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MEMORANDUM
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
September 15, 1981
ACTION
MEMORANDUM FOR RICHARD V. ALLEN
FROM:
RICHARD PIPES is
SUBJECT:
Presidential Meeting with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The memorandum to Gregory Newell at Tab I recommends that no
meeting be scheduled between the President and Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn; you are already familiar with the reasons for
this recommendation.
At Tab A is a draft letter for Mr. Newel's use. The incoming
memorandum with attachments is at Tab II.
RECOMMENDATION
That you sign the memorandum to Gregory Newell at Tab I.
Approve
Disapprove
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Attachments:
group Lord,
Shearman P.us, Renkschles,
Tab I
Memorandum to Gregory Newell
Tab A
Draft response
Tab II
Incoming memorandum and letters
Saily; there
a one. page summery
memo
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Janet: 15 Sept new pone
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MEMO ANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 5, 1981
MEMORANDUM FOR GREGORY J. NEWELL
FROM:
RICHARD V. ALLEN
SUBJECT:
Presidential Meeting with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
My recommendation and that of the NSC Staff is that no meeting
be scheduled between the President and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
Attached at Tab A is a draft response for your use, if you
feel an additional letter to Representative Lott is required.
3
Dear Mr.
Thank you for your letter of
, in which
you suggest that the President issue an invitation to Mr.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn to visit the White House.
Mr. Solzhenitsyn's stature as a great writer and heroic
figure in the Russian dissident movement is beyond question.
We will give your suggestion careful thought.
Sincerely,
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
REQUEST FOR SCHEDULING RECOMMENDATION
11 September 1981.
TO:
Richard Allen
VIA: GREGORY J. NEWELL
FROM: MICHAEL P. CASTINE MPC
PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON THE FOLLOWING
REQUEST UNDER CONSIDERATION:
EVENT:
On behalf of his constituent,Rev. Paul Honomichl, Rep. Trent
Lott asks that the President meet with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
DATE:
open
LOCATION:
The White House
BACKGROUND:
RESPONSE DUE: 15 September 1981. Thank You.
YOUR RECOMMENDATION:
Accept
Regret
Surrogate
Message
Other
IF RECOMMENDATION IS TO ACCEPT, PLEASE GIVE REASONS:
August 31, 1981
Dear Trent:
This is just to let you know that I have not forgotten
your July 6 letter forwarding Reverend Paul O. Honomichl's
request that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn be extended an invita-
tion to the White House.
Please be assured that I have directed Reverend Honomichl's
suggestion to the appropriate White House office for careful
consideration. I hope that you will feel free to contact me
whenever I can be of further assistance to you.
Thank you for your interest in writing.
With cordial regard, I am
Sincerely,
Max L. Friedersdorf
Assistant to the President
The Honorable Trent Lott
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
CC: Greg Newell (Scheduling) w/copy of incoming for appropriate act
sent
CC: Richard Allen w/copy of incoming, FYI
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5TH DISTRICT, MISSISSIPPI
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
202-225-5772
REPUBLICAN WHIP
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Congress of the United States
DISTRICT OFFICES:
GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI 39501
601-854-7670
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
house of Representatives
HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI 39401
TOM H. ANDERSON, JR.
601-582-3246
LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI 39440
Cashington, D.C. 20515
July 6, 1981
031675
Honorable Ronald W. Reagan
The President
The United States of America
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
I am taking the liberty of contacting you in behalf of
Rev. Paul O. Honomichl, pastor of the Houston, Mississippi, Presbyterian
Church. As you will note from Rev. Honomichl's correspondence which I
have enclosed, he has expressed his belief that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
be honored by an invitation to the White House. I would greatly appreciate
your consideration of Rev. Honomichl's request, and the benefit of your
comments thereon.
Thanking you and with highest regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
Trent Lott
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Houston Preshyterian Church
226 W. WASHINGTON ST.
HOUSTON, MISSISSIPPI 38851
PAUL O. HONOMICHL
(601) 456-4167
PASTOR
June 23,1981
Representative Trent Lott
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Lott;
I have been intending to write to thank you for coming to Houston to address
to Republican Committee. I especially appreciate the time you gave me
personally to speak with you afterwards.
