Search | Wilson Center Digital Archive

Switch to Visualization

Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich Clear All

Related Resources

Andrei Gromyko at the UN, 1981

Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich

1909- 1989

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

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

North Korea

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

President Ronald Reagan, Vice-President Bush, and oviet General Secretary Gorbachev

United States-Soviet Relations

Photograph of 38th parallel crossing during Korean War

Korean War, 1950-1953

Afghan resistance fighters return to a village destroyed by Soviet forces

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

Placeholder image for when a places image is not available

South Asia

Afghanistan

Cuba's National Capitol Building, January 2010.

Central America and Caribbean

Cuba

Leonid Brezhnev, 1974.

Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich

1906- 1982

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

East Asia

China

Executive Committee of the National Security Committee during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Cuban Missile Crisis

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich

1914- 1984

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Ustinov, Dimitri F.

-

A photo of Joseph Stalin from 1943

Stalin, Joseph

1879- 1953

Sino-Soviet Relations

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Ponomarev, Boris Nikolaevich

1905- 1995

Soviet Foreign Policy

Results:

141 - 150 of 187

Display:

Sort By:

Documents

September 16, 1950	Resolution of the Central Committee, September 16, 1950, to revise a diplomatic note on the question of general elections in Germany and Gromyko's note to Stalin on this matter. Gromyko’s 14 September 1950 note to Stalin about a diplomatic note to US, UK, and France on the process for general elections in Germany; and the Central Committee’s 16 September 1950 decision to seek revision of the diplomatic note.
September 22, 1950	Communication from Gromyko to Stalin Concerning a Draft Reply to the United States, England, and France on the Matter of the National Police of the German Democratic Republic, 22 September 1950 Communication from Gromyko to Stalin Concerning a Draft Reply to the United States, England, and France on the Matter of the National Police of the German Democratic Republic, 22 September 1950
April 23, 1981	CPSU CC Politburo Commission Report, 'On the Development of the Situation in Poland and Certain Steps on Our Part,' and CPSU CC-Approved Plan of'Measures to Assist the PZPR [Polish United Workers' Party]' Special Dossier to the CPSU CC discussing the weakening of the PZPR and the rise of Solidarity as an organized political force. Describes the leadership of Kania and Jaruzelski in the party and prescribes a method of politically weakening Solidarity by exposing and exploiting its fragments, including the extremist KOS-KOS, and stepping up propaganda that stresses the impending invasion of Soviet troops to suppress the uprising.
March 28, 1977	Talks Between A.A.Gromyko and Cyrus Vance The main topic of discussion was US President Jimmy Carter's "comprehensive" proposals for the SALT-2 Treaty, views that the Soviets saw as contravening the Vladivostok accords reached with US President Gerald Ford in 1974. The Soviet rejection of Carter's initiative was certainly the newsmaking centerpiece of the Vance visit. Other, more positive, discussions covered a wide range of topics, including the Vienna talks on arms limitations in Central Europe, the Middle East, non-proliferation, Cyprus, and others. Below is a brief sampler.
October 20, 1962	Cable from Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko on 18 October 1962 meeting with President Kennedy (excerpts) Gromyko expresses that the Soviet government is committed to assist Cuba in the face of a US blockade. Kennedy says that the recent build up Soviet supplies to Cuba negatively affected the US population and Congress and that his actions were meant to calm public opinion; also that the US had no intention of invading Cuba.
October 17, 1963	Report on the conversation between Koca Popovic and Dean Rusk at the State Department Memorandum of conversation between Yugoslav Foreign Minister Koca Popovic and Secretary of State Dean Rusk at the State Department. The discussion concentrates on US foreign policy - US-Soviet Relations, US policy toward West Germany, non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, force reduction in Europe, and the presence of Soviet forces in Cuba.
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 27, 1979	Meeting of Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and Afghan Foreign Minister Shah-Valih, New York Meeting of Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and Afghan Foreign Minister Shah-Valih, New York regarding the apperant lack of US policy toward Afghanistan. (excerpt)
November 29, 1979	Report on the Situation in Afghanistan, Gromyko, Andropov, Ustinov, and Ponomarev to CPSU CC Gromyko, Andropov, Ustinov, and Ponomarev report to CPSU CC on the increased repressions by Amin in Afghanistan. Brezhnev and other Soviet leaders may meet with Amin to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries, relating to petroleum products, food, and industrial goods. These topics are on the path to progressive socioeconomic reforms in the DRA.