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Soviet Union. Communist Party (CPSU). Presidium

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Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich

1934- 1968

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Korean War Biological Warfare Allegations

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A photo of Joseph Stalin from 1943

Stalin, Joseph

1879- 1953

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Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

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April 26, 1961	Excerpt from Minutes Nº 325 of the April 26, 1961, Meeting of the CPSU CC Presidium, 'On the Further Commemoration and Popularization of the First Flight of a Soviet Man in Space' Presidium (or Politburo) decree on publicity for the flight of Yuriy Gagarin.
April 3, 1961	Excerpt from Ninutes Nº 322 of the CC Presidium of April 3, 1961, 'On the Launch of the Satellite-ship' Final Presidium (or Politburo) decree, entitled “On the Launch of a Space Satellite-Ship,” approving the launch of a spaceship with a human on board.
May 2, 1953	Resolution of the Presidium of the USSR Council of Ministers about Letters to the Ambassador of the USSR in the PRC, V.V. Kuznetsov and to the Charge d’Affaires for the USSR in the DPRK, S.P. Suzdalev Cease the publication of false evidence accusing the US for using biological weapons in North Korea; punish Soviet Workers involved.
April 24, 1953	Protocol No 6 of the Meeting of the Presidium of the CC CPSU about the MVD Note on the Results of the Investigations into the Reports of Former Advisers to the Ministry of State Security and DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cdes. Glukhov and Smirnov Response of USSR to false allegations that Americans used biological weapons in North Korea calls for both dismissal of V.N. Razuvaev from his posts as Ambassador of the USSR to the DPRK and military adviser and the commission of Molotov to address the allegations and send his resultant report to Mao Zedong and Kim Il Sung. This protocol also authorizes the removal of Ignatiev from the CC CPSU.
June 18, 1980	CPSU CC Politburo decisions CPSU CC Politburo decisions on providing military assistance to Afghanistan and on possibly withdrawing some troops
March 5, 1953	CPSU CC Protocol, 'Record of Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the CPSU Central Committee Plenum, the Council of Ministers of the Union of the SSR, and the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR' This protocol concerns the meeting of the CPSU Presidium & Soviet Council of Ministers as Stalin was about to die.