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Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

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Leonid Brezhnev, 1974.

Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich

1906- 1982

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Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich

1909- 1989

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Puzanov, A. M.

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Yazov, Dmitri Timofeevich

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January 4, 1980	Meeting of Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and Afghan Foreign Minister Shad Mohammad Dost, 4 January 1980 Gromyko and Dost discuss the situation in Soviet-occupied Afghanistan and foreign relations between Afghanistan and Western countries.
September 9, 1980	Measures Against a Discussion of a Draft Resolution Containing Points of an Anti-Soviet and Anti-Afghan Orientation at the 67th Conference of the Interparliamentary Union This CC CPSU document discusses the anti-Soviet and anti-Afghan movements that interfered with the establishment of an Afghani parliament.
March 20, 1979	Record of Conversation between L.I. Brezhnev and N.M. Taraki, 20 March 1979 After the more general meeting of the same day, Brezhnev and Taraki meet to further discuss the situation in Afghanistan. Brezhnev advises Taraki to widen the base of the government's support among the people through political and economic means. Taraki reaffirms his current position, which includes open borders with Iran and Pakistan as well as the policy of persecution within Afghanistan.
April 21, 1979	Protocol #150 of the CC CPSU Politburo Session, 21 April 1979 Concerns helicopter and ammunition deliveries from the Soviet Union to Afghanistan.
December 27, 1979	Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union Announcement, Attachment to CPSU Politburo Protocol #177 The USSR and Afghanistan formed a permanent relationship to combat counter-revolutionaries who attempt to undo the April Revolution. This relationship began with the Treaty of Friendship in 1978.
December 27, 1979	Letter from Leonid Brezhnev to Karmal Babrak, Attachment to CPSU Politburo Protocol #177 A congratulatory note from L. Brezhnev to Karmal Babrak,Chairman of the Revolutionary Council, General Secretary of the PDPA CC, and Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, thanking Babrak for his efforts to defend the gains made in the April Revolution.
October 10, 1979	Information of KGB USSR to CC CPSU International Department Information of KGB USSR to CC CPSU International Department regarding the impact of the situation in Iran on Afghanistan
November 3, 1979	Record of Conversation Between Soviet Ambassador Puzanov and Amin Record of Conversation Between Soviet Ambassador Puzanov and Amin on the situation in Afghanistan
December 6, 1979	Record of Conversation between Soviet Ambassador to Afghanistan F.A. Tabeev and H. Amin Record of Conversation between Soviet Ambassador to Afghanistan F.A. Tabeev and H. Amin regarding future Soviet-Afghan cooperation
January 4, 1980	Meeting of Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and Afghan Foreign Minister Shad Mohammad Dost, 04 January 1980 Meeting of Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and Afghan Foreign Minister Shad Mohammad Dost on how to deal with negative opinions of the DRA by the West.