There are many matters which I feel the people at the "grass roots" would like
to see the administration do, but it seems that the president and his staff are
so busy that a letter from me on these issues might get lost in the shuffle. I
would like therefore to present some ideas to you for your conveyance to those
who would be in a position to take some real action on them.
First, you will recall that the Democrats REFUSED to have Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
as a 'guest to the white house to honor him for the expose' in The Gulag Archipelago
of the horrid evil perpetrated upon the Russian people I and many of my
friends feel that this was a terrible insult to a man who is dedicated to the
humane treatment of all people and justice and freedom.
The Republicans would gain the good will of many Americans all across the Nation
by having Mr. Solzhenitsyn to the White House and honoring him in whatever way
seemed appropriate. You may want to refer to the Congressional Record of the
94th Congress, Tuesday, July 15, 1975 when Mr. Phil Crane addressed the attention
of the body to Mr. Solzhenitsyn's bravery and courage in the face of overmounting
opposition by "liberal communist murderers" in Russia.
President Gerald Ford, no doubt under pressure from the left wing in Washington,
REFUSED to honor this brave man. I feel that it is time something was done
in the name of truth and rightness instead of political favoritism.
Please give this matter your deepest attention.
Sincerely in Christ Jesus,
Paul 0. Honomichl
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MEMORANDUM
Dissidents
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
CONFIDENTIAL
October 30, 1981
ACTION
MEMORANDUM FOR RICHARD V. ALLEN
THROUGH:
CHARLES P. TYSON
FROM:
RICHARD PIPES
SUBJECT:
White House Invitation for Solzhenitsyn
In response to your note on my memorandum of October 15 (Tab II),
at Tab I is a memorandum to the President requesting approval
to schedule a dinner inviting Soviet emigre dissidents to the
White House, including Alexander Solzhenitsyn. (C)
RECOMMENDATION
That you sign the memorandum to the President at Tab I, forwarding
a list of suggested guests (Tab A).
Approve
Disapprove
Attachments:
Tab I
Memorandum to the President
Tab A
List of suggested dinner guests.
Tab II
Memorandum to Mr. Allen dated October 15.
DECLASSIFIED
CONFIDENTIAL
White House Guidelines, August 28, 1997
Review October 30, 1987.
By smf NARA, Date 6/26/02
5351
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
CONFIDENTIAL
ACTION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
RICHARD V. ALLEN
SUBJECT:
White House Invitation for Solzhenitsyn
Over the past several months, a number of influential persons
have been urging that you invite Aleksander Solzhenitsyn for
a private meeting at the White House. I have been reluctant
to recommend such a course because from the time he had
settled in the United States, Solzhenitsyn has become increasingly
active in Russian emigre politics, assuming leadership of
the more conservative and nationalistic elements which are
often anti-Western and anti-democratic. For you to receive
him privately would suggest to Russians in the Soviet Union
and abroad that you are endorsing his very controversial
views and associations.
(e)
At the same time, powerful arguments can be made in favor of
honoring Solzhenitsyn's great achievements in fighting
Communism and exposing it as an inhuman ideology that
threatens all countries. (e)
A way out of the difficulty may be for you to invite Solzhenitsyn
together with several other leading Soviet emigres, including
individuals who represent more moderate, pro-Western tendencies
as well as the ethnic minorities of the Soviet Union. A
suggested list of those is attached at Tab A. All of them
have given proof of their courage and most have spent long
years in Soviet prisons and psychiatric wards. A dinner at
the White House in their honor would demonstrate your sympathy
for the cause of dissent in the USSR without identifying you
with any particular current in it. (e)
RECOMMENDATION
That you approve the scheduling of a dinner inviting Soviet
emigre dissidents listed at Tab A.
Approve
Disapprove
Attachments:
DECLASSIFIED
Tab A
List of Soviet emigres.
NLRR F06-114/6#9237
CONFIDENTIAL
BY RW NARA DATE 3/19/13
Review October 30, 1987.
LIST OF PROPOSED GUESTS FOR PRESIDENT REAGAN'S DINNER FOR
SOVIET DISSIDENTS
Ludmilla ALEXEEVA (293 Benedict Avenue, Tarrytown, New York 10591).
A founding member of the Russian Helsinki Watch Group, who
had travelled widely around the USSR to investigate abuses
of human rights until expelled in 1977.
