A brief passage from Anatoly CHERNYAEV's unpublished "Diary", in which he responds to a report to the Central Committee by ANDROPOV (29 December 1975*, 3213-A) about the statements of foreign communist parties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 Jan ’76)
KGB REPORT. Measures against people defending SINYAVSKY and DANIEL (feature photo) [R: 27 January 1967, No 162] 5 pp (excerpts) * Support for Sinyavsky and Daniel (27 Jan '67*, Pb 32/5) * ===================================== [page one of five, 9 February 1967] 9 February 1967, Minute No. 32 Not to be included in the Minutes (1.) This … Continue reading Sinyavsky & Daniel (27 Jan ’67*, KGB)
POLITBURO. Final version of letter to leaders of the French Communist Party (PCF) [R: 15 March 1977, Pb 49-XV] 23 pp (excerpts). See draft of letter above [R: 22 February, St 45/8, 22 pp]. Letter to French Communist Party (15 Mar '77*, Pb 49/XV) * =================================================== [page two] Item 15, Minutes No 49 Top Secret … Continue reading Letter to PCF (15 Mar ’77*, Pb)
SECRETARIAT. Preparations for the trial of Andrei SINYAVSKY and Yuly DANIEL. Includes joint memorandum from KGB chairman Semichastny and Procurator-General Rudenko [feature photo] (23 December 1965, 2843-S; pp. 2-7), and February 1966 report, pp. 8-9, on the outcome of the trial [R: 5 January 1966, St 132-11]. 9 pp (excerpts). * Sinyavsky-Daniel Trial preparations (5 … Continue reading Sinyavsky-Daniel Trial (5 Jan ’66* St)
SECRETARIAT. Measures to stop "anti-Soviet campaign" in Italy [R: 27 September 1977, 14 pp – St 4407]. 13 pp (excerpt). * Stop "anti-Soviet campaign" in Italy (27 Sept '77*, St 74/6) * ====================================== [In September 1977, Boris Ponomaryov and Vasily Kuznetsov reported to the Central Committee] [page twelve] [A] new wave in the anti-Soviet and … Continue reading Anti-Soviet campaign (27 Sept ’77* St)
JOINT MEMORANDUM to Central Committee from KGB, USSR Procurator-General and ?Ministry of Justice. Delay trials of “anti-Soviet elements” ([a] dissidents Anatoly SHCHARANSKY, Alexander GINZBURG, Yury ORLOV and Zviad GAMSAKHURDIA; and [b] "spies" Lubman, Filatov and Nilov) until a politically suitable time [R: 1 April 1978, 785-A]. 4 pp (excerpts). * Putting Helsinki Group members & … Continue reading Helsinki Groups & “spies” (1 Apr ’78* A & R)
KGB MEMORANDUM. Reactions of US embassy (feature photo) and foreign press corps to measures taken against dissidents, particularly the arrest in mid-March of Anatoly SHCHARANSKY [R: 29 March 1977, 647-A]. 3 pp. * US concern about Shcharansky (29 Mar '77*, 647-A) * ======================================================= [page one of three] Top secret State Security Committee [KGB] at the … Continue reading US & Shcharansky (29 Mar ’77* A)
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)
POLITBURO decision. Publish a brief report in Moscow evening newspaper about trial of Vladimir Bukovsky (feature photo), Vadim Delaunay and Yevgeny Kushev, arrested after 22 January 1967 protest on Pushkin Square. Contains joint KGB-Central Committee Agitprop Department memorandum (2 September 1967, 2241-A), and draft text of newspaper announcement [R: 4 September 1967, Pb 1393]. 4 … Continue reading About Bukovsky (4 Sept ’67* Pb)
