POLITBURO, chaired by Gorbachov, discusses conditions on which to grant SAKHAROV's request that his wife Elena BONNER be allowed to make a trip abroad for medical treatment [R: 29 Aug 85, Pb]. 4 pp. ======================================= [page one of four] Top Secret Single Copy (Draft Minutes) MEETING OF CPSU POLITBURO, 29 August 1985 In the chair: … Continue reading Sakharov and Bonner’s illness (29 Aug 1985*, Pb)
SECRETARIAT accepts collective advice (24 January 1977, No. 42) of KGB, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other parties about a response to the libel petition filed in a US court by Alexander YESENIN-VOLPIN [R: 26 January 1977, St 42-18]. 3 pp. ================================== [page one of three] Workers of all Lands, Unite! COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE … Continue reading Yesenin-Volpin libel petition (26 Jan 1977*, St 42/18)
INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT memorandum to Central Committee (25 October 1976, 25-S-2025). Text attached to Soviet ambassadors in various countries, concerning the Western "anti-Soviet" campaign about dissidents and involvement of French Communist Party (PCF) in that campaign [R: 25 October 1976, No 25-S-2025]. 3 pp. ======================================= [page one of three] Secret 2nd sector To the CPSU Central … Continue reading PCF and dissidents (25 Oct 1976*, Int’l Dept)
KGB on its actions to discredit the decision of the Nobel Prize Committee [1] to award the Peace Prize to SAKHAROV [R: 15 October 1975]. 4 pp (excerpt). ================================= [page one of four] Secret 15 October 1975, No. 1218-A Moscow To the CPSU Central Committee Measures to discredit the decision of the Nobel Committee to … Continue reading Discrediting Sakharov (15 Oct 1975*, [KGB note])
KGB to Central Committee: the attitude of PCF and PCI (French and Italian Communist Parties) toward human rights issues. Includes information (p. 3) on conviction of dissenters in USSR since 1958 [R: 29 December 1975, 3213-A]. 5 pp. ================================= [page one of five] Top Secret USSR Committee of State Security [KGB] at the USSR Council … Continue reading PCF, PCI & human rights (29 Dec 1975*, 3213-A)
KGB to Central Committee. The State should offer work to sculptor Ernst NEIZVESTNY to prevent his further disaffection and desire to emigrate [R: 10 October 1974, 2882-A]. 3 pp. ========================================================= [page one of three] Secret To the CPSU Central Committee Providing sculptor E. Neizvestny with State commissions The Committee for State Security has learned that … Continue reading Offer work to Neizvestny (10 Oct 1974*, 2882-A)
POLITBURO decision. Jointly signed request from the KGB and Procurator-General RUDENKO (11 October 1972, 2594-А, pp. 4-5). Party leaders approve a secret decree (p. 2) about special KGB “cautions” or warnings to those engaged in “politically harmful” behaviour [R: 16 November 1972, Pb 67-XVIII]. 5 pp. Often referred to as "the 25 December 1972 decree", … Continue reading KGB “cautions”, an unpublished decree (16 Nov 1972*, Pb 67/XVIII)
SECRETARIAT decision. Consider KGB analysis of recent changes in samizdat and make proposals to deal with the phenomenon. Includes KGB report (21 December 1970, 3461-A) on the shift from literature to politics [R: 15 January 1971, St 119-11]. 5 pp. ================================= [page one of five] Workers of all Lands, Unite! COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET … Continue reading The changing nature of samizdat (15 Jan 1971*, St 119/11)
KGB note about delinquent acts during the celebration of LENIN's birth centenary [R: 27 April 1970 – 1118-A]. 2 pp (excerpt). ============================================================= [page one of two] Secret USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] of the USSR Council of Ministers 27 April 1970, No. 1118-A Moscow To the CPSU Central Committee The centenary of the “founder … Continue reading Vandalism and Lenin’s centenary (27 April 1970*, 1118-A)
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