Funding parties & movements abroad (29 Dec 1980*, Pb 230/34)

POLITBURO decision. Financial assistance (in US$) in 1981 to Communist Parties and movements: USA, 2 million; France, 2 million; Finland, 1.4 million; Portugal, 700,000. A list of 57 recipients [R: 1980, 29 December]. 5 pp. =============================== [page one of five] Workers of all Lands, Unite! [Text in top left hand corner of page] Must be … Continue reading Funding parties & movements abroad (29 Dec 1980*, Pb 230/34)

29 March 1976* (St 3/42) Lebanese CP and “special” training

SECRETARIAT. Request by Lebanese Communist Party  for “special training” in party security -- cryptography, photography, etc. Includes International Department memorandum, dated 17 March 1976 (25-S-436) [R: 29 March 1976, St 3-42]. 3 pp. ================================== [page one of three] St 3/42, 29 March 1976 Top Secret SPECIAL FILE RESOLUTION Of the CPSU Central Committee Secretariat Concerning … Continue reading 29 March 1976* (St 3/42) Lebanese CP and “special” training

FRG Chancellor’s links to Nazis (27 May 1969*, 231-Z)

KGB REPORT (Zakharov). Transfer to the Stasi (GDR secret police) copies of 1930s and wartime documents linking FRG Chancellor KIESINGER to the Nazis [R: 27 May 1969 – 231-Z]. One page. ================================================== SPECIAL FILE Top Secret To the CPSU Central Committee In accordance with the decision of the Central Committee Secretariat (St‑57/59) of 16 September 1968, … Continue reading FRG Chancellor’s links to Nazis (27 May 1969*, 231-Z)

Allowance for Wilfred Burchett (25 Oct 1957*, St 52/128)

CENTRAL COMMITTEE approves July 1957 KGB request for one-off grant (20,000 roubles) and awards 3,000 rouble monthly allowance to WILFRED BURCHETT, Moscow correspondent of the National Guardian (USA) newspaper. Also contains text of KGB request (17 July 1957, 1379-S), pp. 3-5 [R: 25 Oct 57, 5 pp]. 5 pp. ============================ [page one of five] 52/128 … Continue reading Allowance for Wilfred Burchett (25 Oct 1957*, St 52/128)

Andropov to Brezhnev about Solzhenitsyn (7 February 1974*)

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 Andropov to Brezhnev about Solzhenitsyn (7 February 1974*)

Western arms to El Salvador CP: 20 August 1980* (St 225/5)

SECRETARIAT Resolution. Send the El Salvador Communist Party in September-October 1980 an air shipment, from Hanoi to Havana, of 60-80 tons of Western-made small arms and ammunition [R: 20 August 1980, St 225-5]. 5 pp. =============================== [page one of five] No St 225/5, 20 August 1980 Top Secret SPECIAL FILE RESOLUTION of the Secretariat of … Continue reading Western arms to El Salvador CP: 20 August 1980* (St 225/5)

Funding parties & movements abroad (8 Jan 1969*, Pb 111/162)

POLITBURO. Set up an “International Fund to aid Left-wing, Workers’ Organizations”. Fund total, $16.5 million; Soviet contribution, $14 million, with sums to be contributed by fraternal socialist parties in Eastern Europe (pp. 1-2). Also contains the 8 January 1969 (Pb 111/163) decision (pp. 3-4), specifying how much political parties, organisations and movements are to receive … Continue reading Funding parties & movements abroad (8 Jan 1969*, Pb 111/162)

14 February 1990* (St-112/27) Special Training

Secretariat Resolution. Meet in part requests from the Argentinean and Chilean Communist Parties: “special training” for Argentina, 5 people; and Chile, 4 people (9 pp). [R 14 Feb 90, St 112-27] Excerpt. =========================================================== [page one of nine] No St 112/27, 14 February 1990 Top Secret SPECIAL FILE RESOLUTION of the Secretariat of the CPSU Central … Continue reading 14 February 1990* (St-112/27) Special Training