Valerii CHALIDZE (145 East 92nd Street, New York, New York 10028).
A scientist, he was one of the earliest to get in trouble
with the authorities in the struggle for human rights. Left
in 1972. Presently publishes Russian political literature
in New York.
General Peter GRIGORENKO (4330 - 48th Street, Apt. 4F, Long Island,
New York, New York 11104) A distinguished Soviet Army general
and once an ardent Communist, he took up in the 1960s the
cause of the Crimean Tatars whom Stalin had expelled from
their homeland in 1944; cashiered from the service, he was
committed to psychiatric wards. An Ukrainian by origin.
Pavel LITVINOV (293 Benedict Avenue, Tarrytown, New York 10591)
The grandson of Stalin's Minister of Foreign Affairs, he was
arrested and tried for organizing in 1968 a demonstration in
Red Square protesting the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Andrei SINIAVSKII (c/o Sorbonne, Paris, France). An eminent writer
and editor, he published for years in the Soviet Union under
the pen-name "Abram Tertz". Caught in 1965 he was given a
prominent trial, spent a long sentence in camp.
Alexander SOLZHENITSYN (Cavendish, Vermont). The prominent
writer and author of Gulag Archipelago, was expelled in 1975.
Valentin TURCHIN (7534 - 113th Street, Forest Hills, New York 11375).
A physician, he headed the Moscow Chapter of Amnesty Inter-
national. Friend of A. Sakharov. Forced to leave USSR in
1977.
Father Georgii VINS (38 Stanton Road, P.O. Box 1188, Elkhart,
Indiana 49515). A Baptist minister, spent many years in
camps.
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MEMORANDUM
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
CONFIDENTIAL
October 15, 1981
DECLASSIFIED
ACTION
NLRR F06-114/6#9238
MEMORANDUM FOR RICHARD V. ALLEN
BY RW NARA DATE 3/19/13
FROM:
RICHARD PIPES is
SUBJECT:
White House Invitation for Solzhenitsyn
Cary Lord, Norm Bailey and I discussed the perennial question of
a White House invitation for Solzhenitsyn. The three of us
agreed that a personal invitation to Solzhenitsyn would not be
advisable because Alexander Isaevich would be likely to use the
opportunity to deliver a political sermon that might prove
embarrassing to the President and send all the wrong signals to
pro-Western elements in Soviet society and emigration. At the
same time, a blanket refusal may prove awkward because it could
suggest that we are afraid of annoying Moscow with an invitation
to him. (e)
Option 1. We came up with the idea of inviting Solzhenitsyn not
individually but as a member of a small group of prominent
Freedom Fighters. One possibility would be to invite half a
dozen world famous figures distinguished for their contributions
on behalf of liberty: e.g., H. Matos, Frederick Hayek, Raymond Aaron,
etc.
(e)
Option 2. Another possibility -- which I personally prefer --
would be to gather several Soviet dissidents in emigration who
represent diverse trends in the Soviet political spectrum: in
addition to Solzhenitsyn, who speaks for the Russian nationalist
right, Siniavsky, a representative of the pro-Western center,
Pavel Litvinov (arrested in 1968 for his Red Square protest
against the invasion of Czechoslovakia), Ludmilla Alexeeva
(charter founder of the Moscow Helsinki Group), Alexander Ginzburg
(a much-persecuted dissident and friend of Solzhenitsyn),
and Father Vins (a Baltic priest with a splendid record of
resistance).
.
(e)
RECOMMENDATION
That you approve one of the two options set forth above.
Approve Option 1
Approve Option 2
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A founding member of the Russian Helsinki Watch Group, who
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committed to psychiatric wards. An Ukrainian by origin.
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Pavel LITVINOV (293 Benedict Avenue, Tarrytown, New York 10591).
