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Download the Publication Christian F. Lee H. Hamilton, Ostermann, Director Director Documents on the Soviet Invasion of ADVISORY BOARD OF Afghanistan COMMITTEE: TRUSTEES: Dr. William Joseph A. Cari, Jr., Taubman Chairman (Amherst College) Steven Alan Chairman Bennett, e-Dossier No. 4 Vice Chairman Dr. Michael Beschloss EX OFFICIO (Historian, Author) MEMBERS : Dr. James The Secretary of Billington State Colin Powell, (Librarian of The Librarian of Congress) Congress James H. Billington, Dr. Warren I. The Archivist of Cohen the United States (University of John W. Carlin, Maryland- The Chariman of Baltimore) the National Endowment for the Dr. John Lewis Humanities Gaddis William R. Ferris, (Yale University) The Secretary of the Smithsonian Cold War International History Project Dr. James G. Institution Hershberg Lawrence M. (The George Small, Woodrow Wilson Washington The Secretary of University) Education Roderick International Center for Scholars R. Paige, Dr. Samual F. The Secretary of Wells, Jr. Health & Human Washington, D.C. (Woodrow Wilson Services Tommy Center) G. Thompson November 2001 Dr. Sharon Wolchick (The George Washington University) Editor's Note: The following documents from Russian and (East) German archives on the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan were previously published by the Cold War International History Project. They are re-published in this CWIHP e-Dossier for the convenience of interested readers. (Interested readers may also download individual documents after searching CWIHP's "Virtual Archive" (see link on the frontpage of the CWIHP website). This CWIHP e-Dossier is only available online. Please note that the page numbers refer to the pages in this dossier. Future CWIHP e-dossiers will feature previously unpublished materials on the war in Afghanistan from the former Soviet bloc archives. The Soviet Union and Afghanistan – CWIHP BULLETIN Documents Bulletin 3 Soviet Policy in Afghanistan, 1979: A Grim Assessment Pg. 8 - 10 Bulletin 4 From Hesitation to Intervention: Soviet Decisions on Afghanistan, 1979 Pg. 12 - 13 Record of Meeting of A.N.KOSYGIN, A.A.GROMYKO, D.F.USTINOV and Pg. 13 - 15 B.N.PONOMAREV with N.M.TARAKI Record of Conversation Brezhnev-Taraki, 20 March 1979 Pg. 15 - 16 Soviet Helicopters to Afghanistan, April 1979 Pg. 16 - 17 Bulletin 8/9 CPSU CC Politburo Decision, 1 February 1980, with telegrams to Soviet Ambassador To West Germany (Willy Brandt) and Finnish Socialist Democratic leader K. Sorsa (not printed) Pg. 20 - 23 Concerning the situation in "A": New Russian Evidence on the Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan Pg. 18 - 22 by Odd Arne Westad Political Letter from USSR Ambassador to Afghanistan A. Puzanov to Soviet Foreign Ministry Pg. 28 “About the Domestic Political Situation in the DRA,” 31 May 1978 (notes) Record of Conversation, Soviet Ambassador A.M. Puzanov and Taraki, 18 June 1978 Pg. 29 Record of Conversation between Soviet Ambassador to Afghanistan Pg. 29 A.M. Puzanov and Taraki, 18 July 1978 Information from CPSU CC to GDR leader Erich Honecker, 13 October 1978 Pg. 29 - 31 CPSU CC Politburo Decision on Afghanistan, 7 January 1979 Pg. 31 Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Discussions on Afghanistan, 17-19 March 1979 Pg. 31 - 40 CPSU CC Politburo Decisions on Afghanistan, 18 March 1979 Pg. 40 Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin Pg. 40 - 41 and Afghan Prime Minister Nur Mohammed Tarki, 17 or 18 March 1979 Meeting of Kosygin, Gromyko, Ustinov, and Ponomarev with Taraki in Moscow, 20 March 1979 Pg. 41 - 45 Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Session on Afghanistan, 22 March 1979 Pg. 45 - 46 1 Record of Conversation between Soviet Ambassador to Afghanistan Pg. 46 A.M. Puzanov and Taraki, 22 March 1979 Report of the chief of the Soviet military advis ory group in Afghanistan Pg. 46 Lt. Gen. L.N. Gorelov, with H. Amin, 14 April 1979 (excerpt) CPSU CC Politburo Decision and Instruction to Soviet Ambassador in Afghanistan, 24 May 1979 Pg. 47 Record of Conversation Between Soviet Ambassador A.M. Puzanov and Taraki, 9 June 1979 Pg. 47 Gromyko -Andropov-Ustinov-Ponomarev Report to CPSU CC Pg. 47 - 48 on the Situation in Afghanistan, 28 June 1979 Record of Conversation Between Soviet Ambassador A.M. Puzanov and Taraki, 10 July 1979 Pg. 48 Boris Ponomarev, Reports from Kabul, 19-20 July 1979 (excerpts) Record of Conversation Pg. 48 between Soviet Ambassador to Afghanistan A.M. Puzanov and H. Amin, 21 July 1979 Conversation of the chief of the Soviet military advisory group in Afghanistan Pg. 48 - 49 Lt. Gen. Gorelov, with H. Amin, 11 August 1979 Report from Soviet Deputy Defense Minister Army Gen. Ivan Pavlovskii Pg. 49 during visit to Afghanistan, 25 August 1979 CPSU CC Politburo Decisions on Afghanistan, 13 September 1979 (excerpts) Pg. 49 CPSU CC Politburo Decision Pg. 49 - 50 15 September 1979, with report by Gromyko, Ustinov, and Tsvigun Cable from Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko