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April 25, 1969	National Security Council Meeting, Friday April 25, 1969, 10:00-11:15 A.M. The National Security Council discusses US considerations of Middle East negotiations, including the Soviet role in the Middle East and their positions on negotiations, repatriation and settlement, and the possibility of negotiating small pieces of an agreement as opposed to direct negotiations.
January 30, 1969	NSC Interdepartmental Group for Near East and South Asia, 'Basic US Interests In the Middle East' The paper provides an overview of American policy in the Middle East, including main interests and their importance, the Soviet Union's influence in the Middle East, and threats to NATO.
February 3, 1969	Memorandum for the President [Richard Nixon] from Henry A. Kissinger, 'The Middle East--Some Policy Considerations' Kissinger provides Nixon with an overview of achieving a general political settlement in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and different international frameworks for this goal.
July 25, 1990	National Intelligence Daily for Wednesday, 25 July 1990 The CIA’s National Intelligence Daily for 25 July 1990 describes the latest developments in Iraq, Kuwait, Liberia, the Soviet Union, China, Taiwan, European Community, Hungary and Germany.
May 9, 1991	National Intelligence Daily for Thursday, 9 May 1991 The CIA’s National Intelligence Daily for 9 May 1991 describes the latest developments in Iraq, Kuwait, Israel, Lebanon, the Soviet Union, India, Pakistan, Yemen, Cambodia, the United Nations and Panama.
July 20, 1958	Letter from Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, to His Excellency Mr. Khrushchev, Premier of the Soviet Union Nehru writes about the precarious international situation, referring most likely to instability in Lebanon and Iraq in the summer of 1958, and importance of future meetings between the leaders.
February 13, 1951	Communism and Islamic Propaganda Document discussing Soviet attempts to become closer to Muslims in Arab and other predominantly Muslim countries.
June 26, 1970	Hungarian Foreign Ministry memorandum on Soviet Ambassador Titov’s briefing on Soviet foreign policy This memorandum gives Soviet Ambassador Titov's report that during Gromiko's visit to France, the French seemed eager to continue to build relations with the USSR. It also reports on the reception of the Rogers Plan, an American plan to bring peace to the Middle East, by the Arab states.
September 6, 1975	Note regarding the Meeting between Ilie Verdeț and Ji Denggui Ji Denggui and Ilie Verdeț discuss bilateral relations between China and Romania, nuclear proliferation and diarmament, Soviet-American relations, Comecon, European security, US policy toward Taiwan, Japan-Soviet relations, and economic development in China and Romania, among other topics.
January 13, 1959	Soviet Report, 'The Ideological Aggression of American Imperialism in the Orient' This report emphasizes American propaganda in the Middle East, such as promoting democracy and American way of life, as well as its anti-Soviet propaganda. The report also extensively lists the Americans' participation in the region such as how much money and resources were devoted there, including from private institutions.