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South Asia

Afghanistan

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

Photograph of Azadi Tower

Middle East

Iran

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

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

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South Asia

Pakistan

Aerial photograph of CIA headquarters

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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Photograph of Tripoli, Lebanon

Middle East

Lebanon

Afghan resistance fighters return to a village destroyed by Soviet forces

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

George H.W. Bush and Lech Walesa

CIA Reports on the Collapse of Communism in Europe

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Soviet Union. Communist Party. Central Committee (CPSU CC)

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Erich Honecker, 1976.

Honecker, Erich Ernst Paul

1912- 1994

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Karmal, Babrak

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Sheng, Shicai

1897- 1970

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Wilgress, Leolyn Dana (L. D.)

1892- 1969

Truman with Attlee and Stalin at Potsdam

Cold War Origins

Sino-Soviet Relations

Sino-Soviet Rapprochement, 1985-1989

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Cambodian-Vietnamese War, 1977-1991

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August 10, 1989	National Intelligence Daily for Thursday, 10 August 1989 The CIA’s National Intelligence Daily for 10 August 1989 describes the latest developments in Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Panama, the Soviet Union, China, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, South Korea, and West Germany.
August 1, 1989	National Intelligence Daily for Tuesday, 1 August 1989 The CIA’s National Intelligence Daily for 1 August 1989 describes the latest developments in Lebanon, Cuba, Poland, the Soviet Union, Iran, China, Kuwait, and Afghanistan.
November 9, 1944	Letter No. 402 from L.D. Wilgress, Canadian Embassy, Moscow, to the Secretary of State for External Affairs, W.L. Mackenzie King The Canadian Ambassador to the Soviet Union, L.D. Wilgress, thoroughly reviews Soviet foreign policy in Europe, Asia, and in Latin America and its relations with the United States and the United Kingdom. Wilgress optimistically concludes that "the Soviet Government are desirous of co-operating fully with the other great powers."
May 19, 1982	Memorandum of Conversations between SED General Secretary Erich Honecker and Afghan Leader Babrak Karmal Karmal describes threats against the Soviet-backed Afghan government from Pakistan, Iran, the US, China, and Egypt.
June 28, 1979	Report on the Situation in Afghanistan, Gromyko, Andropov, Ustinov, and Ponomarev to CPSU CC The CC CPSU points to the economic 'backwardness,' small middle class, and the weakness of the PDPA as the reasons behind political instability in Afghanistan. Increasing internal support of the PDPA and strengthening the Afghan military are proposed solutions achieve stability.