to Soviet Representatives in Kabul, 15 September 1979 Pg. 50 Information from CC CPSU to GDR leader E. Honecker, 16 September 1979 Pg. 50 Excerpt from transcript, CPSU CC Politburo meeting, 20 September 1979 Pg. 51 Excerpt from transcript, Meeting of Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and Pg. 51 Afghan Foreign Minister Shah-Valih, New York, 27 September 1979 (excerpt) Information from the CC CPSU to GDR leader Honecker, 1 October 1979 Pg. 51 Transcript of Brezhnev-Honecker summit in East Berlin Pg. 51 - 52 4 October 1979 (excerpt on Iran and Afghanistan) Information of KGB USSR to CC CPSU International Department, 10 October 1979 Pg. 52 Gromyko -Andropov-Ustinov-Ponomarev Report to CPSU CC, 29 October 1979 Pg. 52 - 53 Record of Conversation Between Soviet Ambassador Puzanov and Amin, 3 November 1979 Pg. 53 2 Soviet Defense Minister Ustinov, Report to CPSU CC on Mission to Afghanistan Pg. 53 of Deputy Defense Minister Army -Gen. I. G. Pavlovskii, 5 November 1979 Record of Conversation between Soviet Ambassador to Afghanistan F.A. Tabeev and H. Amin Pg. 53 6 December 1979 Extract from CPSU CC Politburo Decision, 6 December 1979 Personal memorandum, Andropov to Brezhnev, n.d. [early December 1979] Pg. 54 Andropov-Gromyko -Ustinov-Ponomarev Report on Events in Afghanistan on 27-28 December 1979 Pg. 55 - 56 dated 31 December 1979 Meeting of Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and Afghan Foreign Minister Shad Mohammad Dost Pg. 56 - 57 4 January 1980 CC CPSU Politburo transcript, 17 January 1980 (excerpt) Pg. 57 - 58 CPSU CC Politburo decision, 17 January 1980 Pg. 58 CPSU CC Politburo Decision, 28 January 1980, with Report by Pg. 58 - 60 Gromyko -Andropov-Ustinov-Ponomarev, 27 January 1980 Andropov Report to CPSU CC on Talks with Afghan Leaders, 5 February 1980 Pg. 60 CC CPSU Politburo transcript, 7 February 1980 (excerpt) Pg. 60 - 61 CPSU CC Politburo Decisions on Afghanistan, 7 February 1980 Pg. 61 - 62 CPSU CC Politburo Decision on Soviet Policy on Afghanistan, 10 March 1980 Pg. 62 - 65 with report on Proposal by Fidel Castro to Mediate between Afghanistan and Pakistan and approved letter from L.I. Brezhnev to Fidel Castro CPSU CC Politburo Decision on Afghanistan, 10 April 1980 Pg. 65 - 67 with report by Gromyko -Andropov-Ustinov-Zagladin, 7 April 1980 CPSU CC Politburo Decision, 8 May 1980, with Politburo Commission Report Pg. 67 - 69 6 May 1980, and Approved Cable to Soviet Ambassador in Kabul CPSU CC Politburo decisions, 19 June 1980 Pg. 69 Information from the CC CPSU to Erich Honecker, 21 June 1980 Pg. 69 - 70 CC CPSU Plenum, 23 June 1980 (excerpt) Pg. 70 - 71 Information from the CC CPSU to Erich Honecker, 18 July 1980 Pg. 71 Report by Soviet Defense Minister Ustinov to CPSU CC Pg. 71 - 72 “Foreign Interference” in Afghanistan, 2 October 1980 CPSU CC Politburo transcript (excerpt), 10 March 1983 Pg. 72 - 73 3 CPSU CC Politburo Transcript (excerpt), 20 March 1986 Pg. 73 CPSU CC Politburo transcript (excerpt), 13 November 1986 Pg. 73 - 74 CPSU CC Politburo Decision of 24 January 1989, with attached report of 23 January 1989 Pg. 75 - 79 CPSU CC Politburo Decision, 13 May 1989, with report by Zaikov-Shevardnadze-Yazov-Kryuchkov Pg. 79 4 COLD WAR INTERNATIONAL HISTORY PROJECT BULLETIN Issue 3 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C. Fall 1993 FROM THE RUSSIAN ARCHIVES ARCHIVAL RESEARCH IN MOSCOW: NEW FINDINGS ON THE KOREAN WAR Progress and Pitfalls Translation and Commentary by Kathryn Weathersby by Mark Kramer While the opening of Soviet ar- War, 1950-53, and the Armistice Ne- The British writer and literary critic Lytton chives brought high expectations for gotiations,” is one such find. It is a Strachey once remarked that “ignorance is the first quick answers to long-standing ques- survey of Soviet and Chinese involve- requisite of the historian — ignorance, which simpli- tions about the Cold War, those of us ment in the Korean War that was fies and clarifies, which selects and omits.”1 By this working in the Soviet archives have compiled in 1966 by so far unidenti- criterion, historians studying the Soviet Union were found that they are like other historical fied members of the staff of the Soviet remarkably lucky until very recently. Unlike scholars collections; individual documents con- Foreign Ministry archive. The appar- of American politics and foreign policy, who had the tain only fragments of the information ent purpose of this internal history daunting task each year of poring through thousands we seek. It is only after laboriously was to provide background informa- of newly declassified documents, specialists on the sifting through a great and varied mass tion for the small group of Soviet Soviet Union normally were forced to go about their of records that we can begin to piece officials who were at that time en- work without reading a single item from the Soviet together even one part of the intricate gaged in discussions with the People’s archives.
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