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honest people. In such a way, N.M. Taraki
and H. Amin may be able to fulfill the men-
tioned program. Unfortunately, said B.
Karmal, I have no possibility either in the
Party or in the army to defend my thesis —
it is difficult to fulfill the May 24 resolution
of the Party on unity and the directives of
the Politburo, they remain paper, nothing
more.
[. . .] Further, B. Karmal in a condition
of extreme excitement said the following.
In both the Party and in the govern-
ment I occupy the second post after N.M.
Taraki. Despite this, I do not know what is
going on in the country — they have iso-
lated me, I am not engaged in either domes-
tic or foreign policy issues, I live as if in a
gilded cage. For me, as a communist, this
is a heavy tragedy. In the presence of N.M.
Taraki, PDPA Politburo member H. Amin
said that to provide unity it is necessary to
carry out extremely decisive measures.
N.M. Taraki really wants unity. However,
for this to happen, thousands of honest com-
munists in Afghanistan will be subject to
terror, persecutions, their names will be slan-
dered. I myself live under the threat that
they will subject me to persecution. In con-
clusion, B. Karmal declared that the matter
is moving towards a split in the Party, ev-
erything is moving into the hands of the
government and army.
N.M. Taraki declared decisively that all
issues in the ruling organs of the PDPA are
decided on the basis of democratic central-
ism, and nobody threatens anyone. There
is no split in the Party, unity is being
strengthened, although certain people are
demonstrating against it. If someone moves
against the revolution and the unity of the
Party, then there will be a purge of the Party.
There is no terror, however, if it will be reck-
oned that this or some other person presents
a danger for the revolution, then decisive
measures of punishment may be applied to
him, right up to capital punishment.
On this N.M. Taraki interrupted the
conversation and let it be known that he does
not wish to continue the discussion with B.
Karmal. B. Karmal said good-bye and left.
Remaining with N.M. Taraki, [the
Ambassador and Khazarov] once again
noted the necessity of taking into account
when making some or other appointments
the political resonance and consequences
which they might prompt. They stressed that
enemies must not be given grounds for us-
ing similar issues for their own goals.
N.M. Taraki said that the Party is united
and its unity is becoming ever stronger, but
as to those who will demonstrate against
unity “we will crush them as if with a steam-
roller [proidemsia zheleznym katkom]. Such
measures will only strengthen the Party.”
Sent to Kozyrev, C.P., Ponomarev, B.N....
[Source: Notes of O.A. Westad, TsKhSD, f.
5, op. 75, d. 1181, ll. 22-27.]
Record of Conversation between Soviet
Ambassador to Afghanistan A.M.
Puzanov and Taraki, 18 July 1978
[The Ambassador] also said that the
observations expressed by the leadership of
the DRA about the necessity for effective
defense of the airspace of the DRA had been
attentively studied in the General Staff of
the USSR Armed Forces, and the necessary
measures had been worked out for use in
the event that there should appear a danger
to the DRA from the air. In addition, with
this goal in mind the delivery of an addi-
tional quantity of anti-aircraft installations
for the present and future years had been
reviewed. The deliveries of weapons will
be fixed in an agreement, for the signing of
which, according to the agreement, a del-
egation headed by Major-General V.E.
Kuznetsov is arriving today.
Taraki informed the Ambassador about
the situation in the country and about his
meeting on July 13-14 with the Deputy Sec-
retary of State of the USA D[avid D].
Newsom.
In the conversation with me, said N.M.
Taraki, the Deputy Secretary of State spoke
about the USA government’s concern about
the one-sided orientation in the foreign
policy of the DRA and the chill in Afghan-
American relations.
D. Newsom asked a provocative ques-
tion — what actions will the government of
the DRA take in the event of an attack by
the Soviet Union. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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honest people. In such a way, N.M. Taraki
and H. Amin may be able to fulfill the men-
tioned program. Unfortunately, said B.
Karmal, I have no possibility either in the
Party or in the army to defend my thesis —
it is difficult to fulfill the May 24 resolution
of the Party on unity and the directives of
the Politburo, they remain paper, nothing
more.
[. . .] Further, B. Karmal in a condition
of extreme excitement said the following.
In both the Party and in the govern-
ment I occupy the second post after N.M.
Taraki. Despite this, I do not know what is
going on in the country — they have iso-
lated me, I am not engaged in either domes-
tic or foreign policy issues, I live as if in a
gilded cage. For me, as a communist, this
is a heavy tragedy. In the presence of N.M.
Taraki, PDPA Politburo member H. Amin
said that to provide unity it is necessary to
carry out extremely decisive measures.
N.M. Taraki really wants unity. However,
for this to happen, thousands of honest com-
munists in Afghanistan will be subject to
terror, persecutions, their names will be slan-
dered. I myself live under the threat that
they will subject me to persecution. In con-
clusion, B. Karmal declared that the matter
is moving towards a split in the Party, ev-
erything is moving into the hands of the
government and army.
N.M. Taraki declared decisively that all
issues in the ruling organs of the PDPA are
decided on the basis of democratic central-
ism, and nobody threatens anyone. There
is no split in the Party, unity is being
strengthened, although certain people are
demonstrating against it. If someone moves
against the revolution and the unity of the
Party, then there will be a purge of the Party.
There is no terror, however, if it will be reck-
oned that this or some other person presents
a danger for the revolution, then decisive
measures of punishment may be applied to
him, right up to capital punishment.
On this N.M. Taraki interrupted the
conversation and let it be known that he does
not wish to continue the discussion with B.
Karmal. B. Karmal said good-bye and left.
Remaining with N.M. Taraki, [the
Ambassador and Khazarov] once again
noted the necessity of taking into account
when making some or other appointments
the political resonance and consequences
which they might prompt. They stressed that
enemies must not be given grounds for us-
ing similar issues for their own goals.
N.M. Taraki said that the Party is united
and its unity is becoming ever stronger, but
as to those who will demonstrate against
unity “we will crush them as if with a steam-
roller [proidemsia zheleznym katkom]. Such
measures will only strengthen the Party.”
Sent to Kozyrev, C.P., Ponomarev, B.N....
[Source: Notes of O.A. Westad, TsKhSD, f.
5, op. 75, d. 1181, ll. 22-27.]
Record of Conversation between Soviet
Ambassador to Afghanistan A.M.
Puzanov and Taraki, 18 July 1978
[The Ambassador] also said that the
observations expressed by the leadership of
the DRA about the necessity for effective
defense of the airspace of the DRA had been
attentively studied in the General Staff of
the USSR Armed Forces, and the necessary
measures had been worked out for use in
the event that there should appear a danger
to the DRA from the air. In addition, with
this goal in mind the delivery of an addi-
tional quantity of anti-aircraft installations
for the present and future years had been
reviewed. The deliveries of weapons will
be fixed in an agreement, for the signing of
which, according to the agreement, a del-
egation headed by Major-General V.E.
Kuznetsov is arriving today.
Taraki informed the Ambassador about
the situation in the country and about his
meeting on July 13-14 with the Deputy Sec-
retary of State of the USA D[avid D].
Newsom.
In the conversation with me, said N.M.
Taraki, the Deputy Secretary of State spoke
about the USA government’s concern about
the one-sided orientation in the foreign
policy of the DRA and the chill in Afghan-
American relations.
D. Newsom asked a provocative ques-
tion — what actions will the government of
the DRA take in the event of an attack by
the Soviet Union. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]