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 Anatoly 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)
SECRETARIAT confirms International Department request (29 December 1976, 25-S-2359): provide 11 months of military training for 15 members of the Socialist Party of Chile. Preceded by 30 August 1976 record of conversation at International Department [R: 30 December 1976, St 38-36]. 4 pp. ================================== [page one of four] Top Secret SPECIAL FILE St 38/36, 30 … Continue reading Military training for Socialist Party of Chile (30 Dec 1976*, St 38/36)
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 January 1970, 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)
SECRETARIAT. Meet request from Lebanese Communist Party leadership for the military training of 12 people [R: 29 December 1973, St 108-62]. 2 pp. ======================================= [page one of two] No. St 108/62, 29 December 1973 SPECIAL FILE Top Secret RESOLUTION of the CPSU Central Committee Secretariat Re. the request of the leadership of the Lebanese Communist … Continue reading Military Training for Lebanese CP (29 Dec ’73*, St 108/62)
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)
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