This concept paper addresses the need to base decisions about the nature of military cooperation on the Soviet Union’s long term goal of ending the arms race and moving toward disarmament. It also details how this decision-making should look in specific developing countries in which the Soviet Union has an interest.
June 23, 1986
CPSU Central Committee Resolution, 'On the Conception of Military Cooperation with Foreign Countries (Except for Socialist countries)'
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CPSU CENTRAL COMMITTEE RESOLUTION
On the conception of military cooperation with foreign countries (except for Socialist countries)
RESOLVED:
1.To agree with the conception laid out in a memo from Comrades L.N. Zaikov, V.M. Chebrikov, E.A. Shevardnadze, A.N. Iakovlev, D.T. Iazov, O.D. Baklanov, I.S. Belousov, V.M. Kamentsev, and V.A. Kriuchkov, from June 23, 1989 (attached).
To approve the conception of military cooperation with foreign countries (attached). To oversee these conceptions in their practical implementation with the appropriate agencies.
2.To prepare and send information and necessary argumentation on the conception of military cooperation to the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, the USSR Ministry of Defense, and the USSR Ministry of Foreign Economic Connections for Soviet Ambassadors and representatives and related agencies in consideration of the specifications of their countries and regions.
Secretary of the Central Committee
The CPSU Central Committee approves a proposal on military cooperation with non-socialist countries.
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