10.47am Breaking News Soviet invasion of Afghanistan US President Carter calls emergency meeting with key staff World holds it’s breath as Soviet Union goes against the Helsinki agreement
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
Worldholdsit’sbreathasSovietUniongoesagainsttheHelsinkiagreement
“Hello,hereiswhatweknowsofar.LastApril,1978,apro-SovietgovernmenttookcontrolinAfghanistantakingeconomicassistance.ThisgovernmentwastoppledbyAminwhowasinitiallyatleastsupportedbyMoscow.Aminandhisnewgovernmentbecameveryunpopularwithpro-Muslimgroupstryingtooverthrowhim.
ItbecameclearthatAminwastalkingtotheUSAaboutpossibleAmericansupportwhichoursourcestellusgotSovietleaderBrezhnevconcerned!”
Youareallnewspaperreporters,SummarisethebackgroundtotheinvasionfromaboveandthefollowingBBCinterviewreadytowriteyourfrontpage…
10.49am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
Worldholdsit’sbreathasSovietUniongoesagainsttheHelsinkiagreement
10.52am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
Worldholdsit’sbreathasSovietUniongoesagainsttheHelsinkiagreement
MyforceswereinvitedtoinvadeAfghanistanbyAminagainsttheterrorists.
IunderstandsomeofyouintheWestmightdisputethis,butitisthetruth!
On24th December,Iorderedtheinvasion.
LIVE:MoscowSovietleader,Brezhnev
10.57am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
Worldholdsit’sbreathasSovietUniongoesagainsttheHelsinkiagreement
LIVE:LondonBBCNewsroom MrBrezhnev,wehearthatyousayyouwereinvitedinto
AfghanistanbyAmin,sowhatareyourthoughtsabouttheassassinationorMrAminlastnight?
Iamsureyoucanunderstand,somemightquestionyourinvolvementinthis,especiallyasitisconvenientthatthenewleaderMrBarakKamalisaveryvocalsupporterofyourSovietUnion?
10.59am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
Worldholdsit’sbreathasSovietUniongoesagainsttheHelsinkiagreement
Listen,Idonothavetojustifymyselftoyouoranyone!Youwillprintwhatyouwantanyway!
WewillstayinAfghanistanaslongasittakestoremovetheMuslimterroristthreatagainsttheSovietUnion!
LIVE:MoscowSovietleader,Brezhnev
11:00am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
Worldholdsit’sbreathasSovietUniongoesagainsttheHelsinkiagreement
LIVE:LondonBBCNewsroom WithrespectMrBrezhnev,yousignedtheHelsinkiagreement
promisingtorespectbordersandnotinterfereinothercountriesaffairs,isthisnotdoingjustthat?
Also,thisinvasioncan’tbegoodforconcludingtheSALT2agreements?Doyouthinktheycanstillgoahead?
11:01am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
Worldholdsit’sbreathasSovietUniongoesagainsttheHelsinkiagreement
AskyourUnitedStatesspecialfriendsaboutthat!Ibelieveitistheircongressthathasfailedtoagreeontheagreements!
Iamdisgustedthatyourpropagandawouldtrytopinthisonme,buttypicalIguess!
LIVE:MoscowSovietleader,Brezhnev
11:03am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
Worldholdsit’sbreathasSovietUniongoesagainsttheHelsinkiagreement
LIVE:LondonBBCNewsroom MrBrezhnev,whatisAfghanistansoimportanttoyou?
11:04am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
Worldholdsit’sbreathasSovietUniongoesagainsttheHelsinkiagreement
Afghanistanisakeyneighbour,itprovidesabuffertoIran.Asyouknow,theyhadarevolutionlastyearwiththeirnewleader,aMuslinfundamentalistterrorist.
IamdeterminednottoallowthisMuslimthreattospread.WehavemanyMuslimslivinginSovietUnion,itisvitalthatwehaveaproSovietgovernmentinAfghanistan
LIVE:MoscowSovietleader,Brezhnev
11:07am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
BrezhnevclaimsAfghanistanmustprovideabuffertoMuslimfundamentalistsspre
LIVE:LondonBBCNewsroom MrBrezhnev,thankyouverymuchforyourtime!
Followingtheinvasion,therehavebeenseveralconflictsinAfghanistan.
Let’scrossovertoourreportertotalktotheMujahideenleader…
11:08am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
Mujahideen vowtoremoveSovietsat”anycost”– BrezhnevangeratUSsupportof
LIVE:Afghanistan
11:10am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
BrezhnevangeratUSsupportofmujahideen – PresidentCarterdisgustedatSoviet
LIVE:Afghanistan Hello,thankyoufromaverycoldAfghanistan,ithasnotbeen3fulldayssinceChristmaseveandtheSovietinvasion,butalreadythetensionhereisincrediblyhigh.
Themujahideen whoyou’vejustseenhavevowedtofightaslongasittakestogetridoftheSovietsfromtheircountryandareadoptingguerilla styletactics,muchlikethoseadoptedbytheVietnameseagainsttheUnitedStates.
