REPORT from leading Politburo members (SHEVARDNADZE, ALEXANDER YAKOVLEV and CHEBRIKOV). Activists propose to hold seminar on human rights: measures to hinder seminar and participation of guests from abroad and other parts of USSR. File includes 19 December 1987 (2594-Ch) report on the success (pp. 6-9) of these obstructive measures [R: 4 Dec 87]. 9 pp … Continue reading Stop “human rights” seminar (4 Dec 1987*, 2451-Ch)
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. The imminent withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, alternative scenarios [R: 24 Jan 89, Pb 146-VI]. 13 pp (excerpts). ============================= [page one of thirteen] Return to CPSU Central Committee (General Department, Sector 2) within 3 days Workers of all Lands, Unite! COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION. CENTRAL COMMITTEE Top Secret SPECIAL FILE No. … Continue reading Afghanistan Withdrawal (24 Jan 1989*, Pb 146/VI)
KGB and Ministry of Internal Affairs: Transfer of "especially dangerous" prisoners from Vladimir Prison to Chistopol Prison. Henceforward 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 The transfer of especially dangerous State … Continue reading Transfer to Chistopol Prison (17 March 1978*, 492-Ch)
KGB report (Chebrikov) indicates the numbers serving a sentence under Articles 70 [114], 190-1 [119] and 142 [10] of the RSFSR Criminal Code, one third of them [96] held in psychiatric institutions. Applications for a pardon from such prisoners are to be encouraged [R: 1 Feb 87, 183-Ch]. 9 pp (excerpts). ====================================== [page one of nine] … Continue reading Imprisoned under Articles 70, 190-1 and 142 (1 Feb 1987*, 183-Ch)
The Bukovsky Archives 