1893-1976
Eastern Europe
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1912- 1994
East Asia
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1875- 1965
South Korea
September 22, 1948
Kim praises Stalin and the USSR for its role in securing Korean independence and in negotiating with the Americans on the Korean issue
1945
Soviet officers provide a sketch of the existing communist movement in northern and southern Korea in 1945 and suggest that Kim Il Sung should be a leading candidate to head the Korean government.