( WMD ) N. Korea's nuke pursuit began in the 1950s: dossier

WASHINGTON, April (Yonhap) -- North Koreas nuclear ambitions date back to the 1950s and its officials talked about the possibility of nuclear warfare even in the 1970s, according to a declassified diplomatic dossier. In a document dated April 30, 1958, five years after the end of the Korean War, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Gromyko records that North Korea was eager to start a nuclear program, though Pyongyang insisted it was for peaceful purposes.

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