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?