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Leonid Brezhnev, 1974.

Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich

1906- 1982

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Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

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Eastern Europe

Poland

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North America

United States

Andrei Gromyko at the UN, 1981

Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich

1909- 1989

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

Soviet Foreign Policy

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South Asia

Afghanistan

September 1980 crisis in Poland

1980-81 Polish Crisis

Afghan resistance fighters return to a village destroyed by Soviet forces

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

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Eastern Europe

East Germany

President Ronald Reagan, Vice-President Bush, and oviet General Secretary Gorbachev

United States-Soviet Relations

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Kania, Stanislaw

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Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich

1914- 1984

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Ustinov, Dimitri F.

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Aleksey Kosygin at the UNGA.

Kosygin, Aleksey Nikolayevich

1904- 1980

Sino-Soviet Relations

Sino-Soviet Split, 1960-1984

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September 20, 1979	Excerpt from transcript, CPSU CC Politburo meeting Excerpt from transcript, CPSU CC Politburo meeting where Brezhnev expresses his belief that Soviet-Afghan relations will not change significantly due to Amin
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
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
February 7, 1980	CC CPSU Politburo transcript (excerpt), On Andropov's Conversations with Afghan leaders CC CPSU Politburo transcript discussing the improvements in the situation in Afghanistan and potential withdrawal of troops
March 10, 1980	Politburo Decision on Soviet Policy on Afghanistan, with report on Proposal by Fidel Castro to Mediate between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and approved letter from L.I. Brezhnev to Fidel Castro CPSU CC Politburo Decision on Soviet Policy on Afghanistan, with report on Proposal by Fidel Castro to Mediate between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and approved letter from L.I. Brezhnev to Fidel Castro
June 23, 1980	Minutes of the Meeting of the CPSU CC Plenum on the situation in Afghanistan, 23 June 1980 CPSU CC Plenum meeting (excerpt) concerning the deterioration in relations with the US and NATO countries. Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko describes the altruistic nature of Soviet intentions in aiding Afghanistan.
December 10, 1979	Summary of a meeting on Afghanistan A meeting between CC CPSU officials demonstrates the disagreement over Soviet involvement in Afghanistan.
December 26, 1979	Summary of a CC CPSU Meeting A summary of CC CPSU officials regarding the recently approved Soviet troop deployment in Afghanistan.
August 7, 1980	Meeting between Comrades Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev and Todor Zhivkov This memorandum provides an overview of the meeting between Bulgarian leader Todor Zhivkov and Leonid Brezhnev. The two discussed international affairs, specifically escalating tensions with the U.S. and NATO, and Soviet interest in maintaining and strengthening detente. In response, a new international summit of the communist parties is proposed.
January 1968	Polish-Soviet Talks in Lansk Excerpts related to China from the Polish-Soviet talks of January 1968. Gomulka and Brezhnev agree that the "China issue will be the most difficult one during the consultative meeting in Budapest."