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

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

US concern about Shcharansky (29 March 1977*, 647-A)

KGB MEMORANDUM. Reactions of US embassy and foreign press corps to measures taken against dissidents, particularly the arrest in mid-March of Anatoly SHCHARANSKY [R: 29 March 1977, 647-A]. 3 pp. ======================================================= [page one of three] Top secret State Security Committee [KGB] at the USSR Soviet of Ministers 29 March 1977, No 647-A Moscow To the … Continue reading US concern about Shcharansky (29 March 1977*, 647-A)