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The CAESAR, POLO, and ESAU Papers

CAESAR Documents
Document Title Date
1. “The Doctors’ Plot” 15-Jul-53
2. Death of Stalin 16-Jul-53
3. Germany 16-Jul-53
4. The Reversal of the Doctors’ Plot and Its Immediate 17-Jul-53
Aftermath
5. Melinkov’s Removal in the Ukraine 17-Jul-53
6. The Zhdanov-Malenkov Relationship 29-Jul-53
7. The Balance of Power 5-Aug-53
8. Indecision and Stress 21-Aug-53
9. Politics and the Soviet Army: Developments Since 12-Mar-54
October 1952 Relating to the Political Status of the
Soviet Armed Forces
10. Purge of L.P. Beria 17-Apr-54
1 1. Summarization of Reports Preceding Beria Purge 17-Aug-54
12. Resignation of Malenkov 12-Sep-55
13. Recent Developments in Political Status of Soviet Armed 20-Sep-55
Forces
14. Soviet Views on Capitalism 30-Jan-56
15. The Suez Crisis - A Test for the USSR’s Middle 3-Jan-57
Eastern Policy
16. Factionalism in the Hungarian Workers (Communist) 28-Jan-57
Party
17. Soviet Economic Policy: December 1956 - May 1957 8-Jul-57
18. Differences in Temperament Among Soviet 30-Oct-57
Leaders as Shown by Their Approach to Policy
Issues 1945-1957
19. From the July Plenum (1955) to the 20thParty Congress - 12-Mar-58
Antecedents and Aftermath of Malenkov’s Resignation
From the Premiership

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20. From the July Plenum (1955) to the 20thParty Congress - 19-Jun-58
Antecedents and Aftermath of Malenkov’s Resignation
From the Premiership

2 1. The Tie That Binds - Soviet Intrabloc Relations Feb 1956 29-Jul-58
to Dec 1957
22. The Failure of the Soviet-Yugoslav Rapprochement 3-NOV-58
23. Party-Military Relations in the USSR and the Fall of 8-Jun-59
Marshal Zhukov
24. The Soviet Writer and Soviet Cultural Policy 15-Sep-59
25. The Soviet History of World War I1 28-0ct-59
26. Khrushchev on Nuclear Strategy 19-Jan-60
27. The Succession to Khrushchev 4-Mar-60
28. Soviet Policy Toward the Underdeveloped Countries 28-Apr-6 1
29. Soviet Military Thought on Future War 3-Apr-62
30. Khrushchev and the Anti-Party Group 27-Apr-62
3 1. Soviet Strategic Doctrine for the Start of War 3-Jul-62
32. Soviet Military Strategy and the Chinese Problem 26-Apr-63
33. Khrushchev’s Role in the Current Controversy 17-Jun-63
Over Soviet Defense Policy
34. Unorthodox Ideas in the USSR 27-Jun-63
35. Trends in Soviet Thought on Limited Warfare 16-Dec-63
36. The Soviet Missile Base Venture in Cuba 17-Feb-64
37. The Soviet Strategic Interest in Limited Disarmament 6-Mar-64
38. The Higher Military Council of the USSR 20-Jul-64
39. The Military and the Succession Problem in the USSR 5-NOV-64
40. Warsaw Pact Military Strategy: A Compromise in 7-Jun-65
Soviet Strategic Thinking
4 1. The New Soviet Constitution and the Party-State Issue 2 1-J~l-66
In CPSU Politics, 1956-1966
42. Strains in Soviet - East German Relations: 1962-1967 24-Feb-67
43. Policy and Politics in CPSU Politburo: October 1964 3 1-Aug-67
to September 1967
44. The Stalin Issue and the Soviet Leadership Struggle 5-Jul-68
45. Annex: The Stalin Issue and the Soviet Leadership Struggle 17-Jul-68

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46. Politics in the Soviet Politburo and the Czech Crisis 28-Oct-68
47. Institute for the USA: The Kremlin’s New Approach 7-0ct-69
to America Watching
48. Leonid Brezhnev: The Man and His Power 5-Dec-69
49. Brezhnev’s Struggle for Dominance: Annex to 12-Dec-69
Leonid Brezhnev: The Man and His Power
50. Soviet Policy and the 1967 Arab-Israeli War 16-Mar-70
5 1. Andrey Kirilenko and the Soviet Political Succession 15-MN-7 1
52. Portrait of a Neo-Stalinist: Annex to CAESAR XXXIX Jun-7 1
Andrey Kirilenko and the Soviet Political Succession
53. The Politburo and Soviet Decision-Making 1-Apr-72

