SECRETARIAT. Concern about US intentions at forthcoming CSCE conference [1] in Madrid [R: 25 October 1979, St 182-27]. 3 pp. * US plans for CSCE Conference ======================= [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, … Continue reading US & CSCE Conference (25 Oct ’79*, St 182/27)
Sorsa, "a confidential contact". SECRETARIAT. Ambassador to visit Kalevi SORSA, chairman of Finnish Social Democratic Party and "confidential contact", and congratulate him on his 50th birthday. Includes message to ambassador and preceding note (11 December 1980, 18‑S‑21) from Anatoly CHERNYAEV, p. 3 [R: 16 Dec 80, St 241-108]. 8 pp. ============================ [page one of eight] … Continue reading Sorsa “contact” (16 Dec ’80*, St 241/108)
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
SECRETARIAT. Letter to chairman of Danish Social Democratic Party about the arrest of refusenik Victor BRAILOVSKY, explaining his “criminal activities” [R: 26 December 1980, St 243-57]. 3 pp. =================================== [Text from a different document, presumably International Department to Central Committee] The chairman of the Danish Social Democratic Party, Prime Minister A[nker] Jorgensen has sent a … Continue reading Danish SDP about Brailovsky (26 Dec 1980*, St 243/57)
Instructions to KGB station chiefs abroad about work on the Socialist International [R: 26 August 1977, No 644-54] 6 pp. (Copy of Russian original kindly provided by Mr Oleg Gordievsky.) =========================================================== Station chiefs (as listed) No. 644/54 Guidance-task concerning the Socialist International The new balance of forces in the international arena, the development of the … Continue reading Work with Socialist International (26 Aug ’77*, No 644/54)
From SOVIET EMBASSY in FRG. Analytical report about the policies of the West German SDP [R: 21 June 1977]. 17 pp (excerpts). * Policies of FRG's Social Democratic Party ============================================ [page one] Soviet embassy in the Federal German Republic Secret Copy No. 2 20 May 1977 The policies of the SDP leadership [...] ... there are … Continue reading SDP Policies in FRG (21 Jun ’77*, Soviet embassy)
KGB REPORT (Zakharov). Transfer to the Stasi (GDR secret police) copies of 1930s and wartime documents linking FRG Chancellor KIESINGER [feature photo] 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 … Continue reading FRG Chancellor’s links to Nazis (27 May ’69*, 231-Z)
POLITBURO. Instructions to Soviet ambassadors on human rights issues [R: 19 May 1977, Pb 56-68]. 21 pp (excerpt). ======================== [page two] Secret To all Soviet ambassadors and representatives Recently a wide and coordinated campaign has unfolded in the West concerning the phoney “violations of human rights” in the Soviet Union and other socialist countries. Those … Continue reading Soviet ambassadors on human rights (19 May 1977*, Pb 56/68)
Memo from ambassador Falin in West Germany (FRG). The anti-Soviet campaign in the FRG and a possible "solution" to the human rights issue in the USSR [R: 2 March 1977, No 74], 11 pp (excerpts). =================================================== Soviet Embassy in German Federal Republic Top Secret (copy No 2) 2 March 1977, No 74 Concerning the campaign in … Continue reading Falin memo about FRG (2 March ’77*, No 74)
The Bukovsky Archives 