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Afghanistan
June 8, 1978
Concerns US-Soviet relations, including involvement in Africa, NATO, China, and SALT.
July 11, 1978
February 1, 1980
December 29, 1979
Soviet letter to US President Jimmy Carter responding to the US position on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The CC CPSU Politburo informs the White House that the Soviet leadership desires to maintain detente with the US and that the intervention of Soviet troops was done at the request of the Afgan leadership, under Article 51 of the UN charter.