1971

January to June

13 January 1971, 77-A [3.4; 3.1; 6] – KGB MEMORANDUM. The Western, anti-Soviet campaign in defence of SAKHAROV, SOLZHENITSYN and Mstislav ROSTROPOVICH [R: 13 January 1971, 77-A]. 2 pp.

15 January 1971*, St 119/11 [3.2] – SECRETARIAT circulates KGB REPORT (21 December 1970). Recent evolution of samizdat from literary works to political publications and the need obstruct and suppress this trend [R 15 January 1971, St 119-11]. 5 pp.

16 March 1971, No 704 [3.6] – SAKHAROV telegram to the USSR Minister of Health, concerning the hunger strike by Victor FAINBERG and Vladimir BORISOV in Leningrad SPH, forwarded to the Central Committee [R: 16 March 1971, No 704]. 6 pp. (Cf. Chronicle reports CCE 19.3 and CCE 22.8 [14]).

21 April 1971, St 2/2 [3.2] – CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Measures to halt the spread of samizdat [R: 21 April 1971, St 2-2]. 6 pp.

13 May 1971, St 163 [1.2; 5] – SECRETARIAT. Aid bookstore selling Soviet publications (Du monde entier) as requested by Secretary-General of Belgian Communist Party [R: 13 May 1971, St 163]. 6 pp.

19 May 1971*, Pb 4/48 [3.2] – POLITBURO decision. Pardon Andrei SINYAVSKY [R: 19 May 1971, Pb 4-48]. 4 pp.

18 June 1971*, 1572-Ch [3.2] – KGB REPORT (Chebrikov). Vladimir BUKOVSKY’s arrest [R: 18 June 1971, 1572-Ch]. 3 pp. (tbt) (Cf. Chronicle report CCE 19.1)

28 June 1971, St 8/37 [3.2] – CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Measures to stop the spread of samizdat [R: 28 June 1971, St 8-37] (See also 21 April 1971, St-2/2, above). 5 pp.

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July to December

28 July 1971*, St 123/30 [1.4] – SECRETARIAT. The invitation of “communist, workers’ and national democratic” party officials to the USSR in 1971; the organization of their accommodation, healthcare and other related expenditure [R: 28 July 1971 – St 123-30]. 2 pp.

16 September 1971, Pb 17/50 [3.2] – POLITBURO decision. Pardon Larissa BOGORAZ-BRUCHMAN [R: 16 September 1971, Pb 17-50]. 4 pp. (Cf. Chronicle report CCE 24.11 [9].)

17 September 1971, Pb 18/15 [3.2] – POLITBURO decision. Do not prosecute Veniamin KOZHARINOV, an associate of Pyotr YAKIR and Victor KRASIN [R: 17 September 1971, Pb 18-15]. 4 pp. (Cf. Chronicle reports CCE 19.11 [4] and CCE 30.2).

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1972

January to June

7 January 1972*, 40-A [3.2] – MEMORANDUM co-signed by Andropov and Rudenko, describes BUKOVSKY’s trial in a Moscow court two days earlier [R: 7 January 1972,  40-A]. 2 pp. (tbt) (Cf. Chronicle report CCE 23.1-1)

18 January 1972, St 26/2 [1.3] – SECRETARIAT. Party efforts to increase political activism of workers at the Minsk Tractor Factory [R: 18 January 1972, St 26-2]. 18 pp.

27 January 1972, St 28/11 [1.2; 9.1] – SECRETARIAT. New bureaux in New York and Lima (Peru) for the Soviet weekly magazine New Times [R 27 January 1972, St 28-11] (The new KGB bureau chief in New York is Iona ANDRONOV). 5 pp.

22 February 1972*, St 31/19 [3.6] – CENTRAL COMMITTEE decision. The state of psychiatric care in the USSR [R: 22 February 1972, St 31-19]. 7 pp.

3 March 1972*, St 33/8 [1.3; 6] – SECRETARIAT resolution. Organise trade with Japanese firms so that $100,000 is transferred to the Socialist Party of Japan to subsidise its election campaign expenses [R: 3 March 1972, St 33-8]. 3 pp. (tbt)

28 March 1972, No 58 [3.5] – On SOLZHENITSYN’s letter to PIMEN, Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). A copy of SOLZHENITSYN’s letter is not attached [R: 28 March 1972, No 58]. One page (See Chronicle report CCE 25.11 [5].)

18 April 1972, St 38/1 [3.4] – SECRETARIAT. Permission for republication in Literaturnaya gazeta of a review of SAKHAROV’s book Progress, Peaceful Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom published in the CPUSA theoretical journal Political Affairs [R: 18 April 1972, St 30-1]. 17 pp.

30 April 1972*, 1176-A [3.2; 6] – KGB MEMORANDUM. Bring Soviet historian Mikhail VOSLENSKY back from West Germany (FRG). Briefly extend his Soviet travel passport but if necessary abduct him and forcibly return him to the USSR [R: 30 April 1972, 1176-A]. 2 pp.

20 May 1972*, 1333-A [3.2] – KGB MEMORANDUM. Proposal for a press conference with foreign journalists about the convicted dissidents Vladimir BUKOVSKY and Andrei AMALRIK [R 20 May 1972, 1333-A]. 5 pp. (tbt)

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July to December

7 September 1972, No 1/5507 [3.2] – Jewish demonstrations at Dutch and Lebanese embassies in Moscow in response to the massacre at the Olympic Games in Munich [R: 7 September 1972, No 1-5507]. One page.

16 November 1972*, Pb 67/XVIII [2.1; 3.2] – POLITBURO decision. Special KGB “cautions” to be issued in cases of “politically harmful” behaviour [R: 16 November 1972, Pb 67-XVIII]. 5 pp.

30 November 1972 (no number) [1.3] – The error of permitting Nauka i zhizn (Science and Life) monthly to publish Vladimir SOLOUKHIN’s article “Grass” [R: 30 November 1972]. 4 pp.

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7. January 1973 to December 1974 …

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