1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
1906- 1982
1924-
North America
1909- 1989
1904- 1980
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1911- 1998
South Asia
Afghanistan
April 27, 1978
The CPSU CC Politburo discusses recent negotiations with US Secretary of State Vance regarding Soviet-American relations and Soviet criticism of the Carter administration’s foreign policy and position on strategic weapons.
September 27, 1979
Telegram, in response to the President of the USA, regarding the issue of the Soviet military personnel in Cuba
June 8, 1978
Concerns US-Soviet relations, including involvement in Africa, NATO, China, and SALT.
August 7, 1980
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.
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.