Observations of the border clashes reached the Kremlin via other channels. And this is what did take place. Stalin during March 1949. On 14 May 1949, Kim Il Sung informed the Soviet ambassador in Pyongyang, T.F. On 20 June 1950, T.F. Stalin knew at that time that "there was no way they could advance on the South" as the Korean Peoples' Army (KPA) did not have numerical superiority over the forces of South Korea. Kim Il Sung was sure that the South Koreans did not intend to bring about a peaceful reunification of the country, so the North alone would remain prepared for a drive into the South, where for a long time it had followed the hints there of a widescale peoples' uprising against the regime of Syngman Rhee. When he did this, it indirectly supported Soviet Ambassador Shtykov, who had earlier supported some of Kim's thoughts which had been rejected by Stalin. After Shtykov's arrival in Moscow, and his report of the subsequent meetings with Kim Il Sung, he was told to immediately prepare his recommendations in accordance with the positions taken by the North Korean leader. This is substantial, and its miserly printing (less than 3,000 copies) which is far from sufficient to reach the circle of potential readers, has goaded the editors to ask the authors to prepare a version of their book for this paper. The display of Kim Il-sung portraits was made mandatory at homes in the 1970s. The following is a list of international trips made by Kim Il-sung during his tenure as General … Stalin during March 1949. The differences in Kim Il Sung's account were supported by additional discussions with the Chinese leader in May and September where he made things completely clear. One of these is a gift from the Portraits of Kim Jong-il have been hung next to Kim Il-sung since the late 1970s. It is the first one to make primary use of recently declassified documents from the archives of the President of the Russian Federation, the archives of the internal policies of the Russian Federation, and other classified sources about the Korean war of 1950-53, which are based on the thoughts and words which were exchanged between Kim Il Sung and Iosef Stalin about the way to armed solution of the problems of uniting North and South Korea. On 27 May, T.F. Torkunov and Ye.P. Here, where they had been a "deterrence factor", this change the ability to operate to the point where Moscow now began to consider the possibility of a surprise strike against the North by the South as very real, and this was supported by intelligence agent observations. The impression has been made that in May 1949 Mao supported the idea of an immediate strike against the South. Kim Il Sung was very crafty in his actions at all these instances, and taking into account the psychology of the Soviet leader, who was apprehensive of the surprising and unwanted independence of Mao. Stalin knew at that time that "there was no way they could advance on the South" as the Korean Peoples' Army (KPA) did not have numerical superiority over the forces of South Korea. This meeting took place in April 1950. In the spring North Korea would strive to put pressure on the doubting Stalin by stressing that they had the complete support of Mao Zedong for their plans: in September 1949 and again in January 1950 Kim Il Sung again strove to press the Soviet leader, but this time from another tack. In this document, very curt language was used to inform the ambassador of his failure to present timely information to the Center on combat actions as well as his failure to implement the directive. Mao Zedong learned the thoughts of Kim Il Sung during a visit to Beijing in May 1950. To the leaders of the DPRK, up until the time they asked the Soviet Union to primarily supply them with weapons, they wished for the South Koreans to attack the North, since in that case they could feel fully justified in calling for a "crushing counterattack" against them. There was a "strange" series of exchanges between the Soviet ambassador in Pyongyang and Moscow immediately prior to the commencement of hostilities by the North Korean army against the South in June 1950. Of importance, and subject to random checks, is that they are kept clean, a responsibility that usually falls on the lady of the house. He advised them to wait until that moment in time when the Kuomuntang army was destroyed and China was in the power of the Chinese Communist Party. Observations of additional council which Kim Il Sung sought from the Soviet leader on 12 September 1949 and 17 January 1950 indicate that is not completely right. But at the same time, they were not likely to fight, as the Soviet Union and China were both located next to the DPRK and would step in on their side if the Japanese did place their forces in Korea. Shtykov, knowing what his orders stated, did not report this event to Moscow. Shtykov, that Mao had agreed to an immediate return to the DPRK of two of the three Korean divisions which were then located at Mukden and Chanchun, not far from the Korean border. Kim Il Sung decided to make use of him in that instance: twice, on 12 and 14 August 1949, he met with our ambassador before he departed in an attempt to bring the most pressing of his plans and arguments before Stalin. Stalin felt that the USA, "removing themselves from the ultimate fate" of Chiang Kaishek in the inter-Chinese conflict, would not therefore participate in a Korean conflict. Kim Il Sung continued to use his tactics of "prevailing" upon the Soviet leader. Ufimtsev. It stressed that in the case of an attack on South Korea, it would become inevitable that the Americans would militarily intervene under the UN flag on the side of Syngman Rhee, permanently occupy the South, and perpetuate the division of the peninsula. The Chinese leader stressed that the North Koreans must be prepared in a flash for combat operations at any moment, and the reason was in case the Japanese would move into the southern side. In the opinion of Mao, the Soviet Union would not subsequently participate in a Korean conflict as long as they had an agreement with the USA over the 38th Parallel, but China had no such obligations to the United States. And that, as it turned out, was the final diplomatic miscalculation.