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

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

6 November 1980** (St 236/35) Venezuela

[7.4] – Secretariat. A request from the Secretary General of the Venezuelan Communist Party for “special training” (3 pp). [R 6 November 1980, St 236/35] ========================================================== [Translator’s comments are bracketed] 23 [handwritten] TOP SECRET Special Files of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Soviet Union On the request of the Secretary … Continue reading 6 November 1980** (St 236/35) Venezuela

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

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