Item COLD WAR 28/77 - Transcript of interview with political analyst Karen Brutents, 1997

Typescript transcript of interview with Karen Brutents, Deputy Head of the International Department of the Central Committee, Communist Party of the Soviet Union, [1980], relating to the importance of the Middle East in Soviet Foreign Policy, [1965-1980]; the supply of Soviet arms to Egypt prior to the Six Day War, Jun 1967, and the Yom Kippur War, Oct 1973; the Soviet reaction to the loss of Arab territory to Israel during the Six Day War, Jun 1967; the first use of the US/Soviet 'hotline' and the threat by Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin, Soviet Prime Minister, of Soviet military intervention in the Middle East, Jun 1967; the supply of Soviet military aid to Syria and Egypt, 1967-1973; the contribution of Soviet military aid to People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) forces during the conflict in Angola, 1975-1976; the impact of the MPLA victory on Soviet policy of intervention in third world conflicts; relations between the USSR, Somalia and Ethiopia; USSR support for Ethiopia following its invasion by Somali forces, 1977-1978; and USSR foreign policy regarding intervention in China and Afghanistan. 51pp