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October 4, 1979	Transcript of Brezhnev Honecker summit in East Berlin (excerpt on Iran and Afghanistan) Transcript of Brezhnev Honecker summit in East Berlin (excerpt on Iran and Afghanistan) with Brezhnev discussing the leadership of Amin and expressing continued Soviet support for Afghanistan
October 10, 1979	Information of KGB USSR to CC CPSU International Department Information of KGB USSR to CC CPSU International Department regarding the impact of the situation in Iran on Afghanistan
November 29, 1979	Report on the Situation in Afghanistan, Gromyko, Andropov, Ustinov, and Ponomarev to CPSU CC Gromyko, Andropov, Ustinov, and Ponomarev report to CPSU CC on the increased repressions by Amin in Afghanistan. Brezhnev and other Soviet leaders may meet with Amin to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries, relating to petroleum products, food, and industrial goods. These topics are on the path to progressive socioeconomic reforms in the DRA.
November 3, 1979	Record of Conversation Between Soviet Ambassador Puzanov and Amin Record of Conversation Between Soviet Ambassador Puzanov and Amin on the situation in Afghanistan
November 5, 1979	Soviet Defense Minister Ustinov, Report to CPSU CC on Mission to Afghanistan of Deputy Defense Minister Army-Gen. I. G. Pavlovskii Soviet Defense Minister Ustinov, Report to CPSU CC on Mission to Afghanistan of Deputy Defense Minister Army-Gen. I. G. Pavlovskii describing military assistance provided by Soviet Union in Afghanistan and areas that necessitate improvement
December 6, 1979	Extract from CPSU CC Politburo Decision Extract from CPSU CC Politburo Decision about the dispatch of a special division to Afghanistan upon the request of Amin
December 6, 1979	Record of Conversation between Soviet Ambassador to Afghanistan F.A. Tabeev and H. Amin Record of Conversation between Soviet Ambassador to Afghanistan F.A. Tabeev and H. Amin regarding future Soviet-Afghan cooperation
January 4, 1980	Meeting of Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and Afghan Foreign Minister Shad Mohammad Dost, 04 January 1980 Meeting of Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and Afghan Foreign Minister Shad Mohammad Dost on how to deal with negative opinions of the DRA by the West.
January 17, 1980	CC CPSU Politburo transcript (excerpt) CC CPSU Politburo transcript of a meeting on the situation in Afghanistan and its impact on relations with the West
January 17, 1980	CPSU CC Politburo Decision, On the Situation in Afghanistan CPSU CC Politburo decision on measures to be taken regarding the situation in Afghanistan