POLO Documents
Document Title Date
1. Mao Tse-Tung and Historical Materialism 10-Apr-61
2. Mao Tse-Tung and Historical Materialism 11. 29-Jun-6 1
The State Form
3. Mao Tse-Tung and Historical Materialism IV. 9-Oct-6 1
.The “Transition to Socialism”
4. Mao Tse-Tung and Historical Materialism 111. 20-Oct-6 1
“Contradictions” in a “Socialist” Society
5. The Chinese Communist Leadership, 1958-1961 28-NOV-61
6. The Decline of Mao Tse-Tung 9-Apr-62
7. The Sino-Indian Border Dispute Section 1: 1950-59 2-Mar-63
8. The Sino-Indian Border Dispute Section 2: 1959-61 19-Aug-63
9. The Sino-Indian Border Dispute Section 3: 1961-62 5-May-64
10. Communist China’s Domestic Crisis: The Road to 1964 3 1-J~l-64
1 1. The Sino-Vietnamese Effort to Limit American Actions 9-Jun-65
in the Vietnam War
12. Political Problems in Communist China 19-JuI-65
13. Mao’s “Cultural Revolution’’: Its Leadership, 18-Feb-67
Its Strategy, Its Instruments, and Its Casualties
14. Mao’s “Cultural Revolution”: Origin and Development 6-Oct-67
15. The P.L.A. and the “Cultural Revolution” 28-Oct-67

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16. Ten Years of Chinese Communist Foreign Policy

Section I: Policy Toward the US and the Diplomatic
Isolation of Taipei

17. Ten Years of Chinese Communist Foreign Policy 4-Apr-68

South and Southeast Asia
18. Ten Years of Chinese Communist Foreign Policy 9-Apr-68
Section 11: South and Southeast Asia
19. Mao’s “Cultural Revolution” in 1967: The Struggle 24-May-68
to “Seize Power”
20. Red Guard and Revolutionary Rebel Organizations 28-May-68
in Communist China
2 1. Mao’s Red Guard Diplomacy: 1967 21-Jun-68
22. Mao’s “Cultural Revolution” 111. The Purge of the P.L.A. Jun-68
and the Stardom of Madame Mao
23. Factionalism in the Central Committee: Mao’s Opposition 19-Sep-68
Since 1949
24. The Role of the Red Guards and Revolutionary Rebels Nov-68
in Mao’s Cultural Revolution
25. The Role of the Red Guards and Revolutionary Rebels Dec-68
in Mao’s Cultural Revolution
26. The Cultural Revolution and Education in Communist 23-May-69
China
27. The Cultural Revolution and the Ninth Party Congress 1-0ct-69
28. Communist China: The Political Security Apparatus 11. 28-NOV-69
Destruction and Reconstruction, 1965-1969
29. Lin Pia0 and the Great Helmsman 21-Jan-70
30. The Cultural Revolution and the New Political 30-Oct-70
System in China
3 1. Lin Pia0 and the Structure of Power Dec-70
32. The Failure of Maoist Ideology in Foreign Policy n0v-7 1
33. The International Liaison Department of the Chinese Dec-7 1
Communist Party
34. Peking-Taipei Contacts: The Question of a Possible Dec-7 1
“Chinese Solution”
35. Research Aid - Missing Chinese Military Leaders Aug-72
36. Policy Issues in the Purge of Lin Piao NOV-72

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37. Peking’s Support of Insurgencies in Southeast Asia Apr-73

