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December 23, 1986	CPSU CC Report, 23 December 1986 Concerns Soviet assistance to Afghanistan.
July 22, 1989	CPSU CC Memo with Excerpt from Protocol #163/44, 22 July 1989 The protocol deals with the further arming of Afghanistan and the training of Afghan servicemen in the USSR.
March 12, 1989	CPSU CC Memo with excerpt from Protocol #149/23 and an attached report, 12 March 1989 This memo concerns further measures for urgent military aid to Afghanistan.
May 19, 1989	CPSU CC Memo, excerpt from Protocol #159/20, 19 May 1989 This memo concerns military aid to Afghanistan for May-June 1989.
August 12, 1988	Decision A, No. 130 of Politburo of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party After signing the Geneva agreements Politburo of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party thought it necessary to widen the political, economic and moral support to the Republic of Afghanistan.
December 4, 1978	Information about the visit of the Afghan party and state delegation, headed by Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Nur Mohamed Tarakhi to the USSR A collection of the Soviet and Afghan leadership's statements and intentions. The Soviet leadership highlights the improvement of economic, political, and moral support for Afghanistan.
March 18, 1979	Exerpt from Politburo Meeting on Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan CPSU CC Politburo Member Chernenko states that Soviet invervention in Afghanistan will lead to accussation of Soviet aggression
September 12, 1978	Minutes from Conversation between Babrak Karmal and the Head of the Diplomatic Protocol Tucek A summarized conversation between Babrak Karmal and the head of Diplomatic protocol regarding Karmal's request for political asylum in Czechoslovakia, following then end of his ambassadorship.
September 12, 1978	Memorandum of Conversation between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dusan Spacil and Soviet Ambassador Novikov A discussion of Babrak Karmal's status in Czechoslovakia--as to wether or not he is still the amabassor from Afghanistan--is the primary focus of this document. Additional discussion occurs regarding locations for Karmal's possible defection from Afghanistan.
November 13, 1986	Memorandum from KGB Chief Viktor M. Chebrikov, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, Defense Minister Marshal Sergei L. Sokolov, and Central Committee International Relations Secretary Anatoly Dobrynin to CPSU Politburo This document highlights the efforts of the PDPA leadership to increase its membership among Afghan mullahs, landowners, and the aristocracy in order to legitimize the party among the Afghan people. It also reveals possible UN involvement in affairs surrounding Afghanistan after a possible Soviet withdrawal.