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on the Archival Legacy and on Archives, Nov. 1991
Jan. 1992, prepared for publication in American Archi-
draft, trans. Harold Leich, Library of Congress; inter- see also Tolz, "Access to KGB and CPSU Archives in
vist 55 (Winter 1992); and Grimsted, Intellectual
Russia," 1-2.
views with Leich, Nov. 1991 and April 1992; Pikhoia,
COLD WAR INTERNATIONAL HISTORY PROJECT BULLETIN 27
33. Pikhoia, Russian Archives and the New Realities. KGB agent in Copenhagen in London before defecting
BERIA
34. N.P. Pavlova, Soviet-American Relations, 1945- to the West in 1985. See Christopher Andrew and Oleg
Continued from page 17
1952 (1965), fond 048g, opis 24g, p. 19, d. 1 & 2. Gordievsky, KGB: The Inside Story of its Foreign
Official internal administrative histories are said also to Operations from Lenin to Gorbachev (Hodder &
While the bulk of attacks against Beria focus
exist at the Foreign Ministry on such topics as Anglo- Stoughton, 1990); Andrew and Gordievsky, eds., In-
on his alleged anti-party activities and eaves-
American-Soviet relations, and the German question. structions from the Centre: Top Secret Files on KGB
dropping on his colleagues in the Politburo, his
35. For the Novikov telegram and analyses of its signifi- Foreign Operations, 1975-1985 (Hodder & Stoughton,
erstwhile colleagues also attacked his personal
cance, see Diplomatic History 15:4 (Fall 1991), 523- 1991), and More Instructions from the Centre : Top
63; Kenneth M. Jensen, ed., Origins of the Cold War: Secret Files on KGB Global Operations, 1975-1985, life. Comments were made about how Beria had
The Novikov, Kennan, and Roberts Long Telegrams special issue, Intelligence and National Security 7:1
numerous contacts with prostitutes and had con-
of 1946 (Washington: U.S. Institute of Peace, 1991); (Jan. 1992), passim.
tracted syphilis from these women.
and Scott Parrish, "A Diplomat Reports," CWIHP Bul- 52. Lloyd Grove, The KGB Breaks Into The Movies,
Malenkov and Khrushchev are the domi-
letin 1 (Spring 1992), 16, 21-22. Washington Post, 17 January 1992.
nant figures in the meeting. However, in a mo-
36. Melvyn P. Leffler, Commentary on The Molotov 53. Vladimir Abarimov, Troubled Waters in K.G.B.
ment of tension Malenkov goes out of his way to
Telegram, Diplomatic History 15:4 (Fall 1991), 548. Files, presentation to the Norwegian Nobel Institute
state that there is no one who would pretend to
37. Steven Merritt Miner, Commentary on `The conference.
play the role of Stalin s successor. The succes-
Novikov Telegram, Diplomatic History 15:4 (Fall 54. Russian Offers Americans Access to K.G.B. Files,
1991), 563. New York Times, 30 January 1992. sors to Stalin he continues, are a strong, united
38. Constantine Pleshakov, comments at the Woodrow 55. The KGB archives will be made more accessible,
group of party leaders dedicated to the mother-
Wilson International Center for Scholars, 24 April in theory, Moscow News 8 (3515), 23 February-1
land, the population of the Union, and united by
1992. March 1992, 8.
the great principles of Marx, Engels, Lenin and
39. Two Russian scholars who have made use of these 56. Pikhoia, Russian Archives and the New Realities.
Stalin. (2:197) Despite these comments, the
materials are Michael Latysh (Institute for Slavic and 57. The KGB archives will be made more accessible,
U.S. government was correct in its judgement at
Balkan Studies) and Maxim Korobochkin (Institute for in theory, Moscow News 8 (3515), 23 February-1
the time that the power struggle in Moscow was
General History). March 1992, 8.
not resolved with the expulsion of Beria and that
40. Edemskii, Soviet Union in Eastern Europe, 1945- 58. TsAMO address: Tsentral nyi arkhiv Ministerstva
1989: New Archival Possibilities and Present and On- Oborony SSSR; ul. Kirova, 74; g. Podol sk; 142117 the repeated declarations by Stalin's successors
going Researches in Russia A Survey. See also the Moscow oblast .
that collective leadership was their primary goal
letter of researcher Georgy Chernyavsky, who com- 59. The Central Naval Archive of the Ministry of
masked continuing internal tensions.
plained last fall that the Soviet Foreign Ministry ar- Defense (TsVMA) in Gatchina: TsVMA: Tsentral nyi
The final evaluation of the case by the U.S.
chives remain virtually inaccessible. Foreign Min- voenno-morskoi arkhiv Ministerstva Oborony;
Embassy, described in a secret telegram from
istry archives, Moscow News 41 (3496), 13-20 Octo- Krasnoarmeiskii prospekt, 2; g. Gatchina; 188350 St.
Ambassador Charles Bohlen to the State Depart-
ber 1991 [English edition]. Petersburg oblast .
ment on Christmas Eve, 1953,1 the day Beria's
41. This assessment is based on interviews with Rus- 60. Nezavisimaia Gazeta, 18 June 1991; Eleanor
execution was officially announced, coincides
sian scholars during a visit to Moscow in January 1992. Randolph, Top Kremlin Generals Criticize Revision-
42. This language closely follows the formulation used ist Account of WW II, Washington Post, 21 June 1991; with many of the conclusions of the Central
in the latest U.S. State Department regulations for its Grimsted, Beyond Perestroika, 12.
Committee plenum. It was of critical importance
Foreign Relations of the United States series. 61. Comments of Col. Victor Vasilievich Muchin,
to Malenkov and his associates, Bohlen noted, to
43. Western Members of the International Advisory CWIHP workshop, 8-9 January 1992.
reduce the role of the internal police if the Party
Group, Summing Up of the Nakhabino Meeting March 62. For further information contact Kent Lee, East
were to maintain administrative power over the
14-18, 1992, Regulations for Declassification. View Publications, 12215 North 28th Place, Minne-
Soviet Union. That job, they evidently believed,
44. Prospective funders are urged to contact Dr. Odd apolis, MN 55441, telephone: (612) 550-0961; fax:
was simply impossible as long as Beria stayed at
Arne Westad, Research Director, The Norwegian Nobel (612) 559-2931; toll-free (U.S. only): 1-800-477-1005.
Institute, Drammensveien 19, N-0255, Oslo, Norway; 63. Voyenno-Istorichesky Zhurnal [Military-Histori- the MVD's helm.
tel. (+472) 443680, fax: (+472) 430168, or the members cal Journal], Moscow 103160, K-160, tel: 296-4487; Moreover, the Bohlen cable states, due to
of the international advisory committee: Prof. Jonathan 296-4495; 296-4501; 296-4535.
the half-hearted attempt to prove the guilt of
Haslam (Cambridge University); Prof. William
one of their closest colleagues, it was doubtful if
Taubman (Amherst College); and Prof. Gerhard Wettig
the present leadership wished the Soviet popula-
James G. Hershberg is the coordinator of
(Bundestinstitut fur Ostwissenschaftliche und
tion really to believe most of these charges against
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