poland, the German Democratic Republic and the People’s Republic of Hungary), April – December 1977. Obtained and translated for NKIDP by Eliza Gheorghe.

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2012-08-13

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Telegram

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114852

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Secret

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ROK Ministry of Unification and Leon Levy Foundation