5 September 1968* (2102-A) 25 August Red Square demonstrators

KGB MEMORANDUM to Politburo describing the 25 August Red Square demonstrators. Signed by Andropov, KGB head; Shcholokov, Minister of Internal Affairs; and Malyarov, USSR Procurator’s Office [R: 5 Sept 1968, 2102-A]. 2 pp. ============================ [page one of two] Secret To the CPSU Central Committee Recently, especially in connection with events in Czechoslovakia, Litvinov, Bogoraz-Brukhman and … Continue reading 5 September 1968* (2102-A) 25 August Red Square demonstrators

19 December 1957** (KGB) Landau on Hungary and Bolshevik fascism [2]

KGB REPORT. The admiration expressed by Academician Lev LANDAU (1908-1968) for the Hungarian insurgents and his anti-Soviet comments since 1947, about Bolshevik fascism, etc. [R: 19 December 1957]. 17 pp. [See also abridged and annotated version 19 December 1957*, Lev Landau, and the note about both at the end of this text] ========================== [page one … Continue reading 19 December 1957** (KGB) Landau on Hungary and Bolshevik fascism [2]

25 April 1979* (819-A) “Anti-Soviet” activities and the Olympic Games

KGB REPORT. "Anti-Soviet" activities with regard to holding of the summer 1980 Olympic Games in the USSR [R: 25 April 1979, 819-A]. 4 pp (excerpt). ================================== [page three] [...] The enemy’s intelligence agencies and foreign anti-Soviet centres are trying, as previously, to use various insinuations about ‘the violation of human rights in the USSR’ to … Continue reading 25 April 1979* (819-A) “Anti-Soviet” activities and the Olympic Games

4 December 1987* (2451-Ch) Stop proposed “human rights” seminar

REPORT from leading Politburo members (SHEVARDNADZE, ALEXANDER YAKOVLEV, 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]. 9 pp (excerpts). … Continue reading 4 December 1987* (2451-Ch) Stop proposed “human rights” seminar

25 October 1957* (St 52/128) Correspondent Wilfred Burchett

CENTRAL COMMITTEE approves July 1957 KGB request for one-off grant (20,000 roubles) and awards 3,000 rouble monthly allowance to WILFRED BURCHETT; the Moscow correspondent of the National Guardian (USA) newspaper. Also contains text of KGB request (17 July 1957, 1379-S), pp. 3-5 [R: 25 Oct 57, 5 pp]. 5 pp. ============================ [page one of five] … Continue reading 25 October 1957* (St 52/128) Correspondent Wilfred Burchett

19 February 1986* (321-Ch/ov) KGB report: spies, domestic subversion

KGB head CHEBRIKOV delivers to GORBACHOV his highly classified report on the Committee's work in 1985: counter-intelligence, industrial espionage and exposure of "domestic subversion" [R: 19 Feb 86, 321-Ch-ov]. 9 pp. (Excerpt) ===================================== [page one of nine] SPECIAL FILESpecial Importance USSR Committee of State Security [KGB]of the USSR Council of Ministers19 February 1986, No. 321-Ch/ovMoscow … Continue reading 19 February 1986* (321-Ch/ov) KGB report: spies, domestic subversion