KGB MEMORANDUM (Kryuchkov) to Central Committee (Gorbachov). SAKHAROV's influence on the striking miners in Vorkuta [R: 14 Nov 89, 2292-K-OV]. 2 pp. * Sakharov & Striking Miners (14 Nov '89*, 2292-K/ov) * =========================================================== [page one of two] Special Importance Copy No 2 14 November 1989, No 2292-K/ov To the CPSU Central Committee Attention: Comrade M.S. … Continue reading Sakharov & Miners (14 Nov ’89* K)
KGB MEMORANDUM (Bobkov). What to tell French Communists about imprisoned dissidents Anatoly MARCHENKO and Alexander OGORODNIKOV. Marchenko died in December 1986, following a lengthy hunger strike in Chistopol Prison [R: 4 Feb 87 – 206-B]. Marchenko's death (4 Feb '87*, 206-B) * ======================= [Page one of one] Secret 4 February 1987, No 206-B To: Comrade … Continue reading Marchenko’s death (4 Feb ’87* KGB)
KGB and Ministry of Internal Affairs: Transfer of "especially dangerous" prisoners from Vladimir Central further inland to Tatarstan. Henceforward many political prisoners would be held in Chistopol Prison (feature photo) [R: 17 March 1978, 492-Ch]. 2 pp. * Transfer to Chistopol Prison (17 March 1978*, 492-Ch) * ========================================================== [page one of two] Secret Copy no … Continue reading Transfer to Chistopol (17 March ’78* Ch)
KGB to Politburo: proposal that Soviet bloc boycott International Rostropovich Competition in Paris. Draft CPSU decree attached [R: 12 May 1977, 958-A]. 2 pp. Boycott Rostropovich (12 May '77*, 958-A) * =============================================== [page one of two] Secret 12 May 1977No.958-A To the CPSU Central Committee The international Rostropovich competition for young cellists According to information … Continue reading Boycott Rostropovich (12 May ’77* A)
POLITBURO decision about the mentally 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 Jan '70, 141-A), and a report (pp. 3-5) to Andropov from Major-General SMORODINSKY … Continue reading Abuse of Psychiatry (22 Jan ’70* Pb)
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 ’74*, 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. Deport Solzhenitsyn to West Germany (7 Feb '74*, 350-A/ov) * ================================================ [page one of two] MEMORANDUM FROM USSR COMMITTEE OF STATE SECURITY [KGB] … Continue reading Deport Solzhenitsyn (7 Feb ’74* A)
KGB (Andropov) to CENTRAL COMMITTEE. The need to keep writer Andrei Sinyavsky (feature photo), 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. * Send Sinyavsky to France (26 Feb '73*, 409-A) {The attached … Continue reading Sinyavsky to France (26 Feb ’73* A)
KGB MEMORANDUM. Deportation from FRG of the Soviet historian Mikhail Voslensky (feature photo). Extend his Soviet travel passport but abduct and, if necessary, forcibly return him to the USSR [R: 30 April 1972, 1176-A]. 2 pp. * Deport historian Voslensky from West Germany (30 Apr '72*, 1176-A) * ====================================================== [page one of two] Top Secret … Continue reading Deport Voslensky from FRG (30 Apr ’72* A)
