A letter to MIKOYAN from Ivy LITVINOV [née Low] in defence of her grandson, Pavel, arrested after the Red Square demonstration; forwarded by Mikoyan to BREZHNEV [R: 4 September 1968]. One page. ============================================= [page one of one] Copy Dear Anastas Ivanovich, I'm writing this in distress: my grandson Pavel Litvinov is in Lefortovo prison. I … Continue reading Ivy Low-Litvinov to Mikoyan (4 Sept 1968* [Pb])
SECRETARIAT. Propaganda tasks in the light of BREZHNEV’s recent visit (18-26 June) to USA [R: 24 July 1973 – St 88-1]. 36 pp (excerpts). =================================== [page one of thirty six] Workers of all lands, unite! CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION [Text along left-hand margin] Return within 15 days of receipt … Continue reading Follow-up to Brezhnev’s US visit (24 July 1973*, St 88/1)
KGB REPORT. ANDROPOV’s suggestion to BREZHNEV that SOLZHENITSYN could be expelled from USSR to the FRG with the cooperation of Willy Brandt [Excerpt, no Russian text currently available]. 3 pp. ==================================== ... On 8 February our representative met with Brandt’s trusted agent in order to discuss the practical aspects of Solzhenitsyn’s deportation from the Soviet Union … Continue reading Expel Solzhenitsyn to West Germany (9 Feb 1974*, 388-A)
Letter from ANDROPOV to BREZHNEV about SOLZHENITSYN, suggesting he be deported from the USSR to West Germany [R: 7 February 1974 (no number)]. 3 pp. For background, see below [1]. ===================================== [page one of three] Letter from Yu. ANDROPOV to L. BREZHNEV 7 February 1974 Top Secret SPECIAL FILE Dear Leonid Ilych, Here is the … Continue reading Andropov to Brezhnev about Solzhenitsyn (7 February 1974*)
POLITBURO meeting. K.V. RUSAKOV’s report on his visit to the GDR, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Hungary to discuss the situation in Poland. Politburo concern over JARUZELSKI's failure to act [R: 29 October 1981, Politburo, para 2]. 6 pp. ======================================================= [page one of six] Top Secret Single Copy (Draft Minutes) MEETING OF CPSU POLITBURO, 29 October 1981 … Continue reading Poland discussed in Soviet bloc (29 Oct 1981*, Pb §2)
POLITBURO. Leonid BREZHNEV’s telephone conversation with the new Polish Party leader Woijiech JARUZELSKI [R: 19 October 1981, Pb 1942]. 5 pp. =========================================================== [page one of five] Must be returned to the CPSU Central Committee (General Department, Sector 1) Stamp "declassified" [1] Sent to members of the CPSU Central Committee Politburo, candidate members of the Politburo … Continue reading Brezhnev-Jaruzelski phone talk (19 Oct 1981*, Pb 1942)
POLITBURO meeting. Response to statements at Congress of Solidarity in Poland. [R 10 September 1981, Politburo, para 3] total 3 pp. ==================================================== [page one of three] Top Secret Single Copy (Draft Minutes) MEETING OF CPSU POLITBURO, 2 April 1981 chaired by Comrade L.I. BREZHNEV Comrades in attendance: M.S. Gorbachov, V.V. Grishin, A.A.Gromyko, N.A. Tikhonov, K.U. … Continue reading Response to Solidarity (10 Sept 1981*, Pb §3)
POLITBURO. Theses critical of the recent Gdansk Agreements to be used at a meeting with Polish leadership [R: 3 September 1980, Pb 213/38]. 7 pp. (excerpt) ========================================================= [page one of seven] Return to CPSU Central Committee (General Department, Sector) within 3 days Workers of all Lands, Unite! COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION. CENTRAL COMMITTEE … Continue reading Criticism of Gdansk Agreements (3 Sept 1980*, Pb 213/38)
Transcript of POLITBURO meeting (17-18 March) about the worsening situation in Afghanistan [R: 17-18 March 1979, Pb]. 28 pp (excerpts). ============================= [page one of twenty eight] Top Secret: Single Copy (Draft Minutes) MEETING OF CPSU POLITBURO, 17 March 1979 chaired by Comrade L.I. BREZHNEV Comrades in attendance: Yu.V. Andropov, A.A.Gromyko, A.N. Kosygin, A.L. Pelshe, K.U. … Continue reading Situation in Afghanistan (17-18 March 1979*, Pb)
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