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
4/6/82
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
DECLASSIFIED
CONFIDENTIAL
WASHINGTON
NLRR F06-114/6#9239
ACTION
March 20, 1982
BY RW NARA DATE 3/19/13
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
WILLIAM P. CLARK
SUBJECT:
White House Invitation for Solzhenitsyn
Issue
Over the past year, a number of influential persons have been
urging that you invite Aleksander Solzhenitsyn for a private
meeting at the White House. However, there are strong objections
to inviting Solzhenitsyn alone. (C)
Facts
From the time he settled in the United States, Solzhenitsyn has
become increasingly active in Russian emigre politics, assuming
leadership of the more conservative and nationalistic elements
which are often anti-Western and anti-democratic. For you to
receive him privately would suggest to Russians in the Soviet
Union and abroad that you are endorsing his very controversial
views and associations. At the same time, powerful arguments
can be made in favor of honoring Solzhenitsyn's great achievements
in fighting Communism and exposing it as an inhuman ideology that
threatens all countries. (C)
Discussion
A way out of the difficulty may be for you to invite Solzhenitsyn
together with several other leading Soviet emigres, including
individuals who represent more moderate, pro-Western tendencies
as well as the ethnic minorities of the Soviet Union. A suggested
list of those is attached at Tab A. All of them have given proof
of their courage and most have spent long years in Soviet prisons
and psychiatric wards. A lunch or dinner at the White House in
their honor would demonstrate your sympathy for the cause of
dissent in the USSR -- a very worthy cause -- without identifying
you with any particular current in it. (C)
RECOMMENDATION
O.K. No
1.
That you approve the scheduling of a lunch or dinner
inviting Soviet emigre dissidents listed at Tab A.
Attachment:
Tab A
List of Soviet emigres.
Prepared by:
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
Richard Pipes
Review March 5, 1988.
A
19
LIST OF PROPOSED GUESTS FOR PRESIDENT REAGAN'S DINNER FOR
SOVIET DISSIDENTS
Ludmilla ALEXEEVA (293 Benedict Avenue, Tarrytown, New York 10591).
A founding member of the Russian Helsinki Watch Group, who
had travelled widely around the USSR to investigate abuses
of human rights until expelled in 1977.
914/332-1578
Valerii CHALIDZE (145 East 92nd Street, New York, New York 10028).
A scientist, he was one of the earliest to get in trouble
with the authorities in the struggle for human rights. Left
in 1972. Presently publishes Russian political literature
in New York.
212/860-8823
General Peter GRIGORENKO (4330 - 48th Street, Apt. 4F, Long Island,
New York, New York 11104). A distinguished Soviet Army general
and once an ardent Communist, he took up in the 1960s the
ZINAIVA
cause of the Crimean Tatars whom Stalin had expelled from
their homeland in 1944; cashiered from the service, he was
committed to psychiatric wards. An Ukrainian by origin
212/784-3676
Pavel LITVINOV (293 Benedict Avenue, Tarrytown, New York 10591)
The grandson of Stalin's Minister of Foreign Affairs, he was
arrested and tried for organizing in 1968 a demonstration in
Red Square protesting the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
914/631-4861
Andrei SINIAVSKII (c/o Sorbonne, Paris, France). An eminent writer
and editor, he published for years in the Soviet Union under
the pen-name "Abram Tertz". Caught in 1965 he was given a
prominent trial, spent a long sentence in camp.
(Pain)
Alexander SOLZHENITSYN (Cavendish, Vermont). The prominent
writer and author of Gulag Archipelago, was expelled in 1975.
Valentin TURCHIN (7534 - 113th Street, Forest Hills, New York 11375).
A physician, he headed the Moscow Chapter of Amnesty Inter-
national. Friend of A. Sakharov. Forced to leave USSR in
1977.
Father Georgii VINS (38 Stanton Road, P.O. Box 1188, Elkhart,
Indiana 49515). A Baptist minister, spent many years in
camps.
Ms. ayohe SEITMURATOVA 303-99 th St.
Brooklyn, ny 11209
212/238-1621
3/10
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
3/20
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Bill wanted you to
see this before it goes
to the President
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After review, please
return to BT Merchant
in the Situation Room,
ext 2585.
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National Security Council
The White House
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CONFIDENTIAL with
SECRET Attachment
March 5, 1982
ACTION
SIGNED
MEMORANDUM FOR WILLIAM P. CLARK
FROM:
RICHARD PIPES M
SUBJECT:
Proposed White House Invitation for Solzhenitsyn
Approximately every two or three months, some influential Senator
or other prominent public figures urges a White House invitation
for Alexander Solzhenitsyn. This time the recommendation comes
from Senator Jepsen and Congressman Kemp. I have repeatedly
recommended against this proposal. My reasons are stated in
the attached memorandum to Richard V. Allen, dated June 24, 1981
(Tab II). Subsequently, Stearman, Bailey, Lord and I put our
heads together and found what seemed the best solution to the
problem, namely a Presidential lunch (or dinner) for a group
of Soviet dissidents, including Solzhenitsyn, representing the
diverse trends in the emigration. A proposed list of these
persons is attached at Tab A. Allen approved the recommendation
but apparently took no action. I further attach a memorandum
from you to the President (previously submitted to Allen)
recommending such a course (Tab I). (C) State concurs.
