Documents from the Bulletins of the Cold War International History Project (CWIHP) Compiled, translated into English and republished November 2001 (79 pp); some have been included, in part or in full, in the archive. Compare Section 9.2, USSR and Afghanistan, 1974-1992, which usually includes Russian original. [ See Short Biographies for Afghan, Soviet and other … Continue reading THE USSR AND AFGHANISTAN (1978-1989), CWIHP documents
RF PRESIDENTIAL ARCHIVE. List of eight documents reflecting Politburo discussion and action in relation to Poland, between August 1980 and September 1982 [R: Jul 92]. One page. For translations of these documents see this websiteand section 9.4 The USSR and Poland. ================= [page one of one] LIST documents from the Archive of the President of … Continue reading Politburo documents about Poland (July 1992*, RF Presidential Archive)
* 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
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
KGB report. Measures to halt the anti-Soviet activities of the “Helsinki Watch Committee in the USSR": Yury ORLOV, Alexander GINZBURG, Mykola RUDENKO, and 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 … Continue reading How to halt Helsinki Groups (20 Jan 1977*, 123-A)
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 Discussion with Cyrus Vance (18 Feb 1977*, Pb 46/X)
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 Sorsa, “a confidential contact” (16 Dec 1980*, St 241/108)
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
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)
The Bukovsky Archives 