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February 9, 1968	Memorandum from the Government of the USSR to the Government of the USA A Politburo memo about a B-52 bomber carrying four hydrogen bombs crashed off the western coast of Greenland, while trying to land at the United States Ai1 Force base at Thule.
February 9, 1968	Decisions of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU for 9-12 February 1968, '11. On Our Steps in connection with the Accident of the American Bomber with Nuclear Weapons on Board and the Radioactive Contamination of the Environment...' An outline of next steps the Politburo plans to take in response to the 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash.
April 15, 1968	Directive Sent to the Soviet Ambassador, Washington Statement sent to the Soviet ambassador in Washington chastising the United States for the B-52 crash in Greenland.
February 9, 1968	Directive Sent to Cde. Roshchin, Soviet Representative, Geneva Politburo to the Soviet ambassador and representatives giving them language to use when discussing the American Air Force crash of a B-52 carrying hydrogen bombs in Greenland.