Once a decision on this matter has been reached, an answer can
be drafted to Senator Jepsen and Congressmen Kemp (Tab III). (C)
RECOMMENDATION
That you sign and forward the memorandum to the President at
Tab I.
Approve
Disapprove
Attachments:
Tab I
Memorandum to the President
Tab A
List of Soviet emigres
Tab II
Memorandum of June 24, 1981 to Richard V. Allen
Tab III
Incoming letter of February 22 from Senator Jepsen
and Congressman Kemp
CC: Norman Bailey
Carnes Lord
DECLASSIFIED
William Stearman
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
RICHARD V. ALLEN
FROM:
RICHARD PIPES NP
SUBJECT:
Solzhenitsyn
I understand that you are meeting this afternoon with Senator Jepson
to discuss Sozhenitsyn and that you would like a memorandum from
me on this subject. (C)
There are really two Solzhenitsyns.
One is the heroic fighter against Communist oppression and the
author of Gulag Archipelago, a work that has had a profoundly
salutary effect on Western perceptions of the Soviet Union. This
Solzhenitsyn is a heroic figure and a symbol of resistance to
Communist oppression. The people who wish the President to
receive him in the White House usually are aware only of this
side of him: it was only this side of him that was known in 1974
when Solzhenitsyn came to the United States, which is why President
Ford's refusal to meet with him rightly evoked such a storm of
protests.
(C)
The other Solzhenitsyn is a cunning politician who has gradually
revealed himself since 1974, a man who sees himself as a future
leader of Russia. In this capacity he identifies himself with
the most reactionary and nationalistic Russian elements in the
Soviet Union and abroad. His followers in emigration, consisting
heavily of Nazi collaborators in World War II, glorify the old
Russian monarchy. extol General Vlasov, the leader of the pro-
Nazi Russian army in World War II, sympathize with Petain and
Franco, and, following Solzhenitsyn's lead, on every occasion
assail Western values because they hold the West directly responsible
for Communism and the suffering it has inflicted on Russia. (S)
Thus, while a meeting with Solzhenitsyn might signal to the world
at large a reaffirmation of our anti-Communism (which is hardly
necessary in any event), to the Russians it would symbolize U.S.
identification with the most conservative, nationalist strain
in the Russian opposition at the expense of the pro-Western,
liberal, human rights opposition, headed by Sakharov and Orlov.
Do we want to make such a commitment? (8)
I have no doubt of the good intentions of Americans who promote a
Reagan-Solzhenitsyn meeting. I believe, however, that they are
innocent victims of a political ploy initiated by Solzhenitsyn
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for his own political purposes, which are not necessarily ours.
Not all anti-Communism is good. We should support only that
anti-Communism which is carried out in the name of democratic and
liberal principles, and it so happens that Solzhenitsyn does not
share those in the least -- indeed, he scorns them as much as
does any Soviet leader.
(S)
RECOMMENDATION
My recommendation would be that the President not meet with
Solzhenitsyn but instead, on some suitable occasion, such as a
birthday, send him a congratulatory message similar to the one he
had recently sent to Sakharov.
(S)
Approve
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WASHINGTON, D. C.20510
ROGER W. JEPSEN
IOWA
February 22, 1982
Mr. William P. Clark
Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs
The White House Office
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20500
enclosure
Dear Bill:
&
We had worked with Vice President George Bush and others
to bring President Reagan together with Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
during CREED's (see enclosure) last Washington meeting on
October 28 and 29, 1981. Unfortunately we weren't able to
arrange a meeting at that time.
CREED will next meet in Washington on May 26 and 27.
Once again there is an opportunity to bring Solzhenitsyn
to Washington and arrange a meeting between him and the
President.
