June 8, 1978
Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, 8 June 1978 (excerpt)
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SESSION OF THE POLITBURO OF THE CC CPSU
8 June 1978
Chaired by Comrade Brezhnev, L.I.
In attendance: Comrades Andropov Yu.V.; Grishin V.V.; Gromyko A.A.; Kulakov F.D.; Pelshe A.Y.; Suslov M.A.; Ustinov D.F.; Demichev P.N.; Kuznetsov V.V.; Ponomarev
B. N.; Solomentsev M.S.; Chernenko K.Yu.; Dolgikh V.I.; Ryabov Y.P.; Rusakov K.V.
[. . .]II. About Sakharov.
BREZHNEV. The other day comrade Andropov Yu. V. informed me that Sakharov has really let himself go and is behaving like a mere hooligan. The situation deteriorated to the point where he and his wife started a fight with a militiaman near the court building while the Orlov case was being tried.
The reasons for our super patient attitude to Sakharov are familiar to you. But there is a limit to everything. We must not leave his escapades without reaction.
There was a suggestion to discuss Sakharov’s behavior at the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences. Perhaps, we should do this.
The members of the Politburo, candidates members of the Politburo and secretaries of the Central Committee support this proposal.
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A. Bogomolov
Brezhnev reports to the CPSU CC Politburo that the Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov is behaving inappropriately and should be disciplined.
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