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July 22, 1989	CPSU CC Memo with Excerpt from Protocol #163/44, 22 July 1989 The protocol deals with the further arming of Afghanistan and the training of Afghan servicemen in the USSR.
March 12, 1989	CPSU CC Memo with excerpt from Protocol #149/23 and an attached report, 12 March 1989 This memo concerns further measures for urgent military aid to Afghanistan.
May 19, 1989	CPSU CC Memo, excerpt from Protocol #159/20, 19 May 1989 This memo concerns military aid to Afghanistan for May-June 1989.
March 20, 1979	Record of Conversation between L.I. Brezhnev and N.M. Taraki, 20 March 1979 After the more general meeting of the same day, Brezhnev and Taraki meet to further discuss the situation in Afghanistan. Brezhnev advises Taraki to widen the base of the government's support among the people through political and economic means. Taraki reaffirms his current position, which includes open borders with Iran and Pakistan as well as the policy of persecution within Afghanistan.
April 21, 1979	Protocol #150 of the CC CPSU Politburo Session, 21 April 1979 Concerns helicopter and ammunition deliveries from the Soviet Union to Afghanistan.
September 1, 1981	A Report by Soviet Military Intelligence Soviet Military Intelligence assess the equipment provided to Afghan counterrevolutionaries by the US, Britian, Egypt, and Pakistan.
September 13, 1979	CPSU CC Politburo Decisions on Afghanistan (excerpts) CPSU CC Politburo Decisions on Afghanistan (excerpts) calling on Puzanov to meet with Taraki and try to mend the rift between Taraki and Amin
September 15, 1979	Cable from Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko to Soviet Representatives in Kabul Cable from Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko to Soviet Representatives in Kabul expressing the necessity of dealing with Amin but that representatives should try to prevent repression against Taraki’s supporters
September 15, 1979	CPSU CC Politburo Decision with report by Gromyko, Ustinov, and Tsvigun CPSU CC Politburo Decision with report by Gromyko, Ustinov, and Tsvigun on Amin’s ultimatums to Taraki, and on how to curtail repression from Amin’s supporters of Taraki’s supporters
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