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March 18, 1979

EXERPT FROM POLITBURO MEETING ON SOVIET INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN

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    CPSU CC Politburo Member Chernenko states that Soviet invervention in Afghanistan will lead to accussation of Soviet aggression
    "Exerpt from Politburo Meeting on Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan " March 18, 1979, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, A. A. Lyakhovskiy’s “Plamya Afgana” (“Flame of the Afghanistan veteran”)”, Iskon, Moscow, 1999; p. 84 [TsKhSD, f. 89, per. 25, d. 1, pp. 12-25 footnoted as the original source] Translated for CWIHP by Gary Goldberg http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/112465

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[At the 18 March 1979 Politburo meeting]: K. U. Chernenko: “If we introduce troops and beat down the Afghan people then we will be accused of aggression for sure. There's no getting around it here”

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CPSU CC Politburo Member Chernenko states that Soviet invervention in Afghanistan will lead to accussation of Soviet aggression

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Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich

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  • A. A. Lyakhovskiy’s “Plamya Afgana” (“Flame of the Afghanistan veteran”)”, Iskon, Moscow, 1999; p. 84 [TsKhSD, f. 89, per. 25, d. 1, pp. 12-25 footnoted as the original source] Translated for CWIHP by Gary Goldberg

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