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Kuwait

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Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Mikhail Gorbachev, 1986

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich

1931- 2022

Aerial photograph of CIA headquarters

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

George H.W. Bush and Lech Walesa

CIA Reports on the Collapse of Communism in Europe

Kofi Annan and Saddam Hussein

Hussein, Saddam

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The Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik) in Berlin

Eastern Europe

East Germany

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Eastern Europe

Yugoslavia

Soviet Foreign Policy

Erich Honecker, 1976.

Honecker, Erich Ernst Paul

1912- 1994

Fidel Castro, 1959.

Castro, Fidel

1926- 2016

Official portrait for President George H.W. Bush, 1989.

Bush, George H.W.

1924- 2018

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November 27, 1990	Record of Conversation between M. S. Gorbachev and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, S. Al Faisal Gorbachev and Al Faisal discuss ongoing crisis caused by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
November 21, 1990	Record of Conversation between M. S. Gorbachev and Canadian Prime Minister B. Mulroney in Paris Gorbachev and Mulroney discuss the potential response through the UN to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.
November 20, 1990	Record of Conversation between M. S. Gorbachev and British Prime Minister M. Thatcher Gorbachev and Thatcher discuss the potential response through the UN to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.
November 19, 1990	Record of a Conversation between M. S. Gorbachev and President of the US George Bush in Paris Gorbachev and Bush discuss options for responding to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
November 19, 1990	Record of a Conversation between M.S. Gorbachev and the General Secretary of the UN J. Pérez de Cuéllar in Paris (excerpt) Excerpt from a conversation between Gorbachev and Pérez de Cuéllar on the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
November 9, 1990	Record of a Conversation between M.S. Gorbachev and Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl in Bonn Kohl expresses concerns about Gorbachev's control over the situation in the Soviet Union and offers his support. The two then discuss the recent invasion of Kuwait by Iraq.
November 8, 1990	Record of a Conversation between M. S. Gorbachev and the US Secretary of State, J. Baker in Moscow Baker and Gorbachev discuss public opinion of the recent improvement in relations between the Soviet Union and the United States, as well as Saddam Hussein's recent invasion of Kuwait.
January 18, 1991	Iraq Revolutionary Command Council Meeting about Coalition Operations Against Iraq Iraqi officials discuss the intervention of United States and coalition forces following the invasion of Kuwait.
January 15, 1991	Saddam Hussein and the Revolutionary Command Council Discussing the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait and the Expected US Attack Conversation between Saddam Hussein and the Revolutionary Command Council discussing Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, various strategic planning and weaponry, potential responses by neighboring countries, and the expected US attack.
July 7, 1976	Memorandum for the President, 'Commercial Relations of Brazil with Petroleum Producing Countries' This internal memo describes Brazil’s relations with oil producers as of 1976. It highlights the importance of Iraq as an oil supplier and the necessity of expanding exports to reduce the deficit in bilateral trade.