3.1 THE SUPPRESSION OF DISSENT in the 1960s

1963

26 April 1963, St 68/22 [3.1] – KGB to Secretariat. Samizdat document “Art and Politics” [R 26 April 1963, St 68-22]. 15 pp.

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1966

5 January 1966, St-132/11 [3.1] – Secretariat. Completion of investigation into case against ANDREI SINYAVSKY and YULY DANIEL; preparations for trial [R 5 January 1966, St 132-11]. 9 pp.

16 February 1966, No. 346-Z [3.1] – KGB (Zakharov) and Procurator General Rudenko report on reactions to trial of ANDREI SINYAVSKY and YULY DANIEL [R 16 February 1966, 346-Z]. 4 pp.

17 February 1966, Рb 234/34 [3.1] – Politburo decision. Deprive VALERY TARSIS of his Soviet citizenship [R 17 February 1966, Pb 234-34]. One page.

8 April 1966, Рb 238/132 [3.1] – Politburo. Anti-Soviet publications in British press relating to VALERY TARSIS [R 8 April 1966, Pb 238-132]. 7 pp.

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1967

27 January 1967*, No. 162 [3.1] – KGB report. Measures taken against people defending SINYAVSKY and DANIEL [R 27 January 1967, No 162]. 5 pp.

31 July 1967*, 1931-A [3.1; 3.5] – KGB report. Samizdat publication in Obninsk by ZHORES MEDVEDEV of SOLZHENITSYN’s book The First Circle. KGB plans to detain PYOTR YAKIR with copies of this manuscript [R 31 July 1967, 1931-A]. 3 pp.

31 August 1967*, 2213-A [3.1] – KGB report. About 22 January arrest of VLADIMIR BUKOVSKY, VADIM DELAUNAY, YEVGENY KUSHEV, and VICTOR KHAUSTOV on Pushkin Square [R 31 August 1967, 2213-A]. 3 pp. (tbt)

4 September 1967*, Pb 1393 [3.1] – Politburo decision. Publish brief report in Moscow evening newspaper (Vechernyaya Moskva) about trial of dissident protestors, VLADIMIR BUKOVSKY, VADIM DELAUNAY and YEVGENY KUSHCHEV [R 4 September 1967, Pb 1393]. 4 pp.

14 November 1967, (no number) [3.1] – SUSLOV and STEPAKOV to Central Committee. ROY MEDVEDEV’s book Let History Judge; text of MEDVEDEV letter to SUSLOV, requesting meeting and review of book [R 14 November 1967]. 9 pp.

22 November 1967*, 2840-A [3.1] – KGB memorandum. About the arrests of ALEXANDER GINZBURG, YURY GALANSKOV, ALEXANDER DOBROVOLSKY and VERA LASHKOVA. The trial will not be open to the public [R 22 November 1967, 2840-A]. 2 pp. (tbt)

25 November 1967* (no number) [3.1] – Memo about anti-Soviet group of GINZBURG et al. [R 25 November 1967]. 5 pp.

3 December 1967*, 2949-A [3.1] – KGB report. Preparations for the trial of GINZBURG et al. Plans on how to keep foreign correspondents informed [R 3 December 1967, 2949-A]. 3 pp. (tbt)

22 December 1967*, Pb 63/122 [3.1] – Politburo instructions. Directions to various Soviet ambassadors concerning the forthcoming trial of GINZBURG et al. [R 22 December 1967, Pb 63-122]. 2 pp.

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1968

January to June

26 January 1968*, 181-A [3.1] – KGB to Secretariat. Results of the GINZBURG and GALANSKOV trial [R 26 Jan 68, 4 pp – 181-A]. 4 pp. (tbt)

26 February 1968, 444-A [3.1] – KGB memorandum. The intention of PYOTR YAKIR, PAVEL LITVINIOV, LARISA BOGORAZ and others to send a letter to the conference of Communist Party leaders in Budapest [R 26 February 1968, 444-A]. 2 pp.

