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April 12, 1980

Address by Vice President Mondale to the United States Olympic Committee, 'US Call for an Olympic Boycott'

Vice President Mondale addresses the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), advocating for President Carter's proposed boycott of the Moscow Olympic Games in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Later that day, the USOC voted to uphold the boycott.

December 11, 1989

Letter from CPSU General Secretary Mikhail S. Gorbachev to Afghan Government

Gorbachev discusses the necessity of intra-Afghan peace talks. At the same time, the Soviet Union will provide military assistance, weapons, and aircraft to Afghanistan to retaliate against opposition.

August 5, 1989

CPSU CC Memo with excerpt of Politburo Protocol #164, 5 August 1989

On the provision of additional war supplies to Afghanistan.

January 23, 1980

CPSU CC Memo with excerpt from Protocol #180/64, 23 January 1980

Concerns orders to Soviet troops.

January 25, 1980

CPSU CC Memo with excerpt from Protocol #181/2 and attachments, 25 January 1980

Concerns Soviet troops in Afghanistan.

December 23, 1986

CPSU CC Report, 23 December 1986

Concerns Soviet assistance to Afghanistan.

November 5, 1979

Soviet Defense Minister Ustinov, Report to CPSU CC on Mission to Afghanistan of Deputy Defense Minister Army-Gen. I. G. Pavlovskii

Soviet Defense Minister Ustinov, Report to CPSU CC on Mission to Afghanistan of Deputy Defense Minister Army-Gen. I. G. Pavlovskii describing military assistance provided by Soviet Union in Afghanistan and areas that necessitate improvement

June 18, 1980

CPSU CC Politburo decisions

CPSU CC Politburo decisions on providing military assistance to Afghanistan and on possibly withdrawing some troops

January 7, 1979

CPSU CC Politburo Decision on Draft Telegram to the Soviet Embassy in Afghanistan, 07 January 1979

CPSU CC Politburo approves a draft telegram to be sent to the Soviet ambassador in Afghanistan, instructing him to inform the Afghani leadership on the nature of Soviet assistance to the Afghan armed forces.

March 20, 1979

Meeting of Kosygin, Gromyko, Ustinov, and Ponomarev with Taraki in Moscow

Meeting of Kosygin, Gromyko, Ustinov, and Ponomarev with Taraki in Moscow to discuss the deterioration of the situation in Afghanistan and expressing Soviet support for Afghanistan.

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