1975
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] Total 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] Total 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] total 9 pp.
5 March 1975, 463-A [3.4] – KGB report. About the numerous invitations to Elena BONNER, SAKHAROV’s wife, to go for medical treatment abroad. [R 5 March 1975, 463-A] total 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]
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] total 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] total 3 pp. (tbt)
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]
14 May 1975, St 170/76 [1.4] – Secretariat. Report on the Party budget for 1974. [R 14 May 1975, St 170-76] total 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 Liberation Front of Palestine. [R 16 May 1975, 1218-A-ov]
10 June 1975, 1437-A [3.5] – KGB report. SOLZHENITSYN’s new anti-Soviet book, The Oak and the Calf, and ways to discredit the author. [R 10 June 9175, 1437-A] total 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] total 2 pp. tbt
19 June 1975, St 173/4 [3.2] – KGB report. About the negative state of mind among Soviet artistic youth; and the Izmailovo unofficial art show. [R 19 June 1975, St 173-4] total 11 pp.
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] total 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] total 2 pp.
18 July 1975, 1889-A [3.4] – KGB to Central Committee. SAKHAROV’s declaration to the Pugwash Conference in Kyoto. [R 18 July 1975, 1889-A] total 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 (2 pp). [R 4 August 1975, 2004-A] total 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, Valentin MOROZ, Irina SENIK, Gantobori MUKHAMETISHIN, Lazar SOTNICHENKO, Leonid PLYUSHCH, Sergei KOVALYOV and Andrei TVERDOKHLEBOV. [R 25 August 1975, No 94] total 9 pp.
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 (4 pp). (R 10 October 1975, Pb 192-6] total 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]
15 October 1975* (no number) [3.4] – KGB note. Actions taken to discredit the decision of the Nobel Prize Committee to award the Peace Prize to SAKHAROV. [R 15 October 1975] total 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] total 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 Izvestia) 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] total 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] total 2 pp.
8 December 1975*, 3039-A [3.2; 3.4] – KGB report. The 5 December 1975 demonstration of “anti-Soviet” elements on Pushkin Square, Moscow. [R 8 December 1975, 3039-A] (tbt)
14 December 1975*, 3088-A [6] – KGB report to Central Committee. Possible consequences of NATO’s future deployment of smart tactical weapons for Soviet military strategy. [R 14 December 1975, 3088-A] total 3 pp.
18 December 1975, Pb 198/93 [3.2; 5; 7.1] – Politburo to French Communist Party (PCF). About dissidents, human rights and the criminal investigation of Leonid PLYUSHCH. [R 18 December 1975, Pb 198-93] 9 pp.
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] total 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]
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