31 July 1967* (1931-A) Solzhenitsyn, “The First Circle”, samizdat publication

KGB MEMORANDUM. Samizdat publication in Obninsk by Zhores MEDVEDEV of Solzhenitsyn’s book The First Circle. KGB plans to detain Pyotr YAKIR with copies of the typescript [R: 31 July 1967, 1931-A]. 3 pp. =============================== [page one of three] Secret USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] at the USSR Council of Ministers 31 July 1967, No.1931-A … Continue reading 31 July 1967* (1931-A) Solzhenitsyn, “The First Circle”, samizdat publication

19 December 1957* (KGB) Landau on Hungary and Bolshevik fascism [1]

KGB REPORT. Physicist Lev LANDAU’s admiration for the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and his comments about Bolshevik fascism [R: 19 December 1957]. 17 pp (Excerpt). ====================== Identifying the rebels with the Hungarian nation and working class, he characterised the events in Hungary as ‘the Hungarian Revolution’, a ‘very good, joyful event’ in which ‘the warrior-nation' was … Continue reading 19 December 1957* (KGB) Landau on Hungary and Bolshevik fascism [1]

9 September 1969* (No 2273-A) Krupp, KGB and W. German contacts

KGB REPORT. Meeting in the Netherlands between a KGB source and Count Georg-Volkmar ZEDTWITZ von ARNIM, a director of the Krupp corporation, on behalf of the West German SPD [R: 9 September 1969, 2273-A]. 2 pp. ====================================== [page one of two] SPECIAL FILE Top Secret USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] at the USSR Council … Continue reading 9 September 1969* (No 2273-A) Krupp, KGB and W. German contacts