626 THE END OF THE COLD WAR
China (Cont.)
Bush’s visit to (1989) 380
economic reforms 46–7, 147, 382, 385,
387–8, 461, 499
Gorbachëv’s visit to (1989) 384–8
Reagan’s visit to (1984) 94
relations with US 46–7, 93–4, 384,
388–9, 499
relations with USSR 75, 93, 94, 147, 152,
187, 198, 201, 202, 378–82, 384–8
selling of advanced military technology
to by US 46–7, 94
Shevardnadze’s visit to (February 1989)
381–3
Tiananmen Square massacre (1989)
388, 389
and Vietnam 382
Chirac, Jacques 304
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) 80, 139,
175, 176, 191, 205, 259, 260–2, 328,
339
Clark, William 42, 44
Cliburn, Van 271
CoCom (Coordinating Committee for
Export Controls) 387
Comecon 107, 188, 309, 315, 324
its Complex Programme of Scientific-
Technical Progress 107, 151, 187
dissolution of (1991) 483
Committee on the Present Danger 35
communism 1, 93–101
Eurocommunism 97–8, 110, 269
world 93–101, 390, 391–2, 498
Communist International 94
communist parties, Soviet subsidies and
grants to 95–7
Communist Party of Chile 391
Communist Party of Great Britain 95–6
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Central Committee 15, 53–4, 55, 57–8,
62, 63, 67, 72, 104, 105, 107–8,
120, 125, 128, 130, 131, 133, 187,
238, 251, 280, 322, 344, 347, 366,
367, 373, 375, 401, 406, 426–7,
431, 457–8, 459, 467–8, 469, 477,
482
Defence Department 51, 59, 61, 133–5,
141, 280, 347
Department for Links with the
Communist and Workers’ Parties
96
General Department 346–7
International Department 55, 68, 75,
95–6, 99, 182, 183, 326, 346–7,
391, 398, 400, 470
Politburo
ageing of 62
Afghan Commission 105, 331, 333,
334, 337
Arms Limitation Commission 134
see also Big Five
discussions 6, 20, 21, 25, 50, 58. 61,
63, 67, 74–5, 81, 108–9, 115,
119–20, 129, 143–4, 150, 154,
163, 180–1, 186, 199, 204, 207,
224–5, 236, 242, 247, 256, 257,
266, 272, 273, 275–6, 278, 280,
281, 284, 293, 304, 306–17,
318–20, 322–4, 330–40, 347,
351, 353, 355, 357–60, 367,
372–3, 378, 381, 393–4, 396,
397, 398, 401, 407, 411, 429,
437, 451, 453, 455, 458, 459,
460, 467, 475
Ethiopian Commission 393
organization of 27, 53–4, 61, 62,
103–4, 106, 112, 121, 124–5,
183, 326, 425–6, 431
perks and routines of members of
54, 62
Polish Commission 68, 103
reports to 32, 48, 53–5, 59, 150,
178, 202–3, 204, 208, 246–7,
260, 267, 329, 348–9, 397,
398, 406–7, 436–7, 438, 456
Secretariat 15, 55, 58–9, 62, 82, 96, 99,
103–4, 105, 120, 121, 125, 128,
132, 262, 348, 360, 391, 392, 468
Propaganda Department 64, 131
see also Andropov, Yuri; Brezhnev,
Leonid; Chernenko, Konstantin;
Gorbachëv, Mikhail