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South Asia

Afghanistan

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Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

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Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

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Eastern Europe

Poland

September 1980 crisis in Poland
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1980-81 Polish Crisis

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Soviet Union. Communist Party. Central Committee (CPSU CC). Politburo

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Kania, Stanislaw

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East Asia

China

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Romania

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United States

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United States-Soviet Relations

Leonid Brezhnev, 1974.
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Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich

1906 - 1982

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Soviet Union. Communist Party. Central Committee (CPSU CC)

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Jaruzelski, W. (Wojciech)

1923 - 2014

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Soviet Foreign Policy

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Reagan, Ronald

1911 - 2004

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Leonid Brezhnev Collection

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December 6, 1979

Extract from CPSU CC Politburo Decision

Extract from CPSU CC Politburo Decision about the dispatch of a special division to Afghanistan upon the request of Amin

January 17, 1980

CC CPSU Politburo transcript (excerpt)

CC CPSU Politburo transcript of a meeting on the situation in Afghanistan and its impact on relations with the West

January 28, 1980

CPSU CC Politburo Decision, with Report by Gromyko, Andropov, Ustinov, and Ponomarev, 27 January 1980

CPSU CC Politburo Decision, with Report by Gromyko-Andropov-Ustinov-Ponomarev, 27 January 1980 regarding the strengthening of the Afghan position and how to counteract Western positions on Afghanistan

February 5, 1980

Andropov Report to CPSU CC on Talks with Afghan Leaders

Andropov Report to CPSU CC on Talks with Afghan Leaders including issues of Party unity in Afghanistan

February 7, 1980

CC CPSU Politburo transcript (excerpt), On Andropov's Conversations with Afghan leaders

CC CPSU Politburo transcript discussing the improvements in the situation in Afghanistan and potential withdrawal of troops

April 10, 1980

CPSU CC Politburo Decision on Afghanistan, with report by Gromyko, Andropov, Ustinov, and Zagladin, 7 April 1980

CPSU CC Politburo Decision on Afghanistan, with report by Gromyko-Andropov-Ustinov-Zagladin, 7 April 1980 regarding the role of Soviet troops in Afghanistan under Karmal’s government and that continuing tension with the US

October 28, 1956

Andropov Telegram

Andropov Telegram forwarding a letter from Prime Minister Hegedus of Hungary asking for assistance from Soviet troops in putting down Budapest riots

April 23, 1981

CPSU CC Politburo Commission Report, 'On the Development of the Situation in Poland and Certain Steps on Our Part,' and CPSU CC-Approved Plan of'Measures to Assist the PZPR [Polish United Workers' Party]'

Special Dossier to the CPSU CC discussing the weakening of the PZPR and the rise of Solidarity as an organized political force. Describes the leadership of Kania and Jaruzelski in the party and prescribes a method of politically weakening Solidarity by exposing and exploiting its fragments, including the extremist KOS-KOS, and stepping up propaganda that stresses the impending invasion of Soviet troops to suppress the uprising.

May 8, 1980

CPSU CC Politburo Decision, 8 May 1980, with Politburo Commission Report, 6 May 1980, and Approved Cable to Soviet Ambassador in Kabul

CPSU CC Politburo Decision, 8 May 1980, with Politburo Commission Report, 6 May 1980, and Approved Cable to Soviet Ambassador in Kabul instruction him what to tell Karmal regarding the situation in Afghanistan

March 10, 1983

CPSU CC transcript of Politburo meeting (excerpt)

CPSU CC Politburo transcript discussing continuing progress towards stabilization in Afghanistan but also continuing difficulties in the situation.

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