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Tag: human rights*

18 February 1977* (Pb 46/X) Cyrus Vance

16/09/201803/11/2019

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] total 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, … Continue reading 18 February 1977* (Pb 46/X) Cyrus Vance

19 May 1977* (Pb 56/68) Human rights

03/06/201702/04/2020

Politburo. Instructions to Soviet ambassadors on human rights issues (21 pp). [R 19 May 1977, Pb 56-68] Excerpt. ======================== [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 Union and other socialist countries. Those … Continue reading 19 May 1977* (Pb 56/68) Human rights

4 December 1987* (2451-Ch) human rights

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Report to Central Committee from leading Politburo members (SHEVARDNADZE, ALEXANDER YAKOVLEV, CHEBRIKOV) about a proposal by activists to hold a seminar on human rights in Moscow (excerpts). Measures are suggested to hinder both the holding of the seminar and the participation of guests from abroad and other parts of the USSR. On 19 December 1987 … Continue reading 4 December 1987* (2451-Ch) human rights

27 July 1988* (1541-K) Rights activists

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KGB memorandum to the Central Committee. About the intentions of 'anti-Soviet elements' to hold an international seminar on "The KGB and Perestroika" in Moscow [Russian: 27 Jul 88, 1541-K], 2 pp. ============================= [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 … Continue reading 27 July 1988* (1541-K) Rights activists

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“Time has finally run out for communism, but its concrete edifice has not yet crumbled. May we not be crushed beneath its rubble instead of gaining liberty!”

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The classified documents that make up this archive were copied secretly by VLADIMIR BUKOVSKY in 1992 as he prepared to testify at the trial of the CPSU. (See “Night of the Looters” in ARTICLES ETC above.)

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  • 00. Vladimir K. Bukovsky (6)
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    • 7.1 in the West (13)
    • 7.2 in the Middle East & Asia (28)
    • 7.3 in Africa (8)
    • 7.4 in Latin America (38)
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