Documents (1978-89) from the Bulletins of the
Cold War International History Project (CWIHP)
Compiled, translated into English and republished in November 2001 (79 pp).
Nine have been included, in part or in full, in the archive.
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Compare Section 9.2, USSR and Afghanistan, 1974-1992
which usually includes the Russian original.
[ See Short Biographies for Afghan, Soviet & other rulers and officials ]
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THREE BULLETINS, 1993-1997
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[ONE]
BULLETIN 3
(Fall 1993)
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Soviet Policy in Afghanistan
1979, A GRIM ASSESSMENT
12 April 1979 — POLITBURO, Excerpt 149 from minutes; 1 April 1979 Joint Report by Andrei Gromyko, Yury Andropov, Dmitry Ustinov and Boris Ponomaryov [pp. 8-10].
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[TWO]
BULLETIN 4
(Fall 1994)
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From Hesitation to Intervention
SOVIET DECISIONS ON AFGHANISTAN, 1979
pp. 12-17.
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20 March 1979 – MEETING: Politburo members Alexei Kosygin, Andrei Gromyko, Dmitry Ustinov & Boris Ponomaryov (candidate member) with Afghan Prime Minister Nur Mohammed Taraki [pp. 13-15]
20 March 1979 – Brezhnev-Taraki conversation [pp. 15-16]
21 April 1979 – Soviet Helicopters to Afghanistan [pp. 16-17]
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[THREE]
BULLETIN 8/9
(Winter 1996/1997)
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AFGHANISTAN
THE BUILD-UP TO INVASION AND ITS AFTERMATH, 1979-1980
pp. 18-71.
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1 February 1980 – POLITBURO Decision, Telegrams to USSR Ambassador, to West Germany (Willy Brandt) and Finnish Social Democratic leader Kalevi Sorsa (not printed) [pp. 20-23]
Odd Arne Westad, Concerning the situation in “A”.’ New Russian Evidence about the Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan [pp. 24-27]
31 May 1978 – Political LETTER, to Soviet Foreign Ministry from A.M. Puzanov, USSR Ambassador to Afghanistan: “About the Domestic Political Situation in the DRA” (notes) [p. 28]
18 June 1978 – CONVERSATION: Soviet Ambassador A.M. Puzanov and Taraki [p. 29]
18 July 1978 – CONVERSATION: Soviet Ambassador A.M. Puzanov and Taraki [p. 29]
13 October 1978 – INFORMATION. CPSU Central Committee to E. German leader Honecker [pp. 29-31]
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1979
January to March
7 January 1979 – POLITBURO Decision on Afghanistan [p. 31]
17-19 March 1979 – Transcript of POLITBURO Discussions on Afghanistan [pp. 31-40]
18 March 1979 – POLITBURO Decisions on Afghanistan [p. 40]
17 or 18 March 1979 – PHONE CONVERSATION, Prime Ministers Alexei Kosygin and Nur Mohammed Taraki [pp. 40-41]
20 March 1979 – MEETING (Moscow): Kosygin, Gromyko, Ustinov & Ponomaryov with Taraki [pp. 41-45]
22 March 1979 – POLITBURO Session on Afghanistan [pp. 45-46]
22 March 1979 – CONVERSATION: Soviet Ambassador A.M. Puzanov and Taraki [p. 46]
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April to June
14 April 1979 – REPORT by Lt. Gen. L.N. Gorelov, chief of USSR military advisory group, of his contact with Hafizullah Amin (excerpt) [p. 46]
24 May 1979 – POLITBURO Decision; Instruction to Soviet Ambassador in Afghanistan [p. 47]
9 June 1979 – CONVERSATION: Soviet Ambassador A.M. Puzanov and Taraki [p. 47]
28 June 1979 – Gromyko-Andropov-Ustinov-Ponomaryov REPORT to Central Committee: The Situation in Afghanistan [pp. 47-48]
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July to September
10 July 1979 – CONVERSATION, USSR Ambassador A.M. Puzanov and Taraki [p. 48]
19-20 July 1979 – Boris Ponomaryov, Reports from Kabul (excerpts)
21 July 1979 –CONVERSATION, USSR Ambassador A.M. Puzanov and Afghan leader Amin [p. 48]
11 August 1979 – CONVERSATION of Lt. Gen. Gorelov, chief of Soviet military advisory group in Afghanistan, with Hafizullah Amin [pp. 48-49]