AreallyimportantpieceofinformationleakedtousisthattheUnitedStatesareprovidingthemujahideen weaponsandbillionsofdollars,somesaying$8bayear!
11:14am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
BrezhnevclaimsAfghanistanmustprovideabuffertoMuslimfundamentalistsspre
LIVE:LondonBBCNewsroom Thanksalotforthat,wellastensionscontinuetorise,we
haveexclusiveaccesstotheWhiteHousewherePresidentCarterisgivinganaddresstohisstaff…
11:14am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
BrezhnevclaimsAfghanistanmustprovideabuffertoMuslimfundamentalistsspre
LIVE:WashingtonDCWhiteHouse
Wellitisclear,thisisanotherexampleoftheSovietsspreadingtheircommunism,justliketheydidinCzechoslovakia!
ThisinvasionisthebiggestthreattoworldpeacesincetheendofWW2!
11:16am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
BrezhnevclaimsAfghanistanmustprovideabuffertoMuslimfundamentalistsspre
LIVE:WashingtonDCWhiteHouse
MrPresident,therearesuggestionsthatyouarefundingthemujahideen andprovidingweapons?Isthistrue?Andifitis,howdoyouexpectBrezhnevtotakethat?
11:16am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
BrezhnevclaimsAfghanistanmustprovideabuffertoMuslimfundamentalistsspre
LIVE:WashingtonDCWhiteHouse
Listen,sinceTruman’sDoctrine,wehavehadavitalroletoplayinpreventingthespreadofcommunism,Iintendtocontinuethatpromisetothefreeworld!
11:18am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
BrezhnevclaimsAfghanistanmustprovideabuffertoMuslimfundamentalistsspre
LIVE:WashingtonDCWhiteHouse
MrPresident,whatabouttheSALT2talks?Therehasbeensomuchprogressoverthe1970s,IneedtoreporttotheSenateyourinstructions.
11:19am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
BrezhnevclaimsAfghanistanmustprovideabuffertoMuslimfundamentalistsspre
LIVE:WashingtonDCWhiteHouse
YoucantelltheSenateIamwithdrawingtheSALT2proposals,Iamalsoincreasingspendingonourarmsprogramme!
IpromisetheAmericanpeoplethisverysimplevow,Iwillrepel,byforceifneeded,anythreattoAmericaninterestsintheGulf!
11:20am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
BrezhnevclaimsAfghanistanmustprovideabuffertoMuslimfundamentalistsspre
LIVE:WashingtonDCWhiteHouse
MrPresident,thissoundsverymuchlikeaDoctrineofyourown,shallwereportthisasthe“CarterDoctrine?”
Alsosir,doyoudenyfundingthemujahideenandprovidingweapons?
11:21am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
BrezhnevclaimsAfghanistanmustprovideabuffertoMuslimfundamentalistsspre
LIVE:WashingtonDCWhiteHouse
Isaidinmy‘CarterDoctrine’,whateverittakesdidn'tI?
Brezhnevwillnotbeallowedtoinvadeandinfluenceaforeigncountryfortheirowngains!
11.24am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
Carterpromisestodowhateverittakestostopcommunistexpansion
LIVE:LondonBBCNewsroom Ok,thereyouhaveit,averyclearanddeterminedUS
President.
OnecanonlythinkthisinvasionwillundoallofthegoodworkoftheDétenteyears.
We’llbringyoutheimportantdetailsassoonaswegetthem,fornow,hereistheweatherwhereyouare…
11.24am
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SovietinvasionofAfghanistanUSPresidentCartercallsemergencymeetingwithkeystaff
Carterpromisestodowhateverittakestostopcommunistexpansion
Yourjob:
Togetafrontpageoutassoonaspossible,itisvitallyimportantthatourpaperisthefirstleadingwiththisstory!
Youneedthekeypeople,theissues,thecausesandtheconsequences!
1980OlympicsMoscow
• InprotesttotheinvasionofAfghanistan,theUSAledaboycottoftheOlympicsinMoscow• 60+nationssupportedtheUSA• BrezhnevwashopingtousetheOlympicstopromotecommunismtotheglobe• ThesupportforUSAclearlyshowedtheinfluenceofAmericaaroundtheworld• USAthreatenedtotakeathlete’spassportsiftheytriedtogo,Britainletathletesgobut
encouragedthemnottotakepart,othercountriesletathletescompeteasindependents.
• TheOlympicswasobviouslypoorandlookedworseontelevision• Sovietswereangrythattheyhadbeenunderminedandmadetolookfoolish
• ThiswasasignificantmomentinColdWar2 Explainwhy?
1984OlympicsLosAngeles
• Fouryearslater,theSovietsledtheirownboycottoftheUSOlympicswithsupportfrom15communistcountries
Stickthisconsequenceschartintoyourbookandrankfromleasttomostsignificant…
Thenwriteaparagraphforyourtop3explainingwhytheyaresoimportant