1968

January to June

26 January 1968*, 181-A [3.1] – KGB TO SECRETARIAT. Results of the GINZBURG and GALANSKOV trial [R: 26 Jan 68, 4 pp – 181-A]. 4 pp. (tbt) (Cf. Chronicle report CCE 1.1)

26 February 1968, 444-A [3.1] – KGB MEMORANDUM. The intention of PYOTR YAKIR, PAVEL LITVINIOV, LARISA BOGORAZ and others to send a letter to the conference of Communist Party leaders in Budapest [R: 26 February 1968, 444-A]. 2 pp (Cf. Chronicle report CCE 1.4 [text of appeal]).

4 March 1968, Pb 73 [5] – POLITBURO. Financial assistance to Communist Parties and movements in Spain, $120,000; Denmark, $90,000; Guatemala, $65,000; $Lebanon, 55,000; $Kenya, 50,000; $Angola, 25,000; Nigeria, $45,000; and Sierra Leone, £15,000. Cf. 8 January 1969*. [R: 4 March 1968, Pb -75]. 5 pp.

15 April 1968*, Pb 79/XI [3.1] – POLITBURO. Plan of response to protests about the trial of GINZBURG and GALANSKOV: arrest Pyotr GRIGORENKO; send Alexander YESENIN-VOLPIN to the USA; banish Pyotr YAKIR and Pavel LITVINOV from Moscow [R: 15 April 1968, Pb 79-XI]. 7 pp. (tbt) (Cf. Chronicle report CCE 1.2)

15 April 1968*, Pb 79/XII [3.1] – POLITBURO. Proposal to revoke the Soviet citizenship of Ilya GABAI and Anatoly MARCHENKO [R: 15 April 1968, Pb 79-XII]. 3 pp.

15 April 1968, St 50/148 [1.2; 9.1] – SECRETARIAT. Cancelling the debts of US firms linked to CP USA that distribute Soviet publications [R: 15 April 1968, St 50-148]. 17 pp.

16 May 1968, Pb 81/XVI [3.1] – POLITBURO. Pyotr GRIGORENKO’s activities in response to the trial of GINZBURG and GALANSKOV [R: 16 May 1968, Pb 81-XVI]. 8 pp.

10 June 1968*, 1342-A [3.1] – KGB MEMORANDUM. The intentions of the Crimean Tatars to appeal to the United Nations, a clandestine report on Pyotr GRIGORENKO [R: 10 June 1968, 1342-A].

11 June 1968*, 1372-A [3.1] – KGB REPORT. A new samizdat publication A Chronicle of Current Events and its distribution by Pavel LITVINOV, Pyotr YAKIR, and Natalya GORBANEVSKAYA [R: 11 June 1968,  1372-A]. 2 pp.

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July to December

5 July 1968, 1547-A [3.1] – KGB MEMORANDUM. Anatoly MARCHENKO’s intention to publish his book My Testimony abroad [R: 5 July 1968, 1547-A]. 2 pp.

11 July 1968, No 532 [3.4] – Article in The New York Times about Andrei SAKHAROV’s new book Progress, Peaceful Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom [R: 11 July 1968, No 532]. 6 pp.

29 July 1968, 1776-А [3.1] – KGB MEMORANDUM. Arrest of Anatoly MARCHENKO and confiscation of his letter about Czechoslovakia [R: 29 July 1968 – 1776-A] (Cf. Chronicle report CCE 3.1 [1].)

4 August 1968*, 2095-A [3.1] – KGB MEMORANDUM. ROY MEDVEDEV’s book Let History Judge and relations between Roy MEDVEDEV and Andrei SAKHAROV [R: 4 August 1968, 20954-A]. 2 pp. (tbt) (Cf. Chronicle report CCE 6.8 [1].)

6 August 1968, No 841 [3.4] – About intercepted letter from Hutchison, the editor of American magazine Problems of War and Peace, to SAKHAROV. The magazine published SAKHAROV’s article [R: 6 August 1968, No 841]. 10 pp.

4 September 1968* (no number) [3.1] – LETTER to Anastas MIKOYAN from Ivy LITVINOV [née LOW] in defence of her arrested grandson, Pavel LITVINOV [R: 4 September 1968].