25 August 1979 – REPORT from Army Gen. Ivan Pavlovsky, Soviet Deputy Defence Minister, during visit to Afghanistan [p. 49]
13 September 1979 – POLITBURO Decisions on Afghanistan (excerpts) [p. 49]
15 September 1979 – POLITBURO Decision with report by Gromyko, Ustinov and Tsvigun [pp. 49-50]
15 September 1979 – Cable from USSR Foreign Minister Gromyko to Soviet Representatives in Kabul [p. 50]
16 September 1979 – INFORMATION: CPSU Central Committee to East German leader Honecker [p. 50]
20 September 1979 – Excerpt from transcript, POLITBURO meeting [p. 51]
27 September 1979 – Excerpt from transcript, MEETING of Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and Afghan Foreign Minister Shah-Valih, New York (excerpt) [p. 51]
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October to December
1 October 1979 – INFORMATION: CPSU Central Committee to East German leader Honecker [p. 51]
4 October 1979 – Transcript of Brezhnev-Honecker summit in East Berlin (excerpt: Iran and Afghanistan) [pp. 51-52]
10 October 1979 – INFORMATION: USSR KGB to Central Committee International Department [p. 52]
29 October 1979 – Gromyko-Andropov-Ustinov-Ponomaryov REPORT to Central Committee [pp. 52-53]
3 November 1979 – Record of CONVERSATION, Soviet Ambassador Puzanov and Amin [p. 53]
5 November 1979 – USSR Defence Minister Ustinov, REPORT to Central Committee on Mission to Afghanistan of Army-Gen. I. G. Pavlovsky, Deputy Defence Minister [p. 53]
INVASION
6 December 1979 – Record of CONVERSATION, USSR Ambassador F.A. Tabeyev and H. Amin [p. 54]
6 December 1979 – Extract from POLITBURO Decision.
[early December 1979] – Personal MEMORANDUM, Andropov to Brezhnev, n.d. [p. 54]
31 December 1979 – Andropov-Gromyko-Ustinov-Ponomaryov, REPORT on 27-28 December 1979 Events in Afghanistan [pp. 55-56]
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1980
January to March
4 January 1980 – MEETING of Foreign Ministers: Gromyko & Shad Mohammad Dost (Afghanistan) [pp. 56-57]
17 January 1980 – POLITBURO transcript (excerpt) [pp. 57-58]
17 January 1980 – POLITBURO decision [p. 58]
28 January 1980 – POLITBURO Decision; 27 January 1980 REPORT by Gromyko-Andropov-Ustinov-Ponomaryov [pp. 58-60]
5 February 1980 – Andropov REPORT to CPSU Central Committee: Talks with Afghan Leaders [p. 60]
7 February 1980 – POLITBURO transcript (excerpt) [pp. 60-61]
7 February 1980 – POLITBURO Decisions on Afghanistan [pp. 61-62]
10 March 1980 – POLITBURO Decision on Soviet Policy towards Afghanistan: Report on Castro proposal to mediate between Afghanistan and Pakistan, approved letter from L.I. Brezhnev to Fidel Castro [pp. 62-65]
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April to June
10 April 1980 – POLITBURO Decision; Report by Gromyko-Andropov-Ustinov-Zagladin, 7 April 1980 [pp. 65-67]
8 May 1980 – POLITBURO Decision: Politburo Commission REPORT (6 May 1980), Approved Cable to Soviet Ambassador in Kabul [pp. 67-69]
19 June 1980 – POLITBURO decisions [p. 69]
21 June 1980 – INFORMATION: CPSU Central Committee to Erich Honecker [pp. 69-70]
23 June 1980 – CPSU Central Committee PLENUM (excerpt) [pp. 70-71]
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July & October
18 July 1980 – INFORMATION: CPSU Central Committee to Erich Honecker [p. 71]
2 October 1980 – REPORT by Soviet Defence Minister Ustinov to Central Committee: “Foreign Interference” in Afghanistan [pp. 71-72]
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1983-1989
ATTEMPTS AT WITHDRAWAL, 1983-1989
pp. 72-79.
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10 March 1983 – POLITBURO transcript (excerpt) [pp. 72-73]
20 March 1986 – POLITBURO transcript (excerpt) [p. 73]
13 November 1986 – POLITBURO transcript (excerpt) [pp. 73-74]
24 January 1989 – POLITBURO Decision, with attached report of 23 January 1989 [pp. 75-79]
13 May 1989 – POLITBURO Decision; Report by Zaikov-Shevardnadze-Yazov-Kryuchkov [p. 79]
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