REPORT from leading Politburo members (SHEVARDNADZE (feature photo), 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]. … Continue reading Stop “human rights” seminar (4 Dec ’87* Ch)
Letter from ANDROPOV (feature photo) 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]. * Solzhenitsyn: Andropov to Brezhnev (7 Feb '74*) * ===================================== [page one of three] Letter from Yu. ANDROPOV to L. BREZHNEV 7 February … Continue reading About Solzhenitsyn (7 Feb ’74* A)
POLITBURO. The imminent withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, seven measures; advisers offer five alternative scenarios, pp. 3-13 [R: 24 January 89, Pb 146-VI]. 13 pp (excerpts). * Imminent withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan (24 Jan '89*, Pb 146/VI) * ============================= [page one of thirteen] Return to CPSU Central Committee (General Department, Sector 2) … Continue reading Leave Afghanistan [2] (24 Jan ’89* Pb)
KGB and Ministry of Internal Affairs: Transfer of "especially dangerous" prisoners from Vladimir Central further inland to Tatarstan. Henceforward many political prisoners would be held in Chistopol Prison (feature photo) [R: 17 March 1978, 492-Ch]. 2 pp. * Transfer to Chistopol Prison (17 March 1978*, 492-Ch) * ========================================================== [page one of two] Secret Copy no … Continue reading Transfer to Chistopol (17 March ’78* Ch)
KGB REPORT (Chebrikov; feature photo) indicates the numbers serving a sentence, under Articles 70 [114], 190-1 [119] & 142 [10] of the RSFSR Criminal Code. One third [96] were held in psychiatric institutions. Applications for a pardon from such prisoners are to be encouraged [R: 1 Feb 87, 183-Ch]. 9 pp (excerpts). * Articles 70, 190-1 … Continue reading Articles 70 & 190-1 (1 Feb ’87* Ch)
