Category: 3.2 the 1970s

15 March 1977* (Pb 49/XV) Letter to French Communist Party

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POLITBURO. Final version of letter to leaders of the French Communist Party (PCF) [R: 15 March 1977, Pb 49-XV] 23 pp (excerpts). See draft of letter above: 22 February, St 45/8. =================================================== [page two] Item 15, Minutes No 49 Top Secret To the Central Committee of the French Communist Party Dear Comrades ----------------------------------------------- [page two] … Continue reading 15 March 1977* (Pb 49/XV) Letter to French Communist Party

14 March 1978* (Pb 97/54) Rostropovich loses Soviet citizenship

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Formal, jointly signed REQUEST (March 1978, 459-A) by KGB, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Central Committee that Mtsislav Rostropovich and his wife Galina Vishnevskaya be stripped of their Soviet citizenship [R: 14 March 1978, Pb 97-54]. 5 pp. (Excerpts) =========================================================== [page one of five] To item 54 of Minutes No. 97 Secret To the CPSU … Continue reading 14 March 1978* (Pb 97/54) Rostropovich loses Soviet citizenship

15 December 1976* (Pb 38/46) Corvalan-Bukovsky exchange

POLITBURO. Decision on exchange of CORVALAN for BUKOVSKY. Contains three other documents: instructions to Soviet ambassadors in Bern and Washington (A. Dobrynin); and jointly signed submission (p. 6) by Andropov, Gromyko and Ponomaryov (14 December 1976, 2816-A) about the timing and logistics of the exchange [R: 15 December 1976, Pb 38-46] Six pages (excerpt). ====================================== … Continue reading 15 December 1976* (Pb 38/46) Corvalan-Bukovsky exchange

27 September 1977* (St 74/6) Stopping “anti-Soviet campaign” inItaly

SECRETARIAT. Measures to stop "anti-Soviet campaign" in Italy [R: 27 September 1977, 14 pp – St 4407]. 13 pp (excerpt). ====================================== [In September 1977, Boris Ponomaryov and Vasily Kuznetsovreported to the Central Committee] [page twelve] a new wave in the anti-Soviet and anti-socialist campaign is building up in Italy, with the main emphasis on the … Continue reading 27 September 1977* (St 74/6) Stopping “anti-Soviet campaign” inItaly

24 March 1977* (Pb 50/71) anti-Soviet campaign

POLITBURO. Measures to "stop activities of the US special services in the anti-Soviet campaign" about human rights [R: 24 March 1977, Pb 50-71]. 4 pp. ======================================================== [page two of four] [...] According to information received, this operation has prompted a serious reaction in the USA and other Western countries. Reports in American newspapers, on radio … Continue reading 24 March 1977* (Pb 50/71) anti-Soviet campaign

1 April 1978* (785-A) Putting Helsinki Group members and “spies” on trial

JOINT MEMORANDUM to Central Committee from KGB, USSR Procurator-General and ?Ministry of Justice. Delay trials of “anti-Soviet elements” ([a] dissidents Anatoly SHCHARANSKY, Alexander GINZBURG, Yury ORLOV and Zviad GAMSAKHURDIA; and [b] "spies" Lubman, Filatov and Nilov) until a politically suitable time [R: 1 April 1978, 785-A]. 4 pp (excerpts). ============================== [page one of four] Secret … Continue reading 1 April 1978* (785-A) Putting Helsinki Group members and “spies” on trial