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Najibullah, Mohammad

1947 - 1996

Leonid Brezhnev, 1974.

Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich

1906 - 1982

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Mikhail Gorbachev, 1986

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich

1931 - 2022

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Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich

1909 - 1989

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Amīn, Ḥafīẓ Allāh

1929 - 1979

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Leonid Brezhnev Collection

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June 8, 1982	The State of Foreign Policy Discusses issues related to upholding Sino-Soviet relations, to maintaining an active foreign policy with socialist and capitalist countries, and touching on issues related to various socialist countries at the time.
June 4, 1981	Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting (excerpt), 4 June 1981 The Politburo discusses the internal economic situation within the Soviet Union, the situation in Afghanistan (in particular the group "Parcham" and Karmal), relations with the US, and the treatment of Jews in the USSR.
February 16, 1980	Ciphered Telegram No. 43, Embassy of Hungary in India to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry A report from the Hungarian Embassy in India explaining that in the view of the Indian government, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan threatens regional stability as it could invite American and/or Chinese intervention.
June 9, 1979	Record of Conversation Between Soviet Ambassador A.M. Puzanov and Taraki Record of Conversation Between Soviet Ambassador A.M. Puzanov and Taraki about a possible meeting between Pakistan’s Zia-ul-Haq and Taraki
July 10, 1979	Record of Conversation Between Soviet Ambassador A.M. Puzanov and Taraki Record of Conversation Between Soviet Ambassador A.M. Puzanov and Taraki discussing Afghanistan’s relations with Pakistan and Soviet aid to Afghanistan
July 19, 1979	Boris Ponomarev, Reports from Kabul (excerpts) Boris Ponomarev, Reports from Kabul (excerpts) discussing Taraki’s desire to have increased military support from the Soviet Union in the form of the presence of troops
July 21, 1979	Record of Conversation between Soviet Ambassador to Afghanistan A.M. Puzanov and H. Amin Record of Conversation between Soviet Ambassador to Afghanistan A.M. Puzanov and H. Amin in which Amin asks for Soviet troops to be flown in on helicopters and Puzanov reiterates that the Soviet Union cannot send in military personnel
December 1, 1979	Personal memorandum Andropov to Brezhnev Personal memorandum Andropov to Brezhnev regarding the situation in Afghanistan following Amin’s coup
May 31, 1978	Political Letter from USSR Ambassador to Afghanistan A. Puzanov to Soviet Foreign Ministry, "About the Domestic Political Situation in the DRA," (notes) Political Letter from USSR Ambassador to Afghanistan A. Puzanov to Soviet Foreign Ministry, "About the Domestic Political Situation in the DRA," (notes) expressing the need to support the new Afghanistani government in order to strengthen it
June 18, 1978	Record of Conversation, Soviet Ambassador A.M. Puzanov and Taraki Record of Conversation, Soviet Ambassador A.M. Puzanov and Taraki on possible disunity within the Afghan Communist Party, rebutted by Taraki claiming that the party is unified