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Vietnam War

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Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich

1931- 2022

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Kohl, Helmut

1930- 2017

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Helmut Kohl addresses the United Nations, June 1997.

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Bush, George H.W.

1924- 2018

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End of the Cold War

Sino-Soviet Relations

Sino-Soviet Split, 1960-1984

Leonid Brezhnev, 1974.

Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich

1906- 1982

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Hartmann, Peter

1935-

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Cuban Missile Crisis

West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, 1971.

Brandt, Willy

1913- 1992

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June 1975	China after the 10th Party Congress and the Adoption of the Maoist Constitution This study analyzes China's domestic and foreign policies after the 10th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. It addresses the propaganda measures of the Maoist regime and the socio-economic development in China. The report also discusses the undemocratic character of the Chinese Constitution of 1975. Regarding its foreign relations, China is said to be extending its area of influence in developing countries and developing closer relations with Western countries. Chinese-US relations are criticized, as well as China's permissiveness in allowing more Western influences to affect its domestic policies and economic strategies.
August 2, 1971	Record of the Meeting Between Leonid Brezhnev and East European Party Leaders in the Crimea (Including Discussion on China) This record of the Crimean meeting between General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Communist Party and East European party leaders addresses Soviet domestic and foreign policies. Also discussed is China's anti-Soviet attitude. Brezhnev mentions the negative reactions of Korea and Vietnam to US President Richard Nixon's planned visit to China. The participants at the meeting are in favor of intensifying relations with Japan. Further discussions focus on the possibility of China joining the UN. All participants at the meeting criticize Nicolae Ceauşescu's visit to China as damaging the interests of the Warsaw Pact. Romania is said to support China's politics towards Albania and Yugoslavia.
October 18, 1972	About Some Current Questions Concerning the Multilateral Preparations for the European Security Conference An update on the progress of the pre-CSCE agenda negotiations
March 11, 1980	Letter to the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Chairman of the Socialist International, Willy Brandt A letter from Brezhnev to Willy Brandt before their meeting in Madrid. Discusses detente and the disarmament.
July 6, 1981	Conversation between SPD chairman Willy Brandt and the Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Leonid Brezhnev on 30 June 1981 in Moscow Memorandum of a conversation between Brandt and Brezhnev. Among other things, Brezhnev focused on the increased hostility between members of the international community. He pointed to debate over missiles in Europe as an example of that tension.
October 20, 1983	Protocol of the extraordinary meeting of the Committee of Ministers for Defense from the Warsaw Treaty member states The Warsaw Treaty Member States' Committee of Ministers for Defense discussed the situation resulting from the deployment of new American medium-range nuclear missiles in some Western European countries. Some general military planning was proposed in response.
September 17, 1980	Letter from SPD Chairman Brandt to General Secretary of CPSU Central Committee Brezhnev Willy Brandt writes to Leonid Brezhnev about issues plaguing arms control negotiations between the US and the USSR. Particular attention is paid to the way the US Presidential election has hampered progress.
February 22, 1982	Letter by the General Secretary of the CC of the CPSU, Gorbachev, to the Chairman of the SPD, Brandt Leonid Brezhnev writes to Willy Brandt about ongoing US-Soviet arms negotiations.
July 14, 1976	Consultation with Comrade O. B. Rakhmanin, Candidate of the CPSU CC and First Deputy Head of the International Department of CC, to Prepare the Ninth Interkit Meeting on 9 July 1976 in Moscow This consultation on preparations for the 9th Internal China (Interkit) Meeting in Berlin. Notes the growing anti-Sovietism in China, as well as a possible rebirth of capitalism there.
June 25, 1982	Message of L.I. Brezhnev to Syrian President Hafez Assad Brezhnev appeals to Assad to continue his support for the PLO. He blames the passivity of the other Arab states for the critical military situation in Lebanon.