5 December 1980** (St 240/43) Cuba, Grenada

Secretariat. Requests from Cuba and Grenada to enable radio transmissions to the USA (17 pp).  [R 5 December 1980, St 240-43] =========================================================== English Translation by Marta Olynyk, December 2010 [Translator's notes are bracketed] Proletarians of the world, unite! COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION. CENTRAL COMMITTEE TOP SECRET No. St-240/43gs Dated 5/XII/1980 Extract from Report … Continue reading 5 December 1980** (St 240/43) Cuba, Grenada

15 August 1956* (St 19/2) Distribution of “Amerika” magazine in USSR

SECRETARIAT. Draft letter to Party organizations throughout the USSR about distribution in the Soviet Union of "Amerika", a Russian-language magazine produced by the US State Department [R: 15 August 1956, St 19/2]. 6 pp. =========================== [page one of six] 19/2, 15 August 1956 19/2, 10 August 1956 Draft Letter to Party Organizations Dissemination of the … Continue reading 15 August 1956* (St 19/2) Distribution of “Amerika” magazine in USSR

5 January 1982* (St 44/7) Write off CPUSA book debt

SECRETARIAT. Request from CPUSA leadership for part of the debt incurred in distributing Soviet books to be written off [R: 5 January 1982 – St 44-7]. One page. ===================================================== [page one of one] Workers of the world, unite! Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Central Committee Top Secret No. St-44/7s Extract from Minutes of CPSU … Continue reading 5 January 1982* (St 44/7) Write off CPUSA book debt

5 November 1969* (2792-A) Discrediting Alliluyeva

KGB MEMORANDUM. Tactics for discrediting the author and contents of Only One Year, a new book by Stalin’s daughter Svetlana ALLILUYEVA [R: 5 November 1969, 2792-A]. 4 pp (excerpt). ============================================================== [page two of four - page one contains only two written words] SPECIAL FILE Top Secret USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] at the USSR … Continue reading 5 November 1969* (2792-A) Discrediting Alliluyeva

17 July 1979* (St 167/18) Coppola and joint US-Soviet film

SECRETARIAT gives go-ahead for talks with director Francis Ford COPPOLA about a joint Soviet-American feature film about disarmament. Includes 12 July memorandum from Culture and International Departments, and letter from head of Goskino [R: 17 July 1979, St 167-18]. 5 pp. =============== [page one of five] Workers of all Lands, Unite! COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE … Continue reading 17 July 1979* (St 167/18) Coppola and joint US-Soviet film

27 August 1966* Novosti and the ABC TV company

Request from US television company ABC for permission to film a TV-program about the life of a working-class Soviet family [R: 27 August 1966]. One page. ============================= [page one of one] Secret To the CPSU Central Committee The Novosti Press Agency [APN] has received a request from representatives of the American television company ABC to … Continue reading 27 August 1966* Novosti and the ABC TV company