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Leonid Brezhnev, 1974.

Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich

1906- 1982

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Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Andrei Gromyko at the UN, 1981

Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich

1909- 1989

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

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South Asia

Afghanistan

Afghan resistance fighters return to a village destroyed by Soviet forces

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

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Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich

1914- 1984

President Ronald Reagan, Vice-President Bush, and oviet General Secretary Gorbachev

United States-Soviet Relations

Soviet Foreign Policy

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Eastern Europe

Poland

September 1980 crisis in Poland

1980-81 Polish Crisis

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Ustinov, Dimitri F.

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Aleksey Kosygin at the UNGA.

Kosygin, Aleksey Nikolayevich

1904- 1980

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Kania, Stanislaw

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Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

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Leonid Brezhnev Collection

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Eastern Europe

Romania

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

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December 29, 1979	Excerpt from the Minutes of the CC CPSU Politburo Meeting, 'Reply to an appeal of President Carter about the issue of Afghanistan through the direct communications channel' Soviet letter to US President Jimmy Carter responding to the US position on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The CC CPSU Politburo informs the White House that the Soviet leadership desires to maintain detente with the US and that the intervention of Soviet troops was done at the request of the Afgan leadership, under Article 51 of the UN charter.
March 12, 1981	Session of the CPSU CC Politburo, 12 March 1981 (excerpt) Brezhnev summarizes his meeting with E. Honecker regarding the efforts of the PZPR to suppress the rise of antisocialist political opposition forces in Poland. K.V. Rusakov and A.A. Gromyko respond by expressing their worries about the situation in Poland and criticizing the PZPR for not taking decisive measures to restore order and control over the country.
April 2, 1981	Session of the CPSU CC Politburo, 02 April 1981 (excerpt) Brezhnev and the Politboro grow frustrated with the Polish leadership. They express fear of the Polish crisis spreading to Belorussia and Georgia, and question the health of Polish leaders.
April 30, 1981	Session of the CPSU CC Politburo, 30 April 1981 (excerpt) Soviet leaders discuss the results of negotiations between a CPSU delegation and the PZPR leadership, and express concern with the decisions of the Polish leadership.
June 18, 1981	Session of the CPSU CC Politburo, 18 June 1981 (excerpt) Discussion of conversation between Brezhnev and Kania regarding the counterrevolution and other matters.
December 11, 1980	Transcript of the CPSU Politburo Session, 11 December 1980 The Politburo approves the results of a meeting of Warsaw Pact officials. Kania offers assurances that PZPR will be able to control the Polish crisis on its own.
December 12, 1979	CC CPSU Politburo Resolution # 176/125, Concerning the Situation in "A" [Afghanistan] The decree is on the situation in Afghanistan.
December 29, 1979	CPSU CC Memo with Excerpt from Protocol #177/220, 29 December 1979 This memo includes the response of Brezhnev to President Carter's address concerning Afghanistan and US-Soviet relations.