38. China’s Regional and Provincial Leaders: The Purge Jul-73
of the Military, the Rise of Old Party Cadres

ESAU Documents
Document Title Date
1. Origins of the Chinese “Commune” Program 17-Jul-59
2. The Commune: Conception and Experimentation,
Spring 1958
3. The Soviet Attitude Toward “Communes” 12-Jun-59
4. Soviet Positions on the “Transition to Communism” - 28-Aug-59
Prior to the Chinese Commune Program
5. The Commune: Revelation and Initial Organization, 4-Sep-59
Summer 1958
6. Indications of Soviet Awareness of Chinese Plans for 16-Oct-59
the Communes, Spring-Summer 1958
7. The Chinese Communist Impact on East Germany 15-Apr-60
8. The Commune, The “Great Leap Forward,” and 15-Jun-60
Sino-Soviet Relations (August-December 1958)
9. Mao Tse-Tung on Strategy, 1926-1957 (The Background 8-Aug-60
of the Sino-Soviet Dispute of 1957-1960)
10. The Sino-Soviet Dispute on World Communist 23-Sep-60
Strategy (Autumn 1957-Autumn 1959)
1 1. The Sino-Soviet Dispute on World Communist 23-Jan-61
Strategy (Its Development from Autumn 1959 to
Summer 1960)
12. The Sino-Soviet Dispute (June 1960 to November 1960) 20-Feb-6 1
13. The Sino-Soviet Dispute (The 6 December Declaration, 17-Mar-61
and Soviet and Chinese Presentations of It)
14. Sino-Soviet Competition in North Korea 5-Apr-6 1
15. The Indian Communist Party and Sino-Soviet Dispute 7-Feb-62
16. The New Stage of the Sino-Soviet Dispute 26-Feb-62
(October 1961-January 1962)
17. North Vietnam and Sino-Soviet Relations 4-Mar-62
18. Summary -“Implications of the Sino-Soviet Dispute 29-Mar-62
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19. Soviet-Albanian Relations, 1940-1960 22-Jun-62

20. The State of Sino-Soviet Relations at the New Year 7-Jan-63
2 1 . The North Vietnamese Party and the “New Situation” 10-Jul-63
in South Vietnam
22. The Sino-Soviet Struggle in Cuba and the Latin 1-Nov-63
American Communist Movement
23. The Japanese Communist Party 1955-1963 20-Mar-64
24. The Sino-Soviet Conflict in the Fronts - 12-Jun-64
September 1962-December 1963
25. Prince Sihanouk and the New Order in Southeast Asia
26. The Showdown on Soviet Authority in the 8-Feb-65
“Movement”
27. The 1965 Sino-Soviet-Vietnamese Controversy Over 20-Dec-65
Soviet Military Aid to North Vietnam
28. Zanzibar: The Hundred Days’ Revolution 2 1-Feb-66
29. The Positions of Hanoi, Peking, and Moscow on 3 1-0ct-66
the Issue of Vietnam Negotiations: 1962 to 1966
30. Asian Communist Employment of Negotiations Nov-66
as a Political Tactic
3 1. The Disintegration of Japanese Communist 28-Dec-66
Relations with Peking
32. The Sino-Soviet Dispute Within the Communist 15-Jun-67
Movement in Latin America
33. The Sino-Soviet Struggle in the World Communist Sep-67
Movement Since Khrushchev’s Fall (Part 1)
34. The Sino-Soviet Struggle in the World Communist Sep-67
Movement Since Khrushchev’s Fall (Part 2)
35. The Sino-Soviet Struggle in the World Communist Sep-67
Movement Since Khrushchev’s Fall (Part 3)
36. The Attitudes of North Vietnamese Leaders Toward 25-Mar-68
Fighting and Negotiating
37. The Sino-Soviet Dispute on Aid to North Vietnam 30-Sep-68
(1965-1968)
38. Annex: The Sino-Soviet Dispute on Aid to North 25-NOV-68
Vietnam ( 1965-1968)
39. Kim 11-Sung’s New Military Adventurism 26-NOV-68
40. Indonesia-1965, The Coup that Backfired Dec-68

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4 1. The Struggle in the Polish Leadership and the Revolt 5-Sep-69

of the Apparat
42. The Committed Church and Change in Latin America 10-Sep-69
43. Czechoslovakia: The Problem of Soviet Control 16-Jan-70
44. The Evolution of Soviet Policy in Sino-Soviet Border 28-Apr-70
Dispute
45. The Prussian Heresy: Ulbricht’s Evolving System 29-Jun-70
46. Yugoslavia: The Outworn Structure 20-NOV-70
47. Fedayeen - “Men of Sacrifice” Dec-70
48. The Growth of the Soviet Commitment in the Middle East Jan-7 1
49. The Fedayeen (Annex to ESAU XLVII: Jan-7 1
Fedayeen - “Men of Sacrifice”)
50. Soviet Thinking about the Danger of Sino-U.S. Feb-7 1
Rapprochement
5 1. The Polish Question: East Germany ju1-7 1

52. Peking and the Burmese Communists: The Perils and ju1-7 1
Profits of Insurgency
53. Communism and Cambodia Feb-72
54. Communism and Cambodia May-72
55. “Finlandization” In Action: Helsinki’s Experience Aug-72
With Moscow
56. Soviet Expectations of a European Security Conference Oct-72

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