Politburo meeting. Alexander YAKOVLEV reports on the Congress of the Writers' Union. Discussion of ways to manage changes in the union's bureaucracy [R 26 Jun 86, Pb], 5 pp. =========================================================== [page one of five] Top Secret Single Copy (Draft Minutes) MEETING OF CPSU POLITBURO 26 June 1986 In the chair Comrade M.S. GORBACHEV In attendance: … Continue reading 26 June 1986* (Pb) Writers
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27 July 1988* (1541-K) Rights activists
KGB to the Central Committee: About intentions of anti-Soviet elements to hold an international seminar on "The KGB and Perestroika" in Moscow (2 pp). [R 27 Jul 88, 1541-K] ============================= [page one of two] Top Secret 27 July 1988, No 1541-K To the CPSU Central Committee The intention of anti-social elements to hold an international … Continue reading 27 July 1988* (1541-K) Rights activists
1 February 1987* (183-Ch) Articles 70, 190-1 and 142
KGB report (Chebrikov). The numbers then serving a sentence under Articles 70, 190-1 and 142 of the RSFSR Criminal Code -- one third of them held in psychiatric institutions; encouraging applications for a pardon from such prisoners. [Russian: 1 Feb 87, 183-Ch] (9 pp) Excerpts. ====================================== [page one of nine] 1 February 1987, No 183-Ch … Continue reading 1 February 1987* (183-Ch) Articles 70, 190-1 and 142
25 September 1986* (Pb) Political Prisoners
Politburo meeting (excerpt). KGB head CHEBRIKOV deliberately confuses political prisoners with those committing other "serious crimes". Between one third and a half of all political prisoners to be offered their freedom if they agree to discontinue their previous activities. [R 25 Sep 86, Pb] total 3 pp. ====================================== [page one of three] Top Secret Single … Continue reading 25 September 1986* (Pb) Political Prisoners
29 August 1985* (Pb) Sakharov and Bonner
Politburo, chaired by Gorbachev, discusses conditions on which to grant SAKHAROV's request that his wife Elena BONNER be allowed to make a trip abroad for medical treatment. [R 29 Aug 85, Pb] 4 pp. =========================================================== [page one of four] Top Secret Single Copy (Draft Minutes) MEETING OF CPSU POLITBURO 29 August 1985 In the chair … Continue reading 29 August 1985* (Pb) Sakharov and Bonner
12 July 1984* (Pb) Stalin and Khrushchev
Politburo meeting. Request by Molotov and Kaganovich to be re-admitted to the Party; exchange of views about Khrushchev and Stalin. [R 12 Jul 84, Pb] =========================================================== [page one of six] Top Secret Single Copy (Draft Minutes) MEETING OF CPSU POLITBURO 12 July 1984 chaired by Comrade K.U. CHERNENKO Comrades in attendance: G.A. Aliyev, V.I. Vorotnikov, … Continue reading 12 July 1984* (Pb) Stalin and Khrushchev
17 July 1979* (St 167/18) Coppola
Secretariat gives go-ahead for talks with director Francis Ford COPPOLA about making a joint Soviet-American feature film about disarmament. Includes 12 July memorandum from Culture and International Departments (p. 3), and letter from head of Goskino (pp. 4-5). [Russian: 17 July 1979, St 167-18], total 5 pp. =============== [page one of five] Workers of all … Continue reading 17 July 1979* (St 167/18) Coppola
18 August 1980* (St 224/71) El Salvador
Central Committee Resolution. Positive response to request for "special training" from El Salvador Communist Party. Includes 15 August letter from Chernyaev (p. 2), and 23 July translated letter from head of the Salvador Communist Party Shafik Handal (p. 3). [R 18 August 1980, St 224-71] total 3 pp. =========================================================== [page one of three] No St … Continue reading 18 August 1980* (St 224/71) El Salvador
