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December 10, 1979	Summary of a meeting on Afghanistan A meeting between CC CPSU officials demonstrates the disagreement over Soviet involvement in Afghanistan.
1999	USSR Ministry of Defense and General Staff Operations Groups in Afghanistan A status report from the USSR Ministry of Defense and General Staff Operations Group, providing a summary of Soviet troops levels in Afghanistan.
December 24, 1979	Directive Nº 312/12/001 of 24 December 1979 signed by Ustinov and Ogarkov Directive signed by Ustinov and Ogarkov approving a contingent of Soviet military forces to stabilize the intra-party disagreements.
December 26, 1979	Summary of a CC CPSU Meeting A summary of CC CPSU officials regarding the recently approved Soviet troop deployment in Afghanistan.
1999	Babrak Karmal’s GRU dossier Chilhood, education, and political activity background of Babrak Karmal in Afganistan.
July 30, 1981	CC CPSU Politburo Meeting CC CPSU officials consult about burying dead Soviet soldiers
June 28, 1979	Draft instructions to the Soviet Ambassador in Kabul with Appeal of the CC CPSU Politburo to the CC PDPA Politburo Members of the CC CPSU summarize the political instability in Afghanistan, pointing to collective leadership in government and to the military as stabilizing the political situation.
1978	Instructions to the Soviet Ambassador in Kabul Strengthening the ideas of the April Revolution through increasing DRA and PDPA party ties to foster an intra-party democracy is the basis for an upcoming meeting between H. Amin and senior Soviet policy makers in Moscow.
December 27, 1979	Message to Soviet Ambassadors on the Invasion of Afghanistan, Attachment to CPSU Politburo Decree #177 The violent actions by the DRA, led by H. Amin, to de-stabilize the Afghan government, dissolving the gains made in the April Revolution, causes the Soviet Union to place military detachments in Afghanistan.
December 1, 1979	Personal memorandum Andropov to Brezhnev Personal memorandum Andropov to Brezhnev regarding the situation in Afghanistan following Amin’s coup