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 West 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 FRG (9 Feb ’74* A)
Letter from ANDROPOV (feature photo) 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]. * Solzhenitsyn: Andropov to Brezhnev (7 Feb '74*) * ===================================== [page one of three] Letter from Yu. ANDROPOV to L. BREZHNEV 7 February … Continue reading About Solzhenitsyn (7 Feb ’74* A)
KGB REPORT (Chebrikov; feature photo). Attempts by "the Adversary" to subvert Soviet writers and restore the reputation of emigré authors [R: 1 June 86, 1135-Ch]. 5 pp (Excerpts). * Attempts by "the Adversary" to subvert Soviet writers (1 June '86*, 1135-Ch) * ====================================================== [page one of five] Resolution of Comrade Gorbachovsee p. 5 Secret [illegible] … Continue reading Subverting Soviet writers (1 June ’86* 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 … Continue reading PCF, PCI, human rights (29 Dec ’75* A)
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. * "The First Circle", samizdat publication (31 July '67*, 1931-A) * =============================== [page one of three] Secret USSR Committee for … Continue reading Solzhenitsyn’s “First Circle” (31 July ’67* A)
