Yakovlev, Alexander Nikolayevich 1923- 2005

The CIA’s National Intelligence Daily for 1 August 1989 describes the latest developments in Lebanon, Cuba, Poland, the Soviet Union, Iran, China, Kuwait, and Afghanistan.

CPSU CC Politburo Decision of 24 January 1989, with attached report of 23 January 1989 regarding the various possibilities for Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan and the continuing situation of conflict

Gorbachev and other Politburo members discussed the pressing issue of the return of Crimean Tatars to Crimea.

In a conversation recorded by Chernyaev, Gorbachev candidly discusses the political situation in East and West Germany, the weakness of the Socialist Unity Party (SED), and the Soviet strategy for managing German reunification.

Voting instructions, and the reasoning behind them, for the locations of the 1972 summer and winter Olympic Games.