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Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

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

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Ukrainian Nuclear History

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

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North America

United States

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Eastern Europe

Ukraine

The Atomic Energy Commission of the United Nations meets on June 14, 1946.

Baruch Plan for International Control of Atomic Energy

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East Asia

China

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Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich

1890- 1986

Sino-Soviet Relations

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Stalin, Joseph

1879- 1953

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Ukraine

Chernobyl

Nuclear Proliferation

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Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich

1894- 1971

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Kurchatov, Igor V.

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April 15, 1968	Directive Sent to the Soviet Ambassador, Havana Soviet guidance to its ambassador in Havana on the establishment of a Latin American nuclear free zone. Soviet concerns are voiced about the possibility of the treaty impeding on the transit of nuclear weapons in large areas of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
April 15, 1968	Directive Sent to the Soviet Ambassador, Washington Statement sent to the Soviet ambassador in Washington chastising the United States for the B-52 crash in Greenland.
March 11, 1968	Directive Sent to Cde. Roshchin, Soviet Representative, Geneva The Politburo adds language for a UN Statement about nuclear aggression.
March 11, 1968	Directive Sent to Cde. Roshchin, Soviet Representative, Geneva The Politburo giving instructions and language to use at the 18 Nations of the General Assembly.
February 9, 1968	Directive Sent to Cde. Roshchin, Soviet Representative, Geneva Politburo to the Soviet ambassador and representatives giving them language to use when discussing the American Air Force crash of a B-52 carrying hydrogen bombs in Greenland.
February 9, 1968	Memorandum from the Government of the USSR to the Government of the USA A Politburo memo about a B-52 bomber carrying four hydrogen bombs crashed off the western coast of Greenland, while trying to land at the United States Ai1 Force base at Thule.
February 9, 1968	Decisions of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU for 9-12 February 1968, '11. On Our Steps in connection with the Accident of the American Bomber with Nuclear Weapons on Board and the Radioactive Contamination of the Environment...' An outline of next steps the Politburo plans to take in response to the 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash.
November 10, 1966	Directive to the Soviet Representative at the United Nations The Soviet position was to not concur with the proposal to not use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear weapons states without consideration of whether they had nuclear weapons (presumably belonging to a nuclear weapon state) on their territory.
October 13, 1966	USSR Council of Ministers Directive The directive provides details on the decision to build the atomic power station in Hungary, and how payment will be handled.
October 13, 1966	Extract from Protocol No. 23, Meeting of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU on 13 October 1966, 'II. On Cooperation between the USSR and the HPR in Construction of Atomic Power Station in Hungary' Statement of the Politburo confirming drafts about helping Hungary build a nuclear power station and receive a credit from the Soviet Union for that purpose.