15 April 1968*, Pb 79/XI [3.1] – Politburo decision. Plan of response to protests about the trial of GINZBURG and GALANSKOV: arrest PYOTR GRIGORENKO; send ALEXANDER YESENIN-VOLPIN to the USA; banish PYOTR YAKIR and PAVEL LITVINOV from Moscow [R 15 April 1968, Pb 79-XI]. 7 pp. (tbt)

15 April 1968*, Pb 79/XII [3.1] – Politburo. Proposal to revoke the Soviet citizenship of ILYA GABAI and ANATOLY MARCHENKO [R 15 April 1968, Pb 79-XII]. 3 pp.

16 May 1968, Pb 81/XVI [3.1] – Politburo. PYOTR GRIGORENKO’s activities in response to the trial of GINZBURG and GALANSKOV [R 16 May 1968, Pb 81-XVI]. 8 pp.

10 June 1968*, 1342-A [3.1] – KGB memorandum. The intentions of the Crimean Tatars to appeal to the United Nations, a clandestine report on PYOTR GRIGORENKO [R 10 June 1968, 1342-A]. One page.

11 June 1968*, 1372-A [3.1] – KGB report. A new samizdat publication A Chronicle of Current Events and its distribution by PAVEL LITVINOV, PYOTR YAKIR, and NATALYA GORBANEVSKAYA [R 11 June 1968,  1372-A]. 2 pp.

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July to December

5 July 1968, 1547-A [3.1] – KGB memorandum. ANATOLY MARCHENKO’s intention to publish his book My Testimony abroad [R 5 July 1968, 1547-A]. 2 pp.

29 July 1968, 1776-А [3.1] – KGB memorandum. Arrest of ANATOLY MARCHENKO and confiscation of his letter about Czechoslovakia [R 29 July 1968 – 1776-A]. One page.

4 August 1968*, 2095-A [3.1] – KGB memorandum. ROY MEDVEDEV’s book Let History Judge and relations between ROY MEDVEDEV and ANDREI SAKHAROV [R 4 August 1968, 20954-A]. 2 pp. (tbt)

4 September 1968** (no number) [3.1] – Letter to ANASTAS MIKOYAN from IVY LITVINOV [nee LOW] in defence of her arrested grandson, PAVEL LITVINOV [R 4 September 1968]. One page.

5 September 1968*, 2102-A [3.1] – KGB report. Demonstration on Red Square against invasion of Czechoslovakia by LITVINOV, BOGORAZ, FAINBERG, DREMLYUGA, DELAUNAY, KONSTANTIN BABITSKY, TATYANA BAYEVA, KHOREKHOVA, and RUSAKOVSKAYA [LITVINOV’s wife]. KGB plans to banish LITVINOV and BOGORAZ from Moscow [R 5 September 1968, 2102-A]. 2 pp.

20 September 1968, 2205-A [3.1] – KGB report. Conclusion of the preparation and plans for the trial of LITVINOV, BOGORAZ, VICTOR FAINBERG, VLADIMIR DREMLYUGA, and VADIM DELAUNAY [R 20 September 1968, 2205-A]. 3 pp.

11 October 1968, 2371-A [3.1] – KGB memorandum. Results of the LITVINOV, BOGORAZ, FAINBERG, DREMLYUGA and DELAUNAY trials [R 11 October 1968, 2371-A]. 2 pp.

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1969

14 January 1969*, Pb 111 [3.1] – Politburo. KGB measures prompting ANDREI SINYAVSKY to ask for a pardon [R 14 January 1969, Pb III]. 2 pp.

16 April 1969, 887-A [3.1] – KGB report. The increased anti-Soviet activities of PYOTR GRIGORENKO [R 16 April 1969, 887-A]. 5 pp.

4 August 1969, 1926-A [3.1] – KGB to Secretariat. About ANATOLY KUZNETSOV’s defection in Britain [R 4 August 1969, 1926-A]. 3 pp.

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