POLITBURO meeting. ANDROPOV chairs discussion about the situation in Afghanistan and a possible Soviet withdrawal [R: 10 April 1983, Politburo, para 1]. 4 pp. ======================================================= [page one of four] Top Secret Single Copy (Draft Minutes) MEETING OF CPSU POLITBURO, 18 January 1983 chaired by Comrade Yu.V. ANDROPOV Comrades in attendance: G.A.Aliev, M.S. Gorbachov, A.A.Gromyko, A.L. … Continue reading 10 March 1983* (Pb §6) Discussion of withdrawal from Afghanistan
Tag: GROMYKO, A.A.*
3 September 1980* (Pb 213/38) Criticism of Gdansk Agreements
POLITBURO. Theses critical of the recent Gdansk Agreements to be used at a meeting with Polish leadership [R: 3 September 1980, Pb 213/38]. 7 pp. (excerpt) ========================================================= [page one of seven] Return to CPSU Central Committee (General Department, Sector) within 3 days Workers of all Lands, Unite! COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION. CENTRAL COMMITTEE … Continue reading 3 September 1980* (Pb 213/38) Criticism of Gdansk Agreements
28 January 1980* (Pb 181/34) Protect Soviet interests after Afghanistan
POLITBURO decision. Agree with recommendations of Afghanistan commission (GROMYKO, ANDROPOV, USTINOV, PONOMARYOV) for protecting Soviet interests worldwide after the invasion of Afghanistan. Includes 27 January 1980 (210-A) text of jointly signed recommendations [R: 28 January 1980, Pb 181/34]. 9 pp (excerpts). ======================= [page one of nine] Return within 3 days to CPSU Central Committee (General Department, … Continue reading 28 January 1980* (Pb 181/34) Protect Soviet interests after Afghanistan
29 June 1979* (Pb 156/IX) Afghanistan
POLITBURO. Actions to deal with the worsening situation in Afghanistan; recommendations from GROMYKO, ANDROPOV, USTINOV and PONOMARYOV; letter to Soviet ambassador in Kabul [R: 29 June 1979, Pb 156-IX]. 11 pp (excerpts). ============================= [page one of eleven] Return within 3 days to CPSU Central Committee (General Department, Sector 2) Workers of all Lands, Unite! COMMUNIST … Continue reading 29 June 1979* (Pb 156/IX) Afghanistan
31 October 1979* (Pb 172/108) Afghanistan under Amin
POLITBURO. About the situation in Afghanistan under Amin. Report from GROMYKO, ANDROPOV, USTINOV and PONOMARYOV (29 October 1979, No 0937), p 2 onwards; letter to Soviet ambassador [R: 31 October 1979, Pb 172-108]. 10 pp. (excerpts) ============================= [page one of ten] Return to CPSU Central Committee (General Department, Sector) within 3 days Workers of all Lands, … Continue reading 31 October 1979* (Pb 172/108) Afghanistan under Amin
18 March 1979* (No 242) Kosygin-Taraki phone call
Transcript of KOSYGIN’s March PHONE conversation with Afghan prime minister Mohammed TARAKI. Also included: (a) report by GROMYKO, ANDROPOV, PONOMARYOV and KOSYGIN; (b) 29 June Politburo decision [R: 18 March 1979, No 242]. 19 pp (excerpts). =============================== [page one of nineteen] Top Secret SPECIAL FILE TRANSCRIPT OF A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION between A.N. Kosygin [1] and … Continue reading 18 March 1979* (No 242) Kosygin-Taraki phone call
17-18 March 1979* (Pb) worsening situation in Afghanistan
Transcript of POLITBURO meeting (17-18 March) about the worsening situation in Afghanistan [R: 17-18 March 1979, Pb]. 28 pp (excerpts). ============================= [page one of twenty eight] Top Secret: Single Copy (Draft Minutes) MEETING OF CPSU POLITBURO, 17 March 1979 chaired by Comrade L.I. BREZHNEV Comrades in attendance: Yu.V. Andropov, A.A.Gromyko, A.N. Kosygin, A.L. Pelshe, K.U. … Continue reading 17-18 March 1979* (Pb) worsening situation in Afghanistan
7 January 1974* (Pb) Imprison or deport Solzhenitsyn?
POLITBURO meeting. What to do with Alexander SOLZHENITSYN: arrest him, put him on trial, imprison or deport him? Russian text first published in Russkaya mysl (Paris), 30 September & 10 October 1993. [Russian text, see below.] ============================================= Top Secret Single Copy (Draft Minutes) MEETING OF CPSU POLITBURO, 7 January 1974 chaired by Comrade L.I. BREZHNEV … Continue reading 7 January 1974* (Pb) Imprison or deport Solzhenitsyn?
The Bukovsky Archives 