1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
1895 - 1975
East Asia
1893 - 1976
1895 - 1978
1890 - 1986
1898 - 1976
Western Europe
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February 1, 1958
Khrushchev, as well as Suslov and Mikoyan, offer corrections on a message drafted by Bulganin. Khrushchev advocates for the liquidation of NATO, the Baghdad Pact, SEATO, and the Warsaw Agreement, preferring instead to defer to the UN.
September 16, 1952
Zhou Enlai updates Mao Zedong on the latest conversations with Stalin and other members of the Soviet leadership. Topics of discussion included Soviet technical assistance to China, developments in the Korean War, the United Nations, and the formation of a regional organization for Asia.
December 10, 1957
Bulganin proposes a halt on nuclear tests among the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom beginning on January 1, 1958.
June 24, 1957
The Soviet leadership discusses the state of Soviet foreign policy after the Hungarian crisis and Khrushchev’s visit to the US. Molotov criticizes Khrushchev for recklessness in foreign policy direction. Soviet inroads in the Middle East and the Third World are analyzed. The effects of the crises in Eastern Europe are placed in the context of the struggle against US imperialism.
October 30, 1956
The Presidium decides to promulgate a declaration on Hungary in which Soviet withdrawal and relations with the new government will be addressed. Members discuss the language of the new declaration and the advice of the CPC CC regarding the status of Soviet troops. The declaration is also intended to address the broader crisis in Soviet relations with people’s democracies.