Memorandum to the CPSU Politburo from the Suslov Commission regarding a request by the Soviet Ministry of Defense to bring up to full readiness 3 divisions of the Soviet Armed Forces. The memorandum cautions the Soviet leadership that, in case the Polish Armed Forces switch allegiance to the counter-revolutionary forces, another 5-7 divisions might be necessary.
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File No. 104. Poland
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File No. 104. Poland.
- 12 September 1950.
Vasilevskiy and Yumashev report to Stalin on the need for measures to train and protect against atomic and biological weapons.
Reference data is lacking.
- 28 August 1980.
Memorandum to the CPSU CC from Suslov, Gromyko, Andropov, Ustinov, Chernenko on measures to render military assistance to PNR in connection with the strike movement.
Reference data is lacking (declassified).
References, apparently from an index, to different Soviet reports: the first from 1950, on atomic attacks, and the second from 1980, on the Solidarity movement in Poland.
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Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Dmitriĭ Antonovich Volkogonov papers, 1887-1995, mm97083838. Translated by Theresa Billow-Supple.
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