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<li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v01"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Foundations of Foreign Policy, Volume I</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook, PDF)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v02"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Volume II</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook, PDF)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v03"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Foreign Economic Policy, Volume III</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook, PDF)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v04"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">National Security Policy, Volume IV</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook, PDF)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v05"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">European Security, 1977–1983, Volume V</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Under Declassification Review)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v06"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Soviet Union, Volume VI</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook, PDF)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v07"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Poland, 1977–1981, Volume VII</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Under Declassification Review)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v08"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Arab-Israeli Dispute, January 1977–August 1978, Volume VIII</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook, PDF)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v09"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Arab-Israeli Dispute, August 1978–December 1980, Volume IX</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook, PDF)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v09Ed2"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Arab-Israeli Dispute, August 1978–December 1980, Second, Revised Edition, Volume IX</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook, PDF)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v10"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Iran: Revolution, January 1977–November 1979, Volume X</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Under Declassification Review)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v11p1"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Iran: Hostage Crisis, November 1979–September 1980, Volume XI, Part 1</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook, PDF)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v11p2"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Iran: Hostage Crisis, September 1980–January 1981, Volume XI, Part 2</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Under Declassification Review)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v12"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Afghanistan, Volume XII</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook, PDF)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v13"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">China, Volume XIII</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook, PDF)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v14"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Japan; Korea, Volume XIV</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Under Declassification Review)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v15"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Central America, Volume XV</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook, PDF)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v16"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Southern Africa, Volume XVI</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook, PDF)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v17p1"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Horn of Africa, Volume XVII, Part 1</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook, PDF)</span></span> </li> <li> <a 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href="frus1977-80v19"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">South Asia, Volume XIX</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook, PDF)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v20"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Eastern Europe, Volume XX</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook, PDF)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v21"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Cyprus; Turkey; Greece, Volume XXI</span> </a> <span data-template="frus:volume-availability-summary"><span class="hsg-status-notice"> (Published and available in Full Text, Ebook, PDF)</span></span> </li> <li> <a data-template="app:parse-params" href="frus1977-80v22"> <span data-template="frus:volume-title">Southeast Asia and the 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