20 January 1977* (123-A) Helsinki Groups

KGB report. Measures to halt the anti-Soviet activities of the “Helsinki Watch Committee in the USSR": Yury ORLOV, Alexander GINZBURG, Mykola RUDENKO, Tomas VENCLOVA. Includes Secretariat Resolution, St 1/15 (25 January 1977) [R: 20 January 1977, St 1-15]. 6 pp. ============================================= Top Secret SPECIAL FILE Proposal to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of … Continue reading 20 January 1977* (123-A) Helsinki Groups

5 January 1977* (22-A) Stopping Helsinki Groups

KGB MEMORANDUM. Measures to stop the proliferation of anti-Soviet activities by the "Helsinki Watch Committee in USSR", and its sub-committees set up in Ukraine and Lithuania [R: 5 January 1977, 22-A]. 2 pp. ============================================= Top Secret To CPSU Central Committee About measures to end the hostile activity Of members of the so-called “Group For Assistance … Continue reading 5 January 1977* (22-A) Stopping Helsinki Groups

1 April 1978* (785-A) Putting Helsinki Group members and “spies” on trial

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). ============================== [page one of four] Secret … Continue reading 1 April 1978* (785-A) Putting Helsinki Group members and “spies” on trial