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]. ======================= [one page] Secret 4 February 1987, No 206-B To: Comrade Yu.I. Zuyev, deputy head of the CPSU Central Committee … Continue reading A.T. Marchenko’s death (4 Feb ’87*, 206-B)
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 [R: 17 March 1978, 492-Ch]. 2 pp. ========================================================== [page one of two] Secret Copy no 3 To the CPSU Central Committee No 06637 Transfer of especially dangerous … Continue reading Transfer to Chistopol (17 March 1978*, 492-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. =============================================== [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 received, the Association of International Gatherings in … Continue reading Boycott Rostropovich (12 May ’77*, 958-A)
Abuse of Psychiatry, Krasnodar KGB report 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. … Continue reading Abuse of Psychiatry, KGB (22 Jan ’70*, 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 Solzhenitsyn or deport him? (7 Jan ’74*, Pb)
Deport Solzhenitsyn to W. Germany. 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 USSR COMMITTEE OF STATE SECURITY [KGB] AT THE USSR COUNCIL OF … Continue reading Deport Solzhenitsyn (7 Feb ’74*, 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 ’73*, 409-A)
Deport historian Voslensky from West Germany 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. ====================================================== [page one of two] Top Secret USSR Committee of State Security [KGB] … Continue reading Deport Voslensky from FRG (30 Apr ’72*, 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)
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