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US: President Carter phone call to MT (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [declassified 1996]

Document type: Declassified documents
Venue: White House - Chequers
Source: Carter Library (Vertical File - Afghanistan)
Editorial comments: 1140-1150 US timing. The British version of this conversation is also on the site, from the Thatcher MSS. Read it here.
Importance ranking: Key
Word count: 3pp
Themes: Defence (general), Defence (arms control), Foreign policy (Asia), Foreign policy (Middle East), Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states)