<<No 20 : 2 July 1971>> In November 1970, Simas Kudirka (b. 1929), radio operator of a Lithuanian fishing-boat, attempted to remain on board an American cutter in US territorial waters (CCE 18.10 [16]). The captain of the cutter handed him over to the Soviet sailors [1]. Kudirka was arrested, an investigation was carried out … Continue reading The Trial of Simas Kudirka, May 1971 (20.6)
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The Fate of ASCULP Members, April 1971 (19.4)
<<No 19 : 30 April 1971>> The first issue of the Chronicle (CCE 1.6) reported the trial of members of ASCULP, the “All-Russian Social-Christian Union for the Liberation of the People” [1]. Seventeen “rank-and-file” members of ASCULP were convicted. Four “leaders” were prosecuted separately: Igor Vyacheslavovich OGURTSOV (b. 1937) the “head” of the organisation; Mikhail … Continue reading The Fate of ASCULP Members, April 1971 (19.4)
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