POLITBURO MEETING. Situation in Poland; future meeting between ANDROPOV, KANIA and JARUZELSKI; economic reforms & martial law [R 2 April 1981, Politburo], 7 pp (excerpts). ========================================== [page one of seven] Top Secret Single Copy (Draft Minutes) MEETING OF CPSU POLITBURO, 2 April 1981 chaired by Comrade L.I. BREZHNEV Comrades in attendance: Yu.V. Andropov, M.S. Gorbachev, … Continue reading Poland: meet, reform, martial law (2 April ’81* Pb)
POLITBURO meeting. Alexander YAKOVLEV reports on the Eighth Congress of the Writers' Union. Ways to manage changes in the union's bureaucracy discussed [R: 26 Jun 86, Pb]. 5 pp. * Yakovlev on Congress of USSR Writers' Union (26 June '86*, Pb) * ========================================== [page one of five] Top Secret Single Copy (Draft Minutes) MEETING OF … Continue reading Yakovlev & Writers’ Union (26 June ’86* Pb)
POLITBURO meeting. What to do with Alexander SOLZHENITSYN: arrest him, put him on trial, imprison or deport him? Russian text first published in Russkaya mysl (Paris), 30 September & 10 October 1993. [Russian text, see below.] ============================================= Top Secret Single Copy (Draft Minutes) MEETING OF CPSU POLITBURO, 7 January 1974 chaired by Comrade L.I. BREZHNEV … Continue reading Imprison or deport Solzhenitsyn (7 Jan ’74*, Pb)
POLITBURO decision. Jointly signed request from the KGB and Procurator-General RUDENKO (11 October 1972, 2594-А, pp. 4-5). Party leaders approve a secret decree (p. 2) about special KGB “cautions” or warnings to those engaged in “politically harmful” behaviour [R: 16 November 1972, Pb 67-XVIII]. 5 pp. Often referred to as "the 25 December 1972 decree", … Continue reading An unpublished decree (16 Nov ’72*, Pb)
Proposal to Brezhnev and Andropov to revoke Soviet citizenship of dissidents ILYA GABAI (1935-1973) and ANATOLY MARCHENKO (1938-1986). Subsequently, the two men both died premature deaths. Includes draft edicts of USSR Supreme Soviet [R: 15 April 1968, Pb 79-XII]. 3 pp. * Revoke Marchenko & Gabai's citizenship (15 Apr '68*, Pb 79/XII) ======================= [page one … Continue reading Marchenko & Gabai (15 Apr ’68* Pb)
POLITBURO decision. Publish a brief report in Moscow evening newspaper about trial of Vladimir Bukovsky (feature photo), Vadim Delaunay and Yevgeny Kushev, arrested after 22 January 1967 protest on Pushkin Square. Contains joint KGB-Central Committee Agitprop Department memorandum (2 September 1967, 2241-A), and draft text of newspaper announcement [R: 4 September 1967, Pb 1393]. 4 … Continue reading About Bukovsky (4 Sept ’67* Pb)
POLITBURO. Directions to Soviet ambassadors in the Eastern bloc, and in Western countries, concerning the forthcoming trial of GINZBURG, GALANSKOV (feature photo), Alexei Dobrovolsky and Vera Lashkova [R: 22 December 1967, Pb 63-122]. 2 pp. * Forthcoming trial of Ginzburg, Galanskov, Dobrovolsky and Lashkova (22 Dec 1967*, Pb 63/122) * ============================= [page one of two] … Continue reading Ginzburg-Galanskov trial (22 Dec 1967* Pb)
POLITBURO meeting. Request by Molotov and Kaganovich (pp. 2-4) to be re-admitted to the Party. Exchange of views about Khrushchov (feature photo) and Stalin (pp. 4-6) [R: 12 Jul 84, Pb]. 6 pp. * Discussion of Stalin, Khrushchov & others (12 Jul '84*, Pb) * =========================================================== [page one of six] Top Secret Single Copy (Draft … Continue reading Stalin, Khrushchov & others (12 Jul ’84* Pb)
POLITBURO decision. A highly classified Politburo document illustrating financial relations between the PCI (Italian Communist Party) and the Soviet Union. The amount in dollars was added by hand [R: 18 January 1983, Pb 94-52]. One page. * Financial relations between the PCI and Soviet Union (18 Jan '83*, Pb 94/52) * ================ [one page] Workers … Continue reading PCI funding (18 Jan ’83* Pb)
