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From the December 30, 1979, entry in his diary, which was released in May by the George Washington University National Security Archive. Chernyaev, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was then the deputy director of the International Department, which was in charge of the U.S.S.R.’s policy for the international Communist movement. Boris Ponomarev was his boss. Translated by Anna Melyakova and edited by Svetlana Savranskaya.

Our troops entered Afghanistan. They deposed Hafizullah Amin (“the bloody dog”). Babrak Karmal assumed all the necessary posts, gave all the necessary speeches, including one in…

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