5 September 1968*, 2102-A [3.1] – KGB REPORT. Demonstration on Red Square against invasion of Czechoslovakia by LITVINOV, BOGORAZ, FAINBERG, DREMLYUGA, DELAUNAY, Konstantin BABITSKY, Tatyana BAYEVA, KHOREKHOVA, and RUSAKOVSKAYA [LITVINOV’s wife]. KGB plans to banish LITVINOV and BOGORAZ from Moscow. [R: 5 September 1968, 2102-A]. 2 pp.

20 September 1968, 2205-A [3.1] – KGB REPORT. Conclusion of the preparation and plans for the trial of LITVINOV, BOGORAZ, Victor FAINBERG, Vladimir DREMLYUGA, and Vadim DELAUNAY [R: 20 September 1968, 2205-A]. 3 pp.

11 October 1968, 2371-A [3.1] – KGB MEMORANDUM. Results of the LITVINOV, BOGORAZ, FAINBERG, DREMLYUGA and DELAUNAY trials [R: 11 October 1968, 2371-A]. 2 pp. (Cf. Chronicle report CCE 4.1)

25 December 1968, St 64/52 [1.2; 9.1] – SECRETARIAT. Replace present Moscow correspondent of The Daily World, newspaper of the US Communist Party (CPUSA), with more reliable MIKE DAVIDOW [R: 25 December 1968, St 64-52]. 4 pp.

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1969

January to June

8 January 1969*, Pb 111/162 [5] – POLITBURO DECISION. Set up an “International Fund to aid Left-wing, Workers’ Organizations”. Fund total, $16.5 million; Soviet contribution, $14 million [R: 8 January 1969, Pb 111-162]. 4 pp.

14 January 1969*, Pb 111 [3.1] – POLITBURO. KGB measures prompting Andrei SINYAVSKY to ask for a pardon [R: 14 January 1969, Pb III]. 2 pp.

12 March 1969, No 281 [3.4] – REVIEW of publications in the Western press about Andrei SAKHAROV [R: 12 March 1969, No 281]. 6 pp.

16 April 1969, 887-A [3.1] – KGB REPORT. The increased anti-Soviet activities of Pyotr GRIGORENKO [R: 16 April 1969, 887-A]. 5 pp.

8 May 1969, St 72/81 [1.2] – SECRETARIAT. Financial assistance to the Communist Party publishing house in Israel [R: 8 May 1969, St 72-81]. 4 pp.

14 May 1969, St 73/2 [1.2] – SECRETARIAT. Financial assistance to “Du Monde entier”, Belgian publishing house linked to local Communist Party [R: 14 May 1969, St 73-2]. 2 pp.

27 May 1969*, 231-Z [5; 6] – KGB REPORT (Zakharov). Transfer to the Stasi (GDR secret police) copies of 1930s and wartime documents linking FRG Chancellor KIESINGER to the Nazis [R: 27 May 1969 – 231-Z].

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July to December

17 July 1969, St 167/3 [2.1] – SECRETARIAT. Additions to code of conduct for Soviet citizens visiting foreign countries. The code of conduct for Soviet citizens visiting capitalist countries is provided separately [R: 17 July 1969, St 167-3]. 23 pp.

4 August 1969, 1926-A [3.1] – KGB to SECRETARIAT. About Anatoly KUZNETSOV’s defection in Britain [R: 4 August 1969, 1926-A]. 3 pp.

6 August 1969, St 73/81 [5] – SECRETARIAT. Provide hard currency to support Jordanian Communist Party [R: 6 August 1969, St 73-81]. 4 pp.

28 August 1969*, 2169-A [7.2] – KGB MEMORANDUM. Arson at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and the demonstration in India organized by the KGB [R: 28 August 1969 – 2169-A]. One page.

9 September 1969*, 2273-А [6] – KGB REPORT. Meeting in Netherlands between KGB contact and director of Krupp firm. The search for “new” approaches in the FRG’s “Ostpolitik”, its policy towards USSR and eastern neighbours [R: 9 September 1969, 2273-A]. 2 pp.

1 October 1969*, 25-S-1765 [1.3; 9.1] – Honorary Doctorate in History for JAMES JACKSON, CP USA member, from Soviet university. Includes original handwritten request from GUS HALL [R: 1 October 1969, 25-S-1765]. 3 pp. (tbt)

5 November 1969*, 2792-А [1.2] – KGB MEMORANDUM to Central Committee. Measures for discrediting author and contents of Only One Year, a new book by STALIN’s daughter Svetlana ALLILUYEVA [R: 5 November 1969, 2792-A]. 4 pp.

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5. January to December 1970 …

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