* Russia one year later Richard PIPES [1] «The Washington Post» (16 August 1992) In the morning hours of 7 July 1992 an unusual spectacle unfolded in the center of Moscow, off Staraya Ploshchad, where until recently the all-powerful Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) had had its headquarters: In … Continue reading “The Past on Trial” (1992) Richard Pipes describes CPSU hearings
31 October 1975* (2743-A) KGB Warnings
KGB REPORT. The results of preventative and prophylactic work by the KGB since 1959, reducing the need for imprisonment, even for the most serious crimes. Statistical information for 1959-1974 [R: 31 October 1975, Volkogonov]. 2 pp. ================= [page one of two] Top Secret SPECIAL FOLDER Committee for State Security [KGB] at the USSR Council of … Continue reading 31 October 1975* (2743-A) KGB Warnings
20 January 1977* (123-A) Helsinki Groups
KGB report. Measures to halt the anti-Soviet activities of the “Helsinki Watch Committee in the USSR": Yury ORLOV, Alexander GINZBURG, Mykola RUDENKO, Tomas VENCLOVA. Includes Secretariat Resolution, St 1/15 (25 January 1977) [R: 20 January 1977, St 1-15]. 6 pp. ============================================= Top Secret SPECIAL FILE Proposal to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of … Continue reading 20 January 1977* (123-A) Helsinki Groups
18 February 1977* (Pb 46/X) Cyrus Vance
Instructions to Anatoly DOBRYNIN, Soviet ambassador to the USA, concerning a discussion with Secretary of State Cyrus VANCE about human rights [R: 18 February 1977, Pb 46-X]. 7 pp (excerpt). ================= Proletariats of the World unite! COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION. THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE Top Secret No P46/X To: comrades Brezhnev, Podgomy, Kosygin, Andropov, … Continue reading 18 February 1977* (Pb 46/X) Cyrus Vance
16 December 1980* (St 241/108) Kalevi Sorsa, “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] Workers of all Lands, … Continue reading 16 December 1980* (St 241/108) Kalevi Sorsa, “confidential contact”
[iii] Support the Nicaraguan Resistance
New York Times, 18 April 1985 (display advertisement) * An Urgent Message from Europeans to Congress Support the Nicaraguan Resistance Democracy itself is at stake in Nicaragua. After four years of dictatorship, the FSLN, the totalitarian ruling party, has not succeeded in breaking the resistance of the Nicaraguan people. After the relative liberalization represented by … Continue reading [iii] Support the Nicaraguan Resistance
Chernyaev diary (3 January 1976)
A brief passage from Anatoly CHERNYAEV's unpublished "Diary", in which he responds to a report to the Central Committee by ANDROPOV (29 December 1975*, 3213-A) about the statements of foreign communist parties concerning "political prisoners" in the USSR (NSA, document and translation). ==================== 3 January 1976 From interesting things at the Central Committee, in the … Continue reading Chernyaev diary (3 January 1976)
22 June 1978* (Pb) Shcharansky
Yury Andropov briefs Politburo on forthcoming trial of Anatoly SHCHARANSKY, arrested in mid-March the previous year. (MHG 30th anniversary) total 2 pp. =================== V-118 Top secret The only copyWorking paper SESSION OF THE POLITBURO OF THE CC CPSUJune 22, 1978 Chaired by Comrade Brezhnev, L.I. In attendance: Comrades Andropov, U.V.; Grishin, V.V.; Gromyko, A.A.; Kulakov, … Continue reading 22 June 1978* (Pb) Shcharansky
“Judgement” in print (1995-2019)
LANGUAGE EDITIONS in alphabetical order (* earliest editions, 1995-1996) * ENGLISH (2016; 2019) Judgment in Moscow, 9th November Press: Los Angeles, 2019 (unabridged, translated by Alyona Kozhevnikov). Judgement in Moscow, 2016 (abridged, translated & edited by John R. Crowfoot). * FRENCH (1995) * Jugement à Moscou: Un dissident dans les archives du Kremlin, Robert Laffont: … Continue reading “Judgement” in print (1995-2019)
The Bukovsky Archives 