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Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

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April 12, 1980	Address by Vice President Mondale to the United States Olympic Committee, 'US Call for an Olympic Boycott' Vice President Mondale addresses the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), advocating for President Carter's proposed boycott of the Moscow Olympic Games in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Later that day, the USOC voted to uphold the boycott.
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.
November 1, 1980	CC CPSU Granting Technical Assistance to the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in the Construction of a 1000 kWt Medium-Wave Radio Broadcasting Station [Final version] A CC CPSU decree granting technical assistence to the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in order to build a radio wave boradcasting station.
September 16, 1979	Information from CC CPSU to GDR leader E. Honecker Information from CC CPSU to GDR leader E. Honecker regarding the tensions in Afghanistan between Taraki and Amin and the ineffectiveness on Soviet pressure for greater Afghan unity
October 1, 1979	Information from the CC CPSU to GDR leader Honecker Information from the CC CPSU to GDR leader Honecker on Amin’s overthrow of Taraki and the situation in Afghanistan
December 26, 1979	Summary of a CC CPSU Meeting A summary of CC CPSU officials regarding the recently approved Soviet troop deployment in Afghanistan.
January 17, 1980	CPSU CC Politburo Decision, On the Situation in Afghanistan CPSU CC Politburo decision on measures to be taken regarding the situation in Afghanistan
June 18, 1980	CPSU CC Politburo decisions CPSU CC Politburo decisions on providing military assistance to Afghanistan and on possibly withdrawing some troops
September 9, 1980	Measures Against a Discussion of a Draft Resolution Containing Points of an Anti-Soviet and Anti-Afghan Orientation at the 67th Conference of the Interparliamentary Union This CC CPSU document discusses the anti-Soviet and anti-Afghan movements that interfered with the establishment of an Afghani parliament.
January 23, 1980	CPSU CC Memo with excerpt from Protocol #180/64, 23 January 1980 Concerns orders to Soviet troops.