How to halt Helsinki Groups (20 Jan ’77*, 123-A)

KGB report. Measures to halt the anti-Soviet activities of the “Helsinki Watch Committee in the USSR": Yury ORLOV, Alexander GINZBURG (feature photo), Mykola RUDENKO, and 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 … Continue reading How to halt Helsinki Groups (20 Jan ’77*, 123-A)

Stopping Helsinki Groups (5 Jan ’77*, 22-A)

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 activities of members of the so-called “Group For Assistance … Continue reading Stopping Helsinki Groups (5 Jan ’77*, 22-A)

Helsinki Groups & “spies” (1 April ’78*, 785-A)

* Putting Helsinki Group members & "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 … Continue reading Helsinki Groups & “spies” (1 April ’78*, 785-A)