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September 5, 1968	Extract from Protocol No. 99, Meeting of the Politburo of the CC of the CPSU on 5 September 1968, 'VI. On Directives to the USSR Delegation at the XXIII Session of the UN General Assembly' Note asking that Brezhnev, Kosygin, Podgornyy, Mazurov, Gromyko confirm the draft of directives to the USSR Delegation at the XXIII session of the UN General Assembly.
October 29, 1973	Personal Letter from the Head of the KGB, Yurii Andropov, to the General Secetary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev Andropov gives his views on American and Soviet strategy vis-a-vis the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
April 9, 1968	Excerpts from Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev’s speech at the April 1968 Plenum of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party Brezhnev discusses negotiations with the United States over the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
December 16, 1966	Second Meeting: Record of a Conversation between CPSU CC General Secretary Cde. L. I. Brezhnev and Cde. Le Duc Tho, memeber of the Politburo and Secretary of the VWP CC Le Duc Tho assesses the prospects of the war in Vietnam.
December 15, 1966	Record of a Conversation between CPSU CC General Secretary Cde. L. I. Brezhnev and Cde. Le Duc Tho, member of the Politburo and Secretary of the VWP CC Brezhnev and Le Duc Tho discuss the Vietnamese War.
August 13, 1971	Memorandum of Conversation between Ambassador Micunovic and Secretary Brezhnev held on August 10, 1971 Veljko Mićunović reports on a heated conversation with Leonid Brezhnev about Soviet-Yugoslav relations.
1971	Note for Comrade Veljko Micunovic’s Personal Use A summary of a phone call between Tito and Brezhnev. The latter inquiries about "movements of troops toward Belgrade."
1965	Lê Thanh Nghị, 'Report on Meetings with Party Leaders of Eight Socialist Countries' North Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Politburo member Le Thanh Nghi recounts his discussions with socialist leaders in the summer of 1965, just as the war in the south was heating up.
February 26, 1977	From the Journal of A. F. Dobrynin, Record of Conversation with US Secretary of State C. Vance Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin met with US Secretary of State Vance and requested that he pass on a letter to President Carter from Brezhnev. The letter addressed finding a realistic approach to nuclear disarmament and the previous agreement in Vladivostok.
March 2, 1977	Clarifying the Position of the USSR and Guidelines for the Resumption of Preparatory Work for the Belgrade [CSCE] Conference This report explains the position of the Soviet Union on the realization of the Final Act of the Pan-European Summit by outlining remarks from a speech by L.I. Brezhnev in preparation for the CSCE follow-up conference at Belgrade. Points of consideration include the understanding that this is a long-term program for strengthening peace, security, and cooperation in Europe; Belgrade should not turn into a "bureau for complaints;" Belgrade should not be unjustifiably drawn out; and that the Belgrade meeting cannot alter decisions of the Final Act.