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Mengistu Haile-Mariam

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September 19, 1989	CPSU CC Memo with excerpt of Protocol #165/30, 19 September 1989 Concerns Soviet ties to Mengistu Haile Mariam of Ethiopia.
November 17, 1989	CPSU CC Memo, excerpt from Protocol #172/1, 17 November 1989 Concerns further Soviet relations with Ethiopia.
March 22, 1989	Letter, Egon Krenz to Comrade Colonel General Fritz Streletz Egon Krenz writes to Colonel General Streletz about East German support for Ethiopia.
1978	Information from D. Stoyanov to T. Zhivkov on the Internal Situation and Foreign Policy of Ethiopia The Minister of Internal Affairs, Dimitar Stoyanov reports on the political situation in Ethiopia during the late 1970s. The economic hardship is pushing Mengistu’s government to accept Western aid, in addition to the support it is getting from the Soviet bloc. Mengistu also seems to be critical of the anti-Soviet policy of China.
May 11, 1990	CPSU CC Protocol #187/18, 11 May 1990 This protocol deals with military, defense, and economic matters of the Soviet Union. It also contains a report pertaining to Soviet relations with Ethiopia.
May 21, 1991	CPSU CC Report, 21 May 1991 This report deals with the political crisis in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It also concerns Soviet plans to settle the conflict.
March 31, 1977	Report from CPSU CC to SED CC, Results of N.V. Podgorny's Visit to Africa (excerpts) Report from CPSU CC to SED CC, Results of N.V. Podgorny's Visit to Africa (excerpts) discussing the growing enmity between Ethiopia and Somalia and concerns from African nations over this tension
June 1977	Additions to 2 February 1977 Report by Third African Department, Soviet Foreign Ministry, 'Somalia's Territorial Disagreements with Ethiopia and the Position of the USSR' Additions to 2 February 1977 Report by Third African Department, Soviet Foreign Ministry, on "Somalia's Territorial Disagreements with Ethiopia and the Position of the USSR," regarding a meeting between Siad Barre, Mengistu and Castro and Siad’s unwillingness to negotiate with Mengistu
June 1977	Report from CPSU CC to SED CC, Information about the Visit to the Soviet Union of Somalia Vice President Samanta Report from CPSU CC to SED CC, Information about the Visit to the Soviet Union of Somalian Vice President Samanta and discussions concerning the Somali-Ethiopian tensions and Soviet-Somali relations. Late May-early June 1977
August 14, 1978	Background report on Ethiopia’s Relations with Western Countries The report details the relations between Ethiopia and the Western countries, primarily how they have changed since the 1974 revolution. It focuses on relations between the United States and the common market countries specifically.