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International Dimensions of Decolonization in the Middle East and North Africa
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Executive Committee of the National Security Committee during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Cuban Missile Crisis

Presidential Office Building of Taiwan
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East Asia

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Papers of the Higher School of the KGB
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Papers of the Higher School of the KGB

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Photograph of Helmut Kohl, 1982.
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Kohl, Helmut

Portrait of Chiang Ching-kuo
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Chiang, Ching-kuo (Jiang Jingguo)

Kofi Annan and Saddam Hussein
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Hussein, Saddam

Indira Gandhi, 1982
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Gandhi, Indira

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Ukrainian Motherland Monument, Kyiv
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Pyongyang photographed in March 20212
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Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959
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Chernobyl nuclear accident
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Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, 1986

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Korean War, 1950-1953

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February 15, 1967

Letter, Minister Franz J. Strauß to Chancellor Kurt G. Kiesinger

In a stern letter to the Chancellor Kiesinger, the Minister of Finance Franz Josef Strauß explained that he would “fight against” the NPT. Strauß was chairman of the Bavarian CSU and had served as Minister of Defense between 1956 and 1962. His point was that a decision to accede to the treaty was unthinkable as long as he remained minister in Kiesinger’s cabinet and, hence, with the CSU participating in the ‘grand coalition’. Strauß’ letter also indicated his suspicion of Foreign Minister Willy Brandt and his disposition towards the NPT which Strauß apparently regarded as submissive.

May 18, 1989

China Division [Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan], 'Chinese Student Actions (Hunger Strike)'

The China Division provides an update on the student protests in China, commenting that "there is emotional support for the student demands" among the broad masses. The report also evaluates how the Chinese leadership is handling the protest movement.

August 14, 1949

Report to Stalin on Strategic Issues related to National Revolutionary Movements in East Asia

Liu Shaoqi seeks out Stalin's advice on revolutionary movements taking place in Asia.

July 6, 1949

Letter to Stalin, Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), on Learning from the Soviet Experience in Party and State Building

Liu Shaoqi presents a list of questions and issues to Stalin that the Chinese Communist Party seeks advice upon.

July 4, 1949

Report to Stalin, Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee

The Chinese-language version of Liu Shaoqi's report on the Chinese Civil War and the future of China, presented to Stalin when Liu arrived in Moscow in summer 1949.
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