SECRETARIAT. Resolution on action to counter anti-Russian feeling and actions in the Karachaevo-Cherkessk Autonomous Region (North Caucasus). Based on a six-page report from ANDROPOV, 9 December 1980, No 2576-A [R: 30 Dec 80, 7 pp]. 7 pp (excerpt). =================================================== [page one of seven] No St 243/8, 30 December 1980 Top Secret SPECIAL FILE RESOLUTION of … Continue reading Anti-Russian N. Caucasus (30 Dec 1980*, St 243/8)
KGB report (Chebrikov, feature photo). Proposed measures against "US anti-Soviet campaign related to human rights" and the corresponding Central Committee Resolution [R: 31 Jul 86, 1503-Ch] 4 pp. * US anti-Soviet campaign related to human rights (31 July '86*, 1503-Ch) * ===================================== [page one of four] Secret July 1986, No 1503-Ch To the CPSU Central … Continue reading Human Rights campaign (31 July ’86* Ch)
KGB REPORT (Chebrikov; feature photo). Proposal to issue State pardons for special categories of criminals [dissidents] on condition that they cease their "anti-Soviet" activities [R: 26 Dec 86, 2522-Ch]. 6 pp (excerpts). * Pardons for Accommodating Dissidents (26 Dec '86*, 2521‑Ch) * ====================================== [page one of six] Top Secret 26 December 1986, No 2521-Ch To … Continue reading Pardons for Dissidents (26 Dec ’86* Ch)
KGB REPORT (Chebrikov; feature photo). Attempts by "the Adversary" to subvert Soviet writers and restore the reputation of emigré authors [R: 1 June 86, 1135-Ch]. 5 pp (Excerpts). * Attempts by "the Adversary" to subvert Soviet writers (1 June '86*, 1135-Ch) * ====================================================== [page one of five] Resolution of Comrade Gorbachovsee p. 5 Secret [illegible] … Continue reading Subverting Soviet writers (1 June ’86* Ch)
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 (Andropov). Items of art confiscated by KGB transferred to the Kremlin museums [R: 13 February 1982, 317-A]. One page. ===================================== [Page one of one] Secret Committee of State Security [KGB] 13 February 1982, No 317-A, Moscow To the CPSU Central Committee The transfer of works of art to the Moscow Kremlin State Museums … Continue reading KGB-seized art (13 Feb ’82*, 317-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)
Abuse of Psychiatry, Krasnodar KGB report POLITBURO decision about the mentally ill. ANDROPOV circulates to fellow Politburo members a report from Krasnodar Region KGB suggesting a widespread threat from the mentally ill to public order and the Soviet system. Includes (p. 2) Andropov's note to the Politburo (19 Jan '70, 141-A), and a report (pp. … Continue reading Abuse of Psychiatry, KGB (22 Jan ’70*, Pb 151/XIII)
Deport historian Voslensky from West Germany KGB MEMORANDUM. Deportation from FRG of the Soviet historian Mikhail Voslensky (feature photo). Extend his Soviet travel passport but abduct and, if necessary, forcibly return him to the USSR [R: 30 April 1972, 1176-A]. 2 pp. ====================================================== [page one of two] Top Secret USSR Committee of State Security [KGB] … Continue reading Deport Voslensky from FRG (30 Apr ’72*, 1176-A)