Solzhenitsyn's public appearances are rare. An appearance
with President Reagan is guaranteed worldwide publicity.
This publicity, in turn, would help:
1) demonstrate to the Soviets and the rest of the
world that this Administration has an unfaltering
commitment to speak out against human rights
violations behind the Iron Curtain. The inevi-
table contrast between such a meeting and
President Ford's refusal to meet Solzenitsyn will
prove that things are different under
President Reagan.
2) emphasize that repression and persecution are an
integral part of the Soviet system -- and an
integral threat to the values and security of our
nation. This is an important message as the
Administration seeks to enact a program for
stronger defense and renewed commitment to
countering Communist aggression.
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Mr. William P. Clark
February 22, 1982
Page 2
Can you help us arrange such a meeting?
If the President agrees to meet with Solzhenitsyn, or if
your staff should want more information, please contact
Herman Pirchner of Senator Jepsen's staff at 224-0046.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
New Jack U.S. York F. Congressman Hemp U.S. Sincerely, Roger Iowa Senator W Jepsen Japsen
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MEMORANDUM
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NON-LOG
April 6, 1982
NOTES
MEMORANDUM FOR WILLIAM P. CLARK
FROM:
JEREMIAH O'LEARY gaof
SUBJECT:
Aleksandr Solzenitsyn
This is an early warning note for what sounds like a
potential flap.
Today I received a call from Alfred Friendly, a former
Staff member at the NSC and a Russian expert. He said
the word is out that the White House has invited Solzenitsyn
to come here on May 11th, possibly to receive some kind
of award from the President, perhaps the Freedom Medal.
I know nothing of this, but Friendly says that he is
in frequent contact with other Russian dissidents,
many of them in this country. These people do not love
Mr. Solzenitsyn, according to Friendly, and consider
him pro-Soviet and anti-Western.
He suggests that such a ceremony for Solzenitsyn might
lead to protests and demonstrations by the other Russian
emigres.
CC: Richard Pipes
NSC/S PROFILE
CONF IDENTIAL
ID 8202344
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FROM TYSON
DOCDATE 07 APR 82
PIPES
07 APR 82
DECLASSIFIED
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PIPES
16 APR 82
By smf NARA, Date 6/27/02
KEYWORDS: AP
USSR
SOLZHENITSYN, A
IMMIGRATION
ZARECHNAK, DIMITRI
MUROMCEW, CYRIL
SUBJECT: PROPOSED GUEST LIST FOR PRES LUNCHEON 11 MAY W/ ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN
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& SOVIET IMMIGRANTS & REQUEST FOR INTERPRETERS
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Washington, D.C. 20520
April 29, 1982
UNCLASSIFIED
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. WILLIAM P. CLARK
THE WHITE HOUSE
SUBJECT:
Russian Interpreters
The names of the two Russian interpreters who will be
present at the President's May 11 luncheon for Soviet emigres
at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, May 11 are:
Dimitri Zarechnak
Cyril Muromcew.
Details concerning where and when they should report would
be appreciated, and should be communicated to Thomas W. Simons, Jr.
(632-3738) or Richard E. Combs, Jr. (632-1452), EUR/SOV, Room 4217,
Department of State 20520.
commanawar Bremer,
Executive Secretary
UNCLASSIFIED
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07 APR 82
DECLASSIFIED
PIPES
16 APR 82
White House Guidalines, August 28, 1897
By smf NARA, Date 6/27/02
KEYWORDS: AP
USSR
SOLZHENITSYN, A
IMMIGRATION
ZARECHNAK, DIMITRI
MUROMCEW, CYRIL
SUBJECT: PROPOSED GUEST LIST FOR PRES LUNCHEON 11 MAY W/ ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN
& SOVIET IMMIGRANTS & REQUEST FOR INTERPRETERS
ACTION: FOR DECISION
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WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM
4/30/82
TO:
MUFFIE BRANDON/WILLIAM P. CLARK
78R for
FROM: GREGORY J. NEWELL
SUBJ: APPROVED PRESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY
PLEASE IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING AND NOTIFY AND CLEAR ALL
PARTICIPANTS. THE BRIEFING PAPER AND REMARKS SHOULD BE
SUBMITTED TO RICHARD DARMAN BY 3 P.M. OF THE PRECEDING DAY.
