Instructions to Anatoly DOBRYNIN, Soviet ambassador to the USA, concerning a discussion with Secretary of State Cyrus VANCE about human rights [R: 18 February 1977, Pb 46-X]. 7 pp (excerpt). ================= Proletariats of the World unite! COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION. THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE Top Secret No P46/X To: comrades Brezhnev, Podgomy, Kosygin, Andropov, … Continue reading Discussion with Vance (18 Feb ’77*, Pb 46/X)
POLITBURO. Instructions to Soviet ambassadors on human rights issues [R: 19 May 1977, Pb 56-68]. 21 pp (excerpts). * Soviet ambassadors on human rights ======================== [page two] Secret To all Soviet ambassadors and representatives Recently a wide and coordinated campaign has unfolded in the West concerning the phoney “violations of human rights” in the Soviet … Continue reading On human rights (19 May ’77*, Pb 56/68)
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)
KGB MEMORANDUM. 'Anti-Soviet elements' intend to hold an international seminar in Moscow, "The KGB and Perestroika", inviting prominent foreigners and former dissidents to attend [R: 27 Jul 88, 1541-K]. 2 pp. Block activists' seminar (27 July '88*, 1541-K) * ========================== [page one of two] Top Secret 27 July 1988, No 1541-K To the CPSU Central … Continue reading Block activists’ seminar (27 Jul ’88* K)
