POLITBURO decision about the mentaly ill. ANDROPOV circulates to fellow Politburo members a report from Krasnodar Region KGB suggesting a widespread threat from the mentally ill to public order and the Soviet system. Includes (p. 2) Andropov's note to the Politburo (19 January 1970, 141-A), and a report (pp. 3-5) to Andropov from Major-General SMORODINSKY … Continue reading Abuse of Psychiatry, Krasnodar KGB report (22 Jan 1970*, Pb 151/XIII)
POLITBURO meeting. What to do with Alexander SOLZHENITSYN: arrest him, put him on trial, imprison or deport him? Russian text first published in Russkaya mysl (Paris), 30 September & 10 October 1993. [Russian text, see below.] ============================================= Top Secret Single Copy (Draft Minutes) MEETING OF CPSU POLITBURO, 7 January 1974 chaired by Comrade L.I. BREZHNEV … Continue reading Imprison or deport Solzhenitsyn? (7 Jan 1974*, Pb)
KGB MEMORANDUM. ANDROPOV to BREZHNEV on possibility of using Willy BRANDT to help expel SOLZHENITSYN from USSR to FRG, after his declarations in Solzhenitsyn’s defence [R: 7 February 1974, 350-A-ov]. 2 pp. ======================= [page one of two] MEMORANDUM FROM THE USSR COMMITTEE OF STATE SECURITY [KGB] AT THE USSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS No 350-A / … Continue reading Deport Solzhenitsyn to West Germany (7 Feb 1974*, 350-A/ov)
KGB (Andropov) to CENTRAL COMMITTEE. The need to keep writer Andrei Sinyavsky, released from the camps in 1971, away from "anti-social elements". Offer and permit him the opportunity to work in France for three years [R: 26 February 1973, 409-A]. 2 pp. {The attached Russian original is unabridged, and so is the following English translation, … Continue reading Send Sinyavsky to France (26 Feb 1973*, 409-A)
KGB MEMORANDUM. Deportation from FRG of the Soviet historian Mikhail Voslensky. Extend his Soviet travel passport, but abduct and forcibly return him to the USSR if necessary [R: 30 April 1972, 1176-A]. 2 pp. ====================================================== [page one of two] Top Secret USSR Committee of State Security [KGB] at the USSR Council of Ministers 30 April … Continue reading Deport historian Voslensky from West Germany (30 April 1972*, 1176-A)
SECRETARIAT. Circulate report (pp 3-7) about the state of psychiatric care in the USSR by Central Committee Department for Research & Higher Education [R: 22 February 1972, St 31-19]. 7 pp. (excerpts) ================================= [page one and two same document; additional handwritten notes on p 2] Workers of all lands, unite! COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET … Continue reading State of psychiatric care in the USSR (22 Feb 1972*, St 31/19)
KGB MEMORANDUM. 'Anti-Soviet elements' intend to hold an international seminar in Moscow, "The KGB and Perestroika", inviting prominent foreigners and former dissidents to attend [R: 27 Jul 88, 1541-K]. 2 pp. ========================== [page one of two] Top Secret 27 July 1988, No 1541-K To the CPSU Central Committee The intention of anti-social elements to hold … Continue reading Block rights activists’ seminar (27 July 1988*, 1541-K)
KGB report (Chebrikov) indicates the numbers serving a sentence under Articles 70 [114], 190-1 [119] and 142 [10] of the RSFSR Criminal Code, one third of them [96] held in psychiatric institutions. Applications for a pardon from such prisoners are to be encouraged [R: 1 Feb 87, 183-Ch]. 9 pp (excerpts). ====================================== [page one of nine] … Continue reading Imprisoned under Articles 70, 190-1 and 142 (1 Feb 1987*, 183-Ch)
POLITBURO meeting (excerpt). KGB head CHEBRIKOV brackets political prisoners with those committing "serious State crimes", as did the RSFSR Criminal Code (see Notes). Between one third and a half of all political prisoners to be offered their freedom if they agree to discontinue their previous activities [R 25 Sep 86, Pb]. 3 pp. ====================================== [page … Continue reading Political Prisoners and State criminals (25 Sept 1986*, Pb)
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