MEETING:
Lunch with Soviet Immigrants
DATE:
May 11, 1982
TIME:
12:15 pm (changed from 12:00 as previously notified)
DURATION:
75 minutes
LOCATION:
Residence
REMARKS REQUIRED: Yes
MEDIA COVERAGE: Coordinate with Press Office
FIRST LADY
PARTICIPATION:
REMARKS REQUIRED
CC: A. Bakshian
C. Romero
M. Brandon
B. Shaddix
R. Darman
L. Speakes
R. DeProspero
S. Studdert
K. Duberstein
WHCA Audio/Visual
D. Fischer
WHCA Operations
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R. Williamson
E. Hickey
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WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM
4/30/82
TO:
WILLIAM P. CLARK
FROM: GREGORY J. NEWELL
72R for
SUBJ: APPROVED PRESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY
PLEASE IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING AND NOTIFY AND CLEAR ALL
PARTICIPANTS. THE BRIEFING PAPER AND REMARKS SHOULD BE
SUBMITTED TO RICHARD DARMAN BY 3 P.M. OF THE PRECEDING DAY.
MEETING:
with Alexander Solzhenitsyn
DATE:
May 11, 1982
TIME:
12:00 Noon
10 minutes
DURATION:
Oval Office
LOCATION:
REMARKS REQUIRED: To be covered in briefing paper
MEDIA COVERAGE: Coordinate with Press Office
FIRST LADY
PARTICIPATION: No
CC: A. Bakshian
C. Romero
M. Brandon
B. Shaddix
R. Darman
L. Speakes
R. DeProspero
S. Studdert
K. Duberstein
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WHCA Operations
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R. Williamson
E. Hickey
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M. McManus
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
CONFIDENTIAL
April 7, 1982
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR CHARLES P. TYSON
FROM:
RICHARD PIPES or
SUBJECT:
Presidential Lunch, May 11, 1982
Here is the progress report:
I am still waiting to get Solzhenitsyn's telephone number.
As concerns potential additional guests, I would like to suggest
the following:
1.
Professor Lev Dobriansky of Georgetown University, the
head of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America.
2.
Ed Klein, a New York businessman who has been extremely
helpful in assisting Russian dissenters in this country.
3.
Robert Bernstein, President, Random House, another American
who has been unusually helpful in assisting Soviet intellectuals.
4. M. Rostropovich, Director of the National Symphony.
5.
Ambassador Max Kampelman.
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CONFIDENTIAL ATTACHMENT
ACTION
MEMORANDUM FOR WILLIAM P. CLARK
FROM:
CHARLES P. TYSON
DIDN
SUBJECT:
The President's Luncheon with Soviet
Immigrants -- Tuesday, May 11
The President's luncheon with Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
and other Soviet immigrants has been approved and is
scheduled for Tuesday, May 11, at 12:00 noon.
Jacque has indicated to me that you have an interest
in discussing the list of invitees with Maestro
Rostropovich of the National Symphony. Attached at
Tab A is an approved list of invitees and also a sug-
gested list of invitees who Dick Pipes feels would add
substantially to the luncheon.
Because news of this event has leaked to the press, it
is important that you review and approve the list as
soon as possible. Dick Pipes will then issue the in-
vitations verbally -- to be followed by a formal
invitation from Muffie Brandon's office.
RECOMMENDATION
That you approve the luncheon guest list.
Approve
Approve, as amended
Disapprove
Attachment
Tab A - Guest List
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CONFIDENTIAL
April 16, 1982
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR CHARLES P. TYSON
FROM:
RICHARD PIPES
&
SUBJECT:
Presidential Lunch, Tuesday, May 11, 1982
I would like to suggest a small change in the list of persons
invited to the May 11 lunch. I would drop Turchin, because
he basically represents the same cause (Helsinki movement) as
to Chalidze and Alexeeva, and replace him with Ms. Ayshe
Seitmuratova. This lady is a Crimean Tatar. She has fought
bravely for her people, whom Stalin had deported and who have
not been allowed to return to their homeland. Because she is
a woman and a Muslim she would add a certain "affirmative action"
FOIA(b) (6)
balance to the list. Her address is
The Helsinki Committee of Congress also called me and urged
that Congressman Fascell and Senator Dole be invited inasmuch
as they chair the Committee on Security and Cooperation in
Europe which is directly concerned with the violations of human
rights provision of the Helsinki accords. 8
DECLASSIFIED IN PART
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MEMORANDUM
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
April 22, 1982
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR CHARLES P. TYSON
FROM:
RICHARD PIPES
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SUBJECT:
Invitees to May 11 Luncheon
Here are seven of the invitees, all notified by phone (see
attached). They now should receive formal invitations.
