January to March

10 January 1975**, 55-A/ov [7.2] – ANDROPOV to BREZHNEV. Clandestine visit to Moscow by Wadie HADDAD of the “People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine” (PFLP). The USSR is to supply the PFLP with foreign-made equipment and weapons [R: 10 January 1975, 55-A-OV]. 2 pp.

27 January 1975, St 158/47 [1.4; 2.2] – SECRETARIAT. About the selection procedure in appointing Party and Komsomol members to leadership positions in the KGB [R: 27 January 1975, St 158-47]. 12 pp.

2 February 1975 (no number) [1.2] – Letter from “Swiss Labour Party” requesting payment for publishing three books about USSR [R: 2 February 1975]. 9 pp.

5 March 1975, 463-A [3.4] – KGB REPORT. About the numerous invitations to Yelena BONNER, SAKHAROV’s wife, to go for medical treatment abroad [R: 5 March 1975, 463-A]. 6 pp.

11 March 1975*, 547-A [2.2; 3.2] – KGB MEMORANDUM. Confiscation of matzo in parcels sent from abroad [R: 11 March 1975, 547-A]. One page.

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April to June

5 April 1975, 784-A [3.2] – KGB REPORT. Writer Vladimir VOINOVICH intends to set up a branch of the PEN Club in Moscow [R: 5 April 1975, 784-A]. 3 pp.

12 April 1975*, 878-A [3.2] – KGB REPORT. The criminal activities of Andrei TVERDOKHLEBOV as a member of the Committee for Human Rights, and the Moscow branch of Amnesty International [R: 12 April 1975, 878-A]. 3 pp. (tbt)

[Cf. Chronicle report: “The Arrest of Tverdokhlebov, 18 April 1975”, CCE 36.1]

4 May 1975*, 1103-A [2.2; 3.2] – KGB MEMORANDUM. The situation during the 1975 May Day celebrations [R: 4 May 1975, 1103-A]. One page.

14 May 1975, St 170/76 [1.4] – SECRETARIAT. Report on the Party budget for 1974 [R: 14 May 1975, St 170-76]. 17 pp.

16 May 1975*, 1218-A/ov [7.2] – ANDROPOV to BREZHNEV. Foreign-made weapons have been supplied to Wadie HADDAD of the “People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine“ [R: 16 May 1975, 1218-A-ov]. One page.

10 June 1975, 1437-A [3.5] – KGB REPORT. Aleksandr SOLZHENITSYN’s new anti-Soviet book, The Oak and the Calf, and ways to discredit the author [R: 10 June 9175, 1437-A]. 3 pp.

12 June 1975*, 1482-A [3.2] – KGB MEMORANDUM. Attempts by “German extremists” to provoke anti-Soviet behaviour during elections in USSR [R: 12 June 1975, 1482-A]. 2 pp. (tbt)

19 June 1975, St 173/4 [3.2] – KGB REPORT. About the negative state of mind among Soviet artistic youth; the Izmailovo unofficial art show [R: 19 June 1975, St 173-4]. 11 pp.

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July to September

10 July 1975, Pb 176/7 [3.2] – SECRETARIAT. Rules for those going on trips abroad [R: 10 July 1975, St 176-7]. 11 pp.

14 July 1975, Pb 147/42 [7.1] – KGB request to POLITBURO. Politburo decision to allocate 37,625 “hard currency” roubles to the KGB [R: 14 July 1975, Pb 147-42]. 2 pp.

18 July 1975, 1889-A [3.4] – KGB to CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Andrei SAKHAROV’s declaration to the “Pugwash Conference” in Kyoto [R: 18 July 1975, 1889-A]. 4 pp.

4 August 1975, Pb 185/134 [2.2] – POLITBURO decision. To demolish the Ipatyev House in Sverdlovsk, where the last Tsar, NICOLAS II, and his family were executed in 1918 [R: 4 August 1975, 2004-A]. 2 pp.

25 August 1975, No 94 [3.2] – Report on the status of investigations into the “criminal activities” of the following: Yakov GALKIN, Nikolai RUDENKO, Vladimir BUKOVSKY, Valentyn MOROZ, Iryna SENIK, Gantobori MUKHAMETISHIN, Lazar SOTNICHENKO, Leonid PLYUSHCH, Sergei KOVALYOV and Andrei TVERDOKHLEBOV [R: 25 August 1975, No 94]. 9 pp.

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October to December

10 October 1975**, Pb 192/6 [7.2] – POLITBURO. Request from the “Lebanese Communist Party“; decision to supply various arms in October-November 1975 [R: 10 October 1975, Pb 192-6]. 4 pp.

15 October 1975, 2603-A [3.2] – KGB MEMORANDUM. Announcing that VLADIMIR MAXIMOV has been deprived of his Soviet citizenship [R: 15 October 1975, 2603-A]. One page.

15 October 1975* (no number) [3.4] – KGB NOTE. Actions taken to discredit decision of the Nobel Prize Committee to award Peace Prize to SAKHAROV [R: 15 October 1975]. 4 pp.

15 October 1975, (no number) [3.4] – About an interview with SAKHAROV broadcast on West German television [R: 15 October 1975, No 661]. 6 pp.

28 October 1975, 2715-A [3.4] – KGB REPORT. Andrei SAKHAROV’s reaction to the Nobel Prize award. SAKHAROV received over one hundred telegrams of congratulation from organizations and Soviet citizens. SAKHAROV’s press conference on 3 October 1975. A letter of protest against the award from 72 members of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (published in Izvestiya) with a memo from the Presidium of the Academy, explaining why Academicians ZELDOVICH, KHARITON, KAPITZA, KANTOROVICH and GINZBURG refused to sign the letter [R: 28 October 1975, 2715-A]. 7 pp.

31 October 1975, 2740-A [3.2] – KGB REPORT. Measures to prevent the family of defector AGAPOV from joining him abroad [R: 31 October 1975, 2740-A]. 2 pp.

8 December 1975*, 3039-A [3.2; 3.4] – KGB MEMORANDUM. The 5 December 1975 demonstration of “anti-social” elements on Pushkin Square, Moscow [R: 8 December 1975, 3039-A] One page. (Cf. Chronicle report, CCE 38.19 [3])

14 December 1975*, 3088-A [6] – KGB REPORT to CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Possible consequences for Soviet military strategy of NATO’s future deployment of smart tactical weapons [R: 14 December 1975, 3088-A]. 3 pp.

18 December 1975, Pb 198/93 [3.2; 5; 7.1] – POLITBURO to “French Communist Party” (PCF). Dissidents, human rights and the criminal investigation of Leonid PLYUSHCH [R: 18 December 1975, Pb 198-93]. 9 pp. (Cf. Chronicle report, CCE 38.9.)

29 December 1975*, 3213-A [3.2; 5] – KGB REPORT. ANDROPOV on the attitude of the “French and Italian Communist Parties” toward human rights issues. Includes information on conviction of dissenters since 1958 [R: 29 December 1975, 3213-A]. 5 pp.

31 December 1975**, 3240-A [7.2; 9.1] – KGB REPORT. Shipments to the USSR of American weapons captured in Vietnam [R: 31 December 1975, 3240-A]. One page.

9. January to June 1976 …

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