POLITBURO meeting. ANDROPOV chairs discussion about Afghanistan and possible Soviet withdrawal [R: 10 April 1983, Politburo, para 1]. 4 pp. * Possible Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan (10 Mar '83*, Pb §6) * ======================================================= [page one of four] Top Secret Single Copy (Draft Minutes) MEETING OF CPSU POLITBURO, 18 January 1983 chaired by Comrade Yu.V. ANDROPOV … Continue reading Leave Afghanistan [1] (10 Mar ’83* Pb)
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 Criticism of Gdansk Agreements (3 Sept 1980*, Pb 213/38)
POLITBURO decision. Agree with recommendations of Afghanistan commission (GROMYKO, ANDROPOV, USTINOV and 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). * Protect Soviet interests worldwide after Afghanistan invasion (28 Jan '80*, Pb 181/34) * … Continue reading Post-Invasion Interests (28 Jan ’80* Pb)
POLITBURO. Dealing 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). * What to do in Afghanistan (29 Jun '79*, Pb 156/IX) * ============================= [page one of eleven] Return within 3 days to CPSU Central Committee … Continue reading Do What in Afghanistan (29 Jun ’79* Pb)
POLITBURO. About the situation in Afghanistan under Hafizullah Amin (feature photo). 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). * Afghanistan under Amin (31 Oct '79*, Pb 172/108) * ============================= [page one of ten] Return to … Continue reading Amin’s Afghanistan (31 Oct ’79* Pb)
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). * KOSYGIN phone conversation with Afghan PM Mohammed TARAKI (18 Mar '79*, N 242) * =============================== [page one of … Continue reading Kosygin-Taraki (18 Mar ’79*)
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 Afghan situation (17-18 Mar ’79*, Pb)
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 Imprison or deport Solzhenitsyn (7 Jan ’74*, Pb)
