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May 8, 1958	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A. M. Puzanov for 8-9 May 1958 Torbenkov reports on the construction of a cement plant, an irrigation system, and an agricultural collective in North Korea. Nam Il outlines plans to improve sanitation and prevent illnesses from spreading.
June 19, 1953	National Security Council Report, NSC 158, 'United States Objectives and Actions to Exploit the Unrest in the Satellite States' Recommendations adopted by the National Security Council at the suggestion of the Psychological Strategy Board on covert actions to be undertaken in the Soviet Satellite States. Authorized by the National Security Council, NSC 158 envisaged aggressive psychological warfare to exploit and heighten the unrest behind the Iron Curtain. The policy was endorsed by President Eisenhower on June 26, 1953.
March 12, 1947	Truman Doctrine, 'Recommendations for Assistance to Greece and Turkey' Truman's speech to Congress in which he laid the foundations of the Truman Doctrine by stating that the United States would support Greece and Turkey in order to prevent them from under the sway of the Soviet Union. This speech is often cited as the beginning of the Cold War, and US containment policy.
March 30, 1960	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 30 March 1960 Pak Seong-cheol delivers a request to Puzanov for Soviet assistance in expanding energy production in North Korea.
June 9, 1958	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A. M. Puzanov for 9 June 1958 Puzanov reports on his attendance at a session of the Supreme People's Assembly.
June 8, 1958	Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A. M. Puzanov for 8 June 1958 Puzanov learns about North Korea's involvement in COMECON and the agricultural situation in Jagang and South Hwanghae Provinces.
August 21, 1958	Record of a Conversation with Deputy Chairman of the KWP CC Cde. Pak Jeong-ae V. Pelishenko recounts a meeting with Pak Jeong-ae in which the two discussed inter-Korean relations and North Korean economic planning.
October 18, 1962	Telegram from Polish Embassy in Washington (Drozniak), 18 October 1962 Drozniak forwards a report from US Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs [Edwin M.] Martin. Martin says that the Americans are well-informed of the military situation in Cuba, that Cuba does not possess nuclear weapons (nor will they be likely to because the USSR did not give such weapons to China, so why would they give them to Cuba?), that the level of the Cuban economy is twenty-five percent lower than the period before Fidel Castro came to power and Cuba is much more economically dependent on the USSR, and finally that any military invasion or complete blockade of Cuba would be considered an act of war by the USSR.
August 27, 1957	Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 27 August 1957 Nam Il informs Puzanov that the DPRK requests Soviet specialists to help with monetary reform and the abolition of the ration coupon system.
August 20, 1957	Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 20 August 1957 Puzanov visits the construction site of a furniture factory built with USSR aid and comments on its production capacity and shortcomings. He also informs PRC Ambassador Qiao Xiaoguang of Soviet feedback on the DPRK's draft five-year plan and the internal political situation of the KWP leadership.