1893-1976
Eastern Europe
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1898- 1976
1893- 1976
1879- 1953
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1875- 1965
June 21, 1948
The U.S. Army investigates what happened in the Katyn Forest in 1940 using the accounts of locals, newspapers, intelligence, and diplomatic correspondence.
September 20, 1950
Cable explaining that China and the Soviet Union are getting incomplete information from North Korea. Also discussing how North Korea is doing militarily and China's admission into the UN.
June 30, 1950
North Korea requests supplies and weapons from the Soviet Union.
June 26, 1950
A telegram conveying the UN Security Council's resolution calling for North Korea to withdraw from the 38th Parallel.
April 22, 1989
A group of Soviet officials propose that the KGB, among other institutions, investigate the circumstances and locations of the deaths of Polish officers interned in the Soviet Union during World War II.
April 26, 1988
Shevardnadze and other Soviet officials propose to create a memorial to Polish officers murdered during the Katyn massacre as well as "Soviet POWs who took part in the exhumation work," and to allow Polish citizens to visit the memorial in Smolensk Oblast’.
August 28, 1980
Suslov describes the "tense" situation in Poland and proposed steps to use military and police force to quell the protest movement.
1976
A Soviet record, probably dated from 1976, that offers an official CPSU stance on the Katyn massacre. The memo also describes various post-war "provocations" by the United States and other Western nations to bring attention to the Katyn massacre and inflame Soviet-Polish relations.
April 5, 1976
The CPSU Central Committee issues five directives to combat the "anti-Soviet" campaign concerning the Katyn massacre.
March 30, 1976
Yu. Andropov and other Soviet officials propose that, due to the "anti-Soviet campaign" concerning the Katyn massacre in the West, Poland and the Soviet Union should coordinate countermeasures.