SECRETARIAT. Concern about US intentions at forthcoming CSCE conference [1] in Madrid [R: 25 October 1979, St 182-27]. 3 pp. ======================= [page one of three] Workers of all Lands, Unite! COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION. CENTRAL COMMITTEE [text along left-hand margin] Return to CPSU Central Committee (General Dept, sector 1) within 15 days of … Continue reading US plans for coming CSCE Conference (25 Oct 1979*, St 182/27)
Selected by a prominent Soviet-era dissident and veteran opponent of the regime, this archive is a unique source of information on the post-Stalin years of the USSR. In 1992, Vladimir Bukovsky was given access to the archives of the CPSU Central Committee in Moscow for a period of five months. The new Russian government of … Continue reading 02. The Status of these Archives
POLITBURO decision. Financial assistance (in US$) in 1981 to Communist Parties and movements: USA, 2 million; France, 2 million; Finland, 1.4 million; Portugal, 700,000. A list of 57 recipients [R: 1980, 29 December]. 5 pp. =============================== [page one of five] Workers of all Lands, Unite! [Text in top left hand corner of page] Must be … Continue reading Funding parties & movements abroad (29 Dec 1980*, Pb 230/34)
POLITBURO. Final version of letter to leaders of the French Communist Party (PCF) [R: 15 March 1977, Pb 49-XV] 23 pp (excerpts). See draft of letter above: 22 February, St 45/8. =================================================== [page two] Item 15, Minutes No 49 Top Secret To the Central Committee of the French Communist Party Dear Comrades ----------------------------------------------- [page two] … Continue reading Letter to French Communist Party (15 March 1977*, Pb 49/XV)
KGB REPORT (Zakharov). Transfer to the Stasi (GDR secret police) copies of 1930s and wartime documents linking FRG Chancellor KIESINGER to the Nazis [R: 27 May 1969 – 231-Z]. One page. ================================================== SPECIAL FILE Top Secret To the CPSU Central Committee In accordance with the decision of the Central Committee Secretariat (St‑57/59) of 16 September 1968, … Continue reading FRG Chancellor’s links to Nazis (27 May 1969*, 231-Z)
Politburo. Suppression of American broadcasts to Cuba – request for equipment to hamper and block the transmissions (2 pp). [R 21 Jul 90, No 0747] =========================================================== Translated by Valeri Kalabugin, July 2010 [Translator's notes are bracketed] 5. 1. 5-9 [in handwriting] Confidential [a note in handwriting:] 43 Copy No. 1 [Typed and handwritten text, ][...] … Continue reading 21 July 1990** (No 0747) Cuba
SECRETARIAT. Request from CPUSA leadership for part of the debt incurred in distributing Soviet books to be written off [R: 5 January 1982 – St 44-7]. One page. ===================================================== [page one of one] Workers of the world, unite! Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Central Committee Top Secret No. St-44/7s Extract from Minutes of CPSU … Continue reading Write off CPUSA book debt (5 January 1982*, St 44/7)
Secretariat. About a visit to Cuba by specialists from the USSR Ministry of Defence. The group is to be led by N. V. OGARKOV, Chief of the General Staff (21 pp). [R 4 February 1981, St 249-12] =========================================================== [Translator’s notes are bracketed] #CT-249/12gc/ 02.04.81/ TOP SECRET/SPECIAL FOLDER RESOLUTION Of the Secretariat of the CC of … Continue reading 4 February 1981** (St 249/12) Cuba
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 Stopping “anti-Soviet campaign” in Italy (27 Sept 1977*, St 74/6)
The Bukovsky Archives 