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January 28, 1989	Letter from Liaison Office of the Ministry of State Security at the Ministry of Interior of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the Ministry of State Security East German Major Knabe (stationed in Hanoi) requests information on the exact dates of the initial 1964 visits of Vietnamese delegates to East Germany, and notes with concern the required cancellation of collaborative projects due to East Germany’s lack of available funds. Knabe also inquires into the availability of printing presses, polygraphs, and building materials.
November 3, 1952	CPSU Politburo Decision with an Approved Message from Pushkin to Stalin Decision to approve the draft TASS publication denying the reported talks between the Soviet Union and the United States on the Korean issue.
December 9, 1950	Resolution of the CPSU Politburo with Approved Article Draft for Pravda It was decided that the article "Concerning the joint statement of Truman and Attlee" be published in the Russian newspaper"Pravda."
December 14, 1961	Polish Notes from Miami Regarding Situation in Cuba Notes on news stories collected from various Spanish-language newspapers in Miami. Topics cover the growing tension between Cuba and the US, efforts to recruit Cubans to US army, skepticism over whether the US could have any influence over Castro's revolution, and worries that US military involvement in Cuba could escalate into another big war.
September 2, 1950	CPSU Politburo Decision on the Secret Archives of the Syngman Rhee Government Decision to entrust Vyshinsky to print in the Soviet press the documents found in the archives of the Syngman Rhee government, seized when the communists took Seoul.
November 25, 1963	US State Department Translation, Telegram no. 03381 Concerning American Press Reports of Soviet and Cuban Connections to Lee Harvey Oswald Telegrams from Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Ambassador to The United States, to the CC CPSU on measures to be taken and report on the "slanderous fabrications" in the American press regarding Oswlad's connections with the USSR
February 22, 1974	Mao Zedong, 'On the Question of the Differentiation of the Three Worlds' Mao Zedong decsribes his Theory of Three Worlds, claiming that the “First World” is made up of the rich and nuclear armed USSR and US, the “Second World” refers to Japan, Europe, Australia, and Canada, and the “Third World” covers the undeveloped countries of Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
June 30, 1949	Mao Zedong, 'On the People’s Democratic Dictatorship: In Commemoration of the Twenty-eighth Anniversary of the Communist Party of China' Mao Zedong announces that China will “lean to one side” in its foreign policy and that China must “ally with the Soviet Union” and “form an international united front.”
June 5, 1979	Note for the File: Meeting with Ambassador Han Si Hae (DPRK) on 1 June 1979 Mayrhofer writes a note on meeing with DPRK ambassador Han Si Hae on 1 June, 1979.
November 18, 1989	Excerpt from Protocol No. 182 of the Meeting of the Politburo CC CPSU, 'On Additional Measures in the Informational Sphere' Proposal recommending increased openness, freedom of speech, and the end of restrictions on the press in the Soviet Union, including the free distribution of foreign media.