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North Korea August 1956 Plenum Incident

Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

North Korea

Kim Il Sung, 1978

Kim, Il Sung

1912- 1994

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Puzanov, A. M.

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Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

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Soviet Union. Embassy (Korea : North)

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North Korea's First Five-Year Plan, 1957-1961

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Ivanov, Vasily Ivanovich

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East Asia

China

Soviet Union-North Korea Relations

North Korea-China friendship celebrated at the DPRK mass games

China-North Korea Relations

Portrait of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung

Conversations with Kim Il Sung

Anastas Mikoyan in 1959

Mikoyan, Anastas Ivanovich

1895- 1978

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Choe, Chang-ik

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Korean Workers' Party Congresses

Gyeongbokgung

East Asia

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Heungnam

Pyongyang cityscape

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April 15, 1957	Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 15 April 1957 Puzanov and Kim Il Sung reaffirm the need for solidarity between the Soviet Union and North Korea. Then Kim Il Sung shares about the unanimity achieved in KWP ranks and the agenda to discuss rice and fish products at the upcoming KWP CC plenum on 18 April.
April 11, 1957	Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 11 April 1957 Puzanov, Kim Il, and Hong Myeong-hui discuss the DPRK's fertilizer needs, the possible aid of Uzbekistan grapevines to North Korea, and the DPRK's prioritization of heavy industry in its development model.
April 9, 1957	Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 9 April 1957 During his conversation with Puzanov, Kim Il Sung discusses the five-year plan to develop the DPRK's economy, the KWP's efforts to improve the standard of living for the North Korean people, factionalism and the eventual consolidation of KWP members under the official party line, Stalin's cult of personality, and problems in the North Korean judiciary.
May 6, 1958	Note concerning the August Group, Developed on the Basis of Party Documents, as well as on the Basis of Unofficial Sources of Information The August Group criticizes Kim Il Sung cult of personality and many DPRK officials are removed from their positions.
May 1, 1958	Note from a Conversation with the Director of a Department in One of the Ministries on 5.I.1958 The political language used in official speeches and in the North Korean press is explained to a Polish diplomat.
May 2, 1957	Note from Conversations with Comade Pimenov, 1st Secretary of the Embassy of the USSR, on 23 and 25 April 1957 Kim Du-bong's speech and his relation to the August group are summarized in this Polish Embassy report.
February 14, 1957	Note from a Conversation with the 1st Secretary of the Embassy of the USSR, Comrade Pimenov on 10 February 1957 Counselor at the Embassy of Pyongyang Comrade Petrov is recalled for incorrectly supporting the August Group.
October 12, 1956	Letter from Ri Sang-jo to the Korean Workers' Party Central Committee Ri Sang-jo seeks to redress the issue of aid from the Soviet Union by reminding party members of the CPSU's friendship and assistance to the North Korean people both before and after the Korean War. Ri discloses Soviet criticism of Kim Il Sung's economic policies and the cult of personality during meetings held in Moscow in the summer of 1956 and insists that the DPRK learn from the experiences of the fraternal communist parties in economic planning and in their struggles against cults of personality.
December 28, 1956	Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee Report on the Situation in the Korean Workers' Party and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea The Soviet embassy in Pyongyang provides a description of the events leading up to the 1956 August Plenum,the strained relations between the DPRK and the PRC following the joint Sino-Soviet intervention, and North Korean development strategies.
1956	Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee Directive to Soviet Ambassador Ivanov The CPSU CC requests that Ianov send reports on the decisions of Korean Workers' Party Central Committee September plenary session and how the discussions of the provincial party committees are proceeding.