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March 13, 1967	Memorandum, Central Intelligence Agency, 'Guidelines on Svetlana (Stalin) Defection' A CIA officer provides guidance to AMCOMLIB on minimal RL coverage of Svetlana’s defection and avoidance of immediate commentaries on the issue to minimize Soviet perceptions that the US is publicly exploiting the defection.
May 16, 1960	Memorandum for International Operations Division Chief, 'RFE Guidance Line on U-2 Incident' An IOD officer responsible for RFE reports to Cord Meyer on differences between the FEC/RFE leadership in New York and the RFE management in Munich on broadcast coverage of the U-2 incident and endorses the “calm and reasoned” approach of the Munich management.
February 1989	Cable from the US Embassy in Moscow to the Secretary of State, 'US-Soviet Relations: Policy Opportunities' Approaches to take advantage of the evolving political landscape in the Soviet Union to leverage and promote US interests via Soviet policy proposals.
February 1989	Cable from the US Embassy in Moscow to Secretary of State for General Scowcroft, 'The Soviet Union Over the Next Four Years' Predictions about the next four years in the Soviet Union's evolving political and cultural landscape, including that internal protests against perestroika will dominate the focus of Soviet leadership, that perestroika and its attendant backlash will in turn redistribute funds away from military spending, and that ultimately, these and other conflicts and pressures will promulgate the collapse of the Soviet Union.
January 23, 1989	Record of Telephone Conversation Between M. S. Gorbachev and President of the United States George Bush Notes from a phone conversation between President George H.W. Bush and Gorbachev regarding Henry Kissinger's recent visit with Gorbachev.
January 17, 1989	Letter from George H. W. Bush to Mikhail Gorbachev A diplomatic personal note from President Bush to Gorbachev, thanking Gorbachev for the special attention he gave to Bush's son and grandson during their trip to Armenia, and then touches on the current state of US-Soviet bilateral relations and arms control proposals.
January 17, 1989	Record of Conversation between M. S. Gorbachev and H. Kissinger Gorbachev and Kissinger discuss opening up a secret line of communication between Soviet Union and the US, facilitated by Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft, and coordinating a visit between President Bush and Gorbachev in the near future.
December 1988	CIA Intelligence Assessment, 'Gorbachev’s September Housecleaning: An Early Evaluation' An intelligence analysis from the CIA covering recent changes to the Soviet Union's state structure and leadership reorganization, legal reforms, economic resource allocation, foreign policy etc. under Gorbachev's more powerful position.
October 31, 1988	Anatoly Chernyaev, Notes from a Meeting of the Politburo Gorbachev et al prepare for their upcoming UN visit, and discuss presenting their reformed policies, arms reductions, the implementation of perestroika, withdrawal of troops from Hungary, and overall Soviet-American relations.
June 16, 1953	Transcript of the Conversation between the Soviet Leadership and the Hungarian Workers' Party Delegation in Moscow Discussion of the reorganization of the Hungarian government and various reforms following Stalin's death.

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