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(372) documents
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1906- 1982
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1913- 1992
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January 4, 1980
Jimmy Carter proposes sanctions in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
January 20, 1980
Jimmy Carter explains his call for a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics in reponse to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
February 1, 1980
March 11, 1980
A letter from Brezhnev to Willy Brandt before their meeting in Madrid. Discusses detente and the disarmament.
April 22, 1980
The two leaders discuss the situation in the Middle East, and the role of the superpowers - the US and the Soviet Union.
December 29, 1979
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.