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Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich

1914- 1984

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Andrei Gromyko at the UN, 1981

Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich

1909- 1989

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Ustinov, Dimitri F.

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South Asia

Afghanistan

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Eastern Europe

Poland

Afghan resistance fighters return to a village destroyed by Soviet forces

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

Leonid Brezhnev, 1974.

Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich

1906- 1982

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North America

United States

Soviet Foreign Policy

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Eastern Europe

Czechoslovakia

September 1980 crisis in Poland

1980-81 Polish Crisis

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Ponomarev, Boris Nikolaevich

1905- 1995

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

East Asia

China

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Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich

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Intelligence Operations in the Cold War

Mass Media and Censorship

Mitrokhin Archive

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1986	The Earth Imperilled Pamphlet by the Soviet Novosti Press Agency arguing against the American "Star Wars" program. Advocates for the "Star Peace" program introduced by the Soviet Union.
December 11, 1981	Cooperative agreement between the state security organs of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union The parties agree to work together in protecting their soldiers from ideological diversion by anti-socialist agents and to continue exchanging information gathered by military counter-intelligence.
April 21, 1979	Protocol #150 of the CC CPSU Politburo Session, 21 April 1979 Concerns helicopter and ammunition deliveries from the Soviet Union to Afghanistan.
October 23, 1981	Cooperative Agreement between the Interior Ministry of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Soviet KGB for the summer of 1981 - 1985 The two parties consent to assist each other in the surveillance of goods going between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union, letters going between the two countries and from them to capitalist countries, correspondence sent from Czechoslovak or Soviet citizens to people who recently arrived from capitalist countries, the mailing of anti-socialist materials sent through the two nations and mail involving anti-socialist propaganda sent to either country from capitalist countries. Both parties also agree to exchange information on ways subversives use the post to their advantage and how each country’s officials monitor post suspected of containing ideologically injurious material.
August 28, 1980	Special Dossier on the Polish Crisis of 1980 Memorandum to the CPSU Politburo from the Suslov Commission regarding a request by the Soviet Ministry of Defense to bring up to full readiness 3 divisions of the Soviet Armed Forces. The memorandum cautions the Soviet leadership that, in case the Polish Armed Forces switch allegiance to the counter-revolutionary forces, another 5-7 divisions might be necessary.
October 28, 1956	Andropov Report, 28 October 1956 Yuri Andropov forwards this letter from Hungarian Prime Minister Andras Hegedus to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Socialist Republics. The letter requests Soviet troops to quell the riots in Budapest.
November 1, 1956	Andropov Report, 1 November 1956 Andropov reports that Imre Nagy has threatened a scandal and the resignation of the government if the Soviet Union continues to send troops into Hungary. In his meeting with Nagy, Andropov is told that Hungary is withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact and will further request a UN guarantee of Hungarian neutrality if Soviet troop movements into Hungary do not stop. The report notes that after the meeting the Hungarian government informed the Embassy of its decision to leave the Warsaw Pact.
September 22, 1983	Letter by the Chairman of the SPD, Brandt, to the General Secretary of the CC of the CPSU, Andropov Brandt's letter to Secretary Andropov on the counterbalancing missiles with Western Europe. Brandt suggests Andropov taking steps towards fulfilling the ideals of the Geneva Conference.
November 29, 1979	Report on the Situation in Afghanistan, Gromyko, Andropov, Ustinov, and Ponomarev to CPSU CC Gromyko, Andropov, Ustinov, and Ponomarev report to CPSU CC on the increased repressions by Amin in Afghanistan. Brezhnev and other Soviet leaders may meet with Amin to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries, relating to petroleum products, food, and industrial goods. These topics are on the path to progressive socioeconomic reforms in the DRA.
December 6, 1979	Extract from CPSU CC Politburo Decision Extract from CPSU CC Politburo Decision about the dispatch of a special division to Afghanistan upon the request of Amin