KGB REPORT. ANDROPOV’s suggestion to BREZHNEV that SOLZHENITSYN could be expelled from USSR to the FRG with the cooperation of Willy Brandt [Excerpt, no Russian text currently available]. 3 pp. Expel Solzhenitsyn to W. Germany (9 Feb '74*, 388-A) * ==================================== ... On 8 February our representative met with Brandt’s trusted agent in order to discuss … Continue reading Expel Solzhenitsyn to W. Germany (9 Feb ’74* A)
Letter from ANDROPOV to BREZHNEV about SOLZHENITSYN, suggesting he be deported from the USSR to West Germany [R: 7 February 1974 (no number)]. 3 pp. For background, see below [1]. ===================================== [page one of three] Letter from Yu. ANDROPOV to L. BREZHNEV 7 February 1974 Top Secret SPECIAL FILE Dear Leonid Ilych, Here is the … Continue reading Solzhenitsyn: Andropov to Brezhnev (7 Feb ’74*)
KGB REPORT (Chebrikov). Attempts by "the Adversary" to subvert Soviet writers and restore the reputation of emigré authors [R: 1 June 86, 1135-Ch]. 5 pp (Excerpts). ====================================================== [page one of five] Resolution of Comrade Gorbachovsee p. 5 Secret [illegible] June 1986, No 1135-Ch To the CPSU Central Committee [Partially illegible] efforts of the Adversary [...] … Continue reading Subverting Soviet writers (1 June ’86*, 1135-Ch)
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)
KGB MEMORANDUM. ANDROPOV to BREZHNEV on possibility of using Willy BRANDT to help expel SOLZHENITSYN from USSR to FRG, after his declarations in Solzhenitsyn’s defence [R: 7 February 1974, 350-A-ov]. 2 pp. Deport Solzhenitsyn to West Germany (7 Feb '74*, 350-A/ov) * ================================================ [page one of two] MEMORANDUM FROM USSR COMMITTEE OF STATE SECURITY [KGB] … Continue reading Deport Solzhenitsyn (7 Feb ’74* A)
KGB (Andropov) to Central Committee: the attitude of PCF and PCI (French and Italian Communist Parties) toward human rights issues. Includes information (p. 3) on the conviction of dissenters in the USSR since 1958 [R: 29 December 1975, 3213-A]. 5 pp. PCF, PCI & human rights (29 Dec '75*, 3213-A) * ================================= [page one of … Continue reading PCF, PCI & human rights (29 Dec ’75*, A)
"The First Circle", samizdat publication KGB MEMORANDUM. Samizdat publication in Obninsk by Zhores MEDVEDEV (feature photo) 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 … Continue reading Solzhenitsyn, The First Circle (31 July ’67*, 1931-A)
