Dealing with “Anti-Soviet Elements”. POLITBURO accepts NKVD request to increase quotas for 1st category (executions) and 2nd category (sent to camps) arrests in 22 Republics and Regions across the USSR [R: 31 January 1938, Pb 57-48]. 2 pp. ==================================== [page one of two] Return within 24 hours to the Central Committee Special Sector STRICTLY SECRET (From … Continue reading 31 January 1938* (Pb 57/48) the Great Terror: execution or the camps
29 December 1980* (Pb 230/34) Funding parties & movements abroad
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 29 December 1980* (Pb 230/34) Funding parties & movements abroad
31 Dec 1938* Stalin — Great Terror
STALIN’s written permission for the Krasnoyarsk Region (Siberia) to carry out over six thousand additional “1st category arrests” (executions). Instruction in pencil on a small, plain slip of paper [R 31 December 1938]. One page. ======================================= Permit Krasnoyarsk Region 6,600 additional ‘1st category’ arrests. For: Stalin, I.V. ====================================== NOTES This instruction came two months after … Continue reading 31 Dec 1938* Stalin — Great Terror
6 January 1981* (St 244/11) Peace Forum
Secretariat. About participation of Soviet delegation in the International Youth Peace Forum in Helsinki; file includes 2 February report on the results [R: 6 January 1981, St 244-11]. 18 pp (excerpts). ============================================= [pages nine to eleven, request from B. Pastukhov, Secretary of the Komsomol Central Committee] Workers of all Lands, Unite! All-Union Leninist Communist Union … Continue reading 6 January 1981* (St 244/11) Peace Forum
10 September 1976* (2066-A) Abuse of psychiatry, Western response
The KGB, USSR Ministry of Health and others write to CENTRAL COMMITTEE about Western "anti-Soviet propaganda" concerning the abuse of psychiatry for political purposes [R: 10 September 1976, 2066-A]. 18 pp. * The file contains eight documents, dated 10 September to 28 December 1976, sent to the Central Committee, directly or via the USSR Supreme … Continue reading 10 September 1976* (2066-A) Abuse of psychiatry, Western response
26 December 1980* (St 243/57) Brailovsky and Danish SDP
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 26 December 1980* (St 243/57) Brailovsky and Danish SDP
26 August 1977* (No 644/54) Socialist International
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 26 August 1977* (No 644/54) Socialist International
21 June 1977* [Soviet embassy in FRG] Social Democratic Party
From SOVIET EMBASSY in FRG. Analytical report about the policies of the West German SDP [R: 21 June 1977]. 17 pp (excerpts). ============================================ [page one] Soviet embassy in the Federal German Republic Secret Copy No. 2 20 May 1977 The policies of the SDP leadership [...] ... there are never-ending discussions in political circles, about the … Continue reading 21 June 1977* [Soviet embassy in FRG] Social Democratic Party
9 December 1986* (2407-Ch) Sakharov and Bonner
SECRETARIAT. Measures relating to Andrei SAKHAROV; annulment of decree for Sakharov’s exile and pardon for his wife Elena BONNER. A report signed by Yegor Ligachov (Politburo), Victor Chebrikov (KGB chairman) and Gury Marchuk, chairman of USSR Academy of Sciences [R: 9 Dec 86, 2407-Ch]. 8 pp. ============================= [pages one to four] Secret 9 December 1986 … Continue reading 9 December 1986* (2407-Ch) Sakharov and Bonner
The Bukovsky Archives 