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April 6, 1989	Note about the Meeting between Hu Qili and Herbert Naumann Hu Qili describes ongoing economic reforms in China. As for political reform, Hu indicates that China wants "to further unfold socialist democracy and perfect the judicial system."
May 28, 1987	Letter from Rolf Berthold to Cde. Erich Honecker In anticipation of a visit by Zhao Ziyang to East Germany, the Ambassador of the GDR in Beijing reports on China's economic reforms, the leadership within the Chinese Communist Party, and China's relations with the GDR, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Japan.
May 10, 1988	Minutes of the Meeting between Kim Il Sung, Secretary General of the Korean Workers Party, and Comrade Günter Schabowski in Pyongyang on 10 May 1988 Kim Il Sung apologizes for the North Korean trade shortfall and informed Schabowski of major flooding in 1986 and 1987. There was also talk of the approaching 13th World Games of Youth and Students.
October 11, 1989	Excerpt from the Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev Chernyaev records Gorbachev's frustrations with Honecker following meeting with him in Berlin.
September 21, 1977	Telegram 066734 from the Romanian Embassy in Pyongyang to the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs In a telegram to the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Romanian Embassy in Pyongyang confirms the date of the East German visit to the DPRK led by Erich Honecker.
June 8, 1977	Telegram 066633 from the Romanian Embassy in Pyongyang to the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 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.
October 26, 1972	Draft of a Planned East German Demarche, to be Read to the Chinese Ambassador, Against Chinese Statements on the Occasion of the Establishment of Chinese-West German Diplomatic Relations and Walter Scheel's Visit This document is a demarche to be delivered to the Chinese ambassador in East Berlin on the occasion of China's establishment of diplomatic relations between West Germany and the People's Republic of China (PRC). The demarche says the West German government is pursuing a revisionist policy and does not accept the post-war separation of Germany. It assesses the role of Bonn in international relations as detrimental to the entire Socialist camp and regards the visit of West German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel to Beijing, as well as diplomatic relations between China and West Germany, as damaging the interests of East Germany. The author asks China to reconsider this policy, with reference to East Berlin's support for the PRC's territorial claims to Taiwan/Formosa. According to a marginal note, the demarche was never delivered.
December 8, 1980	Report to the Politburo by the Department of International relations of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Report to the Politburo by the Department of International relations of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party regarding the meeting between leaders of Warsaw Pact countries on the subject of dissention in Poland
November 26, 1980	Letter from Honecker to Brezhnev East German leader Erik Honecker writes to Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev requesting that a meeting of the First Secretaries of the Communist Parties in the Warsaw Pact member states be convened to discuss the crisis in Poland. Honecker suggests that any delay in taking action agains the "reactionary forces" would result in the demise of communism in Poland.
November 3, 1973	Letter from Erich Honecker to Syrian President Hafez al-Assad Honecker announces the delivery of arms to the Syrian Arab Republic.