1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
East Asia
North America
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1879 - 1953
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Middle East
1893 - 1976
1890 - 1986
1912 - 1994
December 27, 1979
The violent actions by the DRA, led by H. Amin, to de-stabilize the Afghan government, dissolving the gains made in the April Revolution, causes the Soviet Union to place military detachments in Afghanistan.
June 20, 1962
A description of the staff and crew of the Soviet Operation "Anadyr."
September 6, 1962
Malinovsky informs Khrushchev of the details regarding transport of missiles to Cuba and about reinforcing Cuba by air and adding to the troops already present.
October 18, 1979
[Excerpt] Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting regarding telegrams from Cuba regarding the attitudes of SWAPO men and Angolans towards the Cubans and fighting. The Politburo members also discussed Sino-Soviet relations, Cuban sugar sales, and Soviet cooperation with Spain.
May 14, 1968
May 15, 1968
December 29, 1979
Soviet letter to US President Jimmy Carter responding to the US position on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The CC CPSU Politburo informs the White House that the Soviet leadership desires to maintain detente with the US and that the intervention of Soviet troops was done at the request of the Afgan leadership, under Article 51 of the UN charter.
May 17, 1968
A memo stating the difficulties of finding sufficient manpower for counter-intelligence given the crisis in Czechoslovakia.
May 21, 1968
P. Shelest analyzes comments by Czechoslovak informers.
May 22, 1968
Report on lax border controls between Warsaw Pact nations and the Western District, USSR.