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. Instructions to Soviet ambassadors on human rights issues [R: 19 May 1977, Pb 56-68]. 21 pp (excerpt). ======================== [page two] Secret To all Soviet ambassadors and representatives Recently a wide and coordinated campaign has unfolded in the West concerning the phoney “violations of human rights” in the Soviet Union and other socialist countries. Those … Continue reading Soviet ambassadors on human rights (19 May 1977*, Pb 56/68)
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 Stop “anti-Soviet campaign” in Italy (27 Sept ’77*, St 74/6)
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 US special services in anti-Soviet campaign (24 Mar 1977*, Pb 50/71)
Report by the USSR Ministry of Health about results of World Psychiatric Congress in Hawaii [R: 21 November 1977, No 3042]. 9 pp (excerpt). =========================== [page two of nine] In preparation for the Congress the USSR Ministry of Health analysed the main anti-Soviet publications and prepared well-founded counter-arguments; a number of symposia were held with … Continue reading World Psychiatric Congress (21 Nov 1977*, No 3042)
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Annulment of BUKOVSKY’s 1967 conviction. [R: 5 Dec 91] ====================================== [page one of one] RSFSR Supreme Court103289 Moscow,Kuibyshev Square, 3/7 5 December 1991 No. 680 / 90 In response to No.: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN In accordance with the resolution of the Presidium of the RSFSR Supreme Court … Continue reading 1967 conviction annulled (5 Dec 1991*, No 90-680)
KGB REPORT to the Central Committee (Politburo) by Vladimir KRYUCHKOV, new KGB head (1988-1991) on Andrei SAKHAROV’s funeral [R: 20 Dec 89, 3 pp. 2568-K]. 3 pp. ============================= [page one of three] kb-4 [two illegible words] DISTRIBUTED No. 1658. Secret '177' Copy No. 2. 20 December 1989, No. 2568-K. To the CPSU Central Committee [STAMP: … Continue reading Mourning Sakharov’s death (20 Dec ’89*, 2568-K)
REPORT from leading Politburo members (SHEVARDNADZE, ALEXANDER YAKOVLEV and CHEBRIKOV). Activists propose to hold seminar on human rights: measures to hinder seminar and participation of guests from abroad and other parts of USSR. File includes 19 December 1987 (2594-Ch) report on the success (pp. 6-9) of these obstructive measures [R: 4 Dec 87]. 9 pp … Continue reading Stop “human rights” seminar (4 Dec 1987*, 2451-Ch)
KGB REPORT. ANDROPOV’s suggestion to BREZHNEV that SOLZHENITSYN could be expelled from USSR to the FRG with the cooperation of Willy Brandt [Excerpt, no Russian text currently available]. 3 pp. ==================================== ... On 8 February our representative met with Brandt’s trusted agent in order to discuss the practical aspects of Solzhenitsyn’s deportation from the Soviet Union … Continue reading Expel Solzhenitsyn to West Germany (9 Feb 1974*, 388-A)
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