KGB MEMORANDUM to Politburo describing the 25 August Red Square demonstrators. Signed by Andropov, KGB head; Shcholokov, Minister of Internal Affairs; and Malyarov, USSR Procurator’s Office [R: 5 Sept 1968, 2102-A]. 2 pp. * Red Square protest (5 Sept '68*, 2102-A) * ============================ [page one of two] Secret To the CPSU Central Committee Recently, especially … Continue reading Red Square protest (5 Sept ’68* A)
<< September 1967 to February 1969 >> * HOOVER INSTITUTION annotation [1] Memorandum to the CPSU Central Committee from: V. Stepakov, Chief of the Propaganda Department; S. Trapeznikov, Chief of the Department of Research & Educational Institutions; and V. Shauro, Chief of the Department of Culture concerning the manuscript "Under the Judgment of History" by … Continue reading “Let History Judge” (Medvedev) 1967-1969
A brief passage from Anatoly CHERNYAEV's unpublished "Diary", in which he responds to a report to the Central Committee by ANDROPOV (29 December 1975*, 3213-A) about the statements of foreign communist parties concerning "political prisoners" in the USSR (NSA, document and translation). ==================== 3 January 1976 From interesting things at the Central Committee, in the … Continue reading Chernyaev diary (3 Jan ’76)
* 1968-1982 (CCE); 1978-1991 (Vesti) * CHRONICLE The 63 published issues of the bi-monthly CHRONICLE OF CURRENT EVENTS (April 1968 to June 1982) can all be accessed in English translation. The Russian original ХРОНИКА ТЕКУЩИХ СОБЫТИЙ was available online since 2008, thanks to the Memorial Human Rights Centre. (At present [2/07/26], it is inaccessible.) Example … Continue reading 05. Uncensored Sources: “Chronicle” & “Vesti”
KGB REPORT. Measures against people defending SINYAVSKY and DANIEL (feature photo) [R: 27 January 1967, No 162] 5 pp (excerpts) * Support for Sinyavsky and Daniel (27 Jan '67*, Pb 32/5) * ===================================== [page one of five, 9 February 1967] 9 February 1967, Minute No. 32 Not to be included in the Minutes (1.) This … Continue reading Sinyavsky & Daniel (27 Jan ’67*, KGB)
SECRETARIAT. Preparations for the trial of Andrei SINYAVSKY and Yuly DANIEL. Includes joint memorandum from KGB chairman Semichastny and Procurator-General Rudenko [feature photo] (23 December 1965, 2843-S; pp. 2-7), and February 1966 report, pp. 8-9, on the outcome of the trial [R: 5 January 1966, St 132-11]. 9 pp (excerpts). * Sinyavsky-Daniel Trial preparations (5 … Continue reading Sinyavsky-Daniel Trial (5 Jan ’66* St)
A letter to MIKOYAN from Ivy LITVINOV [née Low] in defence of her grandson, Pavel, arrested after the Red Square demonstration; forwarded by Mikoyan to BREZHNEV [R: 4 September 1968]. One page. ============================================= [page one of one] Copy Dear Anastas Ivanovich, I'm writing this in distress: my grandson Pavel Litvinov is in Lefortovo prison. I … Continue reading Ivy Low-Litvinov to Mikoyan (4 Sept 1968* [Pb])
POLITBURO. Approve KGB measures prompting Andrei Sinyavsky to ask for a pardon. Includes text of 30 September 1968 (2281-A), Request from KGB, p 2. [R: 14 January 1969, Pb 111]. 2 pp. * Sinyavsky, Pardon & Release (14 Jan '69*, Pb 111) * ========================== [page one, on plain paper] Minute 11114 June 1969 MINUTED 2. … Continue reading Sinyavsky, Pardon & Release (14 Jan ’69* Pb)
KGB MEMORANDUM. A new samizdat publication and its distribution by Pavel LITVINOV, Pyotr YAKIR, and Natalya GORBANEVSKAYA [R: 11 June 1968, 1372-A]. 2 pp. Includes cover page of the first issue, "Human Rights in the USSR" (later known as "A Chronicle of Current Events"), 30 April 1968. * Future of CCE (11 June '68*, 1372-A) … Continue reading Future of CCE (11 June ’68*, A)
