Unable to overcome its lack of transportation means and financial resources, the DPRK decides not to participate in the World Youth Festival.

Puzanov takes part in the Supreme People's Assembly.

The letter and memorandum are both addressed to the chief of the Far East Department of the Soviet Foreign Ministry Ivan Kurdyukov. The contents primarily concern the "self-confession" movement in North Korea, which encourages confession to criminal acts against the state. Also covered are finance and accounting in North Korea.