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

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Berlin Wall 1986

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Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

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North Korea

"The Bundeshaus (Federal Building) in Bonn, West Germany, May 1961. "

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Berlin Wall between Mitte and Kreuzberg

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Afghan resistance fighters return to a village destroyed by Soviet forces

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

Erich Honecker, 1976.

Honecker, Erich Ernst Paul

1912- 1994

Photograph of Helmut Kohl, 1982.

Kohl, Helmut

1930- 2017

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Grechko, Andrei Antonovich

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Semenov, V. S.

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Press Briefing by Permanent Observer of Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the UN, 7 July 1976.

Inter-Korean Relations

North Korea-China friendship celebrated at the DPRK mass games

China-North Korea Relations

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Sokolovski, V.

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Nikita Khrushchev at the UNGA, 1962.

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich

1894- 1971

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July 4, 1953	Memorandum from Vladimir Semyonov and Pavel Yudin to Vyacheslav Molotov Regarding Inter-Zonal Movement in Berlin SED CC Politburo requests to resume movement across the sector border between East and West Berlin. This report includes step-by-step instructions in how this could be implemented.
May 15, 1953	Memorandum from the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs to Vladimir Semyonov, 'On the Question of Preventing the Defection of Inhabitants from the GDR to West Germany' The large-scale migration of GDR’s population to West Germany is becoming a major issue in Germany. The SCC in Germany, the SED, and GDR government discuss and outline measures for preventing this defection in the future.
June 18, 1953	Report from Andrei Grechko and A. Tarasov in Berlin to Nikolai Bulganin, 1:00 p.m. Grechko and Tarasov report on the calm state of Berlin. Some attempted riots and demonstrations have occurred in other cities throughout the GDR, but have been suppressed by the Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany. Intelligence information suggests that US forces have been put on alert at this time.
January 2, 1953	CPSU CC Resolution Approving the Deployment of Border Guards along the Eastern Border of the GDR CPSU CC Resolution Approving the Deployment of Border Guards along the Eastern Border of the GDR
March 18, 1953	Draft Instructions for General Vasilii Chuikov and Vladimir Semyonov regarding GDR Control of Borders Draft instructions of the Soviet leadership to its representatives in East Germany, advising that the SED requests for East German control of the border with West Germany are "unacceptable and grossly simplistic."
February 28, 1965	Memorandum of the Second Official Conversation between Walter Ulbricht, Chairman of the State Council of the GDR, and Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic, on 28 February 1965, 18:00-19:40 The conversation is about the joint statement on issues of economic and cultural cooperation that will be signed by Ulbricht and Nasser. They talk about the opening of an Egyptian consulate general in Berlin and consider questions of agriculture.
August 3, 1981	Transcript of the Meeting Between Comrade L.I. Brezhnev and Comrade E. Honecker at the Crimea on 3 August 1981 (excerpt) Brezhnev and Honecker discuss issues related to Poland, including the need for stabilization of the Polish crisis and the composition of the new Politburo.
February 9, 1983	From the Introductory Remarks by the Chairman of the North-South Commission, Brandt, at the Presentation of the Report 'Aid in the World Crisis' Before the Federal Press Association in Bonn This speech is Brandt's commentary on the report "Aid in the World Crisis". Brandt states the importance of communication between nations which are playing important roles at upcoming international conference; and the agenda should include ways to provide Financial stability through increasing IMF's capital.
September 8, 1987	Memorandum of a conversation by the Honorary Chairman of the SPD, Brandt, with the General Secretary of the CC of the SED and Chairman of the State Council of the GDR, Honecker, in Bonn, 8 September 1987 Memorandum for Brandt and Honecker on discussions for reducing chemical and nuclear weapons in Europe, relations between social democrats and communists and how they influence greater European nations.
May 26, 1959	Note about a Conversation between the DPRK Ambassador in Berlin Comrade Pak Il-yeong and Comrades Kohrt and Demel on 26 May 1959 at 1500 hours Discussion on organizational problems with South Korean students in western countries, who intend to live in North Korea, and about German reunifcation.