<< Issue 61 : 16 March 1981 >>

LENINGRAD. At the beginning of February M. Tkhorzhevskaya was interrogated at the KGB in the case of N. Maltseva (CCE 60).

She admitted she was the author of a pseudonymous story published in the almanac Women and Russia (CCE 55) [note 1], and claimed that Mamonova who left the country in July 1980, CCE 57) and Maltseva, who had ‘involved’ her in feminist activities, had inspired its publication. Tkhorzhevskaya repented of her ‘deed’ and in order to ‘expiate her guilt’ promised to speak as a witness at Maltseva’s trial. This, the investigator informed her, would be transmitted on television [note 2].

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MOSCOW. On 12 February Gleb Pavlovsky (CCE 60) was summoned to Yu. A. Burtsev. When Pavlovsky asked in what capacity he had been summoned (in the warrant he was designated as a ‘witness’), Burtsev did not reply.

Burtsev let it be understood that Case No. 50611/14-79 was being closed, but that a charge would be brought (see CCE 60) against the three members of the editorial board of Poiski (Searches) who were still at liberty: Lert, Gershuni, and Pavlovsky. The investigator attempted to clarify who else was a member of the editorial board besides those named.

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The same day Burtsev interrogated V. Godnev (CCE 57). Burtsev asked three questions:

Q: Have you got anything new to add since the last interrogation?

A: No.

Q: Will you carry on engaging in human rights activities?

A: I never did.

Q: Will we meet again?

A: I don’t know.

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NOTES

[1] Women in Russia was translated into English and published as a book by Sheba Feminist Publishers, London, 1980. Tkhorzhevskaya’s pseudonym was I. Tishchenko.

[2] Maltseva was given a two-year suspended sentence in spring 1981.

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