Wilson Center Digital Archive

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Collections contain selected sets of historical documents related to a specific topic, region, or event.

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Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Origins of the international security group, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Conversations with Kim Il Sung

Kim Il Sung ruled North Korea from 1948 until his death in 1994.
Conversations with Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong ruled China from 1949 until his death in 1976, and his influence on China's foreign policy during the Cold War was immense.
Conversations with Zhou Enlai

Zhou Enlai, China's first foreign minister and longtime premier, shaped and influenced Chinese foreign policy from 1949 through 1976.
Cuba and Southern Africa

Cuban documents about Havana's policy toward Southern Africa in the final fifteen years of the Cold War.
Cuban Foreign Relations

Documents on Cuban's international relations, focusing on it's relationship with the Soviet Union, China and the United States.
Cuban Missile Crisis

The thirteen day confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States over the placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba.
Demise of Detente in Korea, 1973-1975

The signing of the historic July 4th, 1972, Joint Communique was followed by a swift downturn in inter-Korean relations.
East German Uprising

In June 1953 a strike by East Berlin construction workers spread throughout East Germany and was violently suppressed by the Soviet Army.
Economic Cold War

Documents on economic issues during the Cold War, such as economic growth and dearth, foreign aid, and international trade.
Emir Farid Chehab Collection

Emir Farid Hares Chehab held many of the most politically sensitive positions in Lebanon from 1943 to the early 1970s.
End of the Cold War

Documents on the collapse of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s.
Euratom

The European Atomic Energy Community was established by the Euratom Treaty on 25 March 1957
Euromissiles Crisis

Documents on the period of confrontation and building tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States from 1979 to 1983.
Foundations of Chinese Foreign Policy

The texts which have defined the foreign policy of the People's Republic of China.
French Nuclear History

Documents on the history of French nuclear development, focusing on secret technical assistance provided by the United States in the 1970s and 1980s.
Geneva Conference of 1954

At the Geneva Conference in 1954, the Great Powers sought to end the First Indochina war and restore peace in Vietnam and Korea.
German Reunification

In 1990, East and West Germany reunited as the enlarged Federal Republic of Germany.