There are three more to await decision on Monday:
1. Mrs. Shcharansky: I talked to someone in her Jerusalem
apartment and passed on the message but she has not yet
called back: I suppose she needs some kind of an O.K.
If she calls on Friday, Fran will let you know.
2.
Ms. Seitmuratova and the Orthodox priest: I would feel
better if I got more information on both of them which
I will do on Monday morning, when I return from Vienna.
Attachment
Partial
List of Persons Invited to Presidential Luncheon - May 11, 1982
Ludmilla ALEXEEVA
293 Benedict Avenue
Tarrytown, New York 10591
Valerii CHALIDZE
145 East 92nd Street
New York, New York 10028
General Peter GRIGORENKO
4330 - 48th Street, Apartment 4F
Long Island
New York, New York 11104
Pavel LITVINOV
293 Benedict Avenue
Tarrytown, New York 10591
Andrei SINIAVSKII
8, rue Boris Vilde
Fontanay-aux-Roses
92260 France
Alexander SOLZHENITSYN
Cavendish, Vermont 05142
Father Georgii VINS
38 Stanton Road
P.O. Box 1188
Elkhart, Indiana 49515
Dissident
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MEMORANDUM
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
CONFNDENTIAL
April 26, 1982
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR CHARLES P. TYSON
FROM:
RICHARD PIPES M
SUBJECT:
May 11 Presidential Lunch
Here are the additional (and final) persons to be invited:
1. Ms Ayshe SEITMURATOVA:
2. Mrs. Avital SHCHARANSKY:
FOIA(b) (6)
I have given up on the Orthodox priest because, in view of the
split in the Orthodox Church in this country, to invite the
representative of one faction would only infuriate the other. (F)
Thus, we will have nine guests. )
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By LOJ NARA, Date 12/13/07
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May 11th
12 noon
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Q:
Is the President going to meet with Alexander Solzhenitsyn,
as recommended by Senator Jepsen and Congressman Kemp?
A:
The President has already met with emigrees from
the Soviet Union, including Mrs. Avital Shcharansky,
whose husband is currently the object of Soviet persecution.
He is actively considering, additional meetings with a
(emigres)
wide range of the courageous Soviet citizens who
have defied their government's repression, suffered at
the hands of Soviet authorities, and have finally left
their homeland.
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Background: The President will he hosting a lunch on
May 11 for a number of prominent Soviet emigrees.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn will be among those invited. The
President has decided against an individual meeting with
Solzhenitsyn to avoid showing favoritism in the factional
disputes among Soviet emigrees in which Solzhenitsyn is
heavily involved. The invitations to the guests for the
May 11 lunch will be issued in the next few weeks, and
when they are issued the lunch will be announced publicly.
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PAUL RUSSO P.R.
RE:
SOVIET DISSIDENTS LUNCHEON
Leslie Dutton from Los Angeles, is interested in the May 11
Soviet Dissidents Event and would very much like to discuss
that with you. A copy of her letter is attached. I would
appreciate it if you could take the time to talk to her.
Her number is 213 477-8231.
Thank you for your assistance.
The Hannaford Company, Inc.
10960 Wilshire Boulevard
49
Suite 422
Los Angeles, California 90024
213/477-8231
Public Relations & Public Affairs
April 19, 1982
Mr. Paul Russo
Special Assistant to the
President for Political Affairs
The
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Hannaford
Washington, D.C. 20515
Company,
Inc.
Dear Paul,
It has come to my attention that there will be a dinner at the
White House on May 11, 1982 for Soviet dissidents who are now living in
the United States. However, it is my understanding that three of the
most prominent dissidents from the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia
and Estonia have not yet received an invitation.
I thought perhaps that you would be most interested to know that
all three of these gentlemen vigorously supported President Reagan
for election in 1980. Their names and addresses with a brief descripton
are below:
SIMAS KUDIRKA - