1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
1906- 1982
South Asia
North America
1909- 1989
1924-
Afghanistan
United States
June 23, 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 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.
This memo includes the response of Brezhnev to President Carter's address concerning Afghanistan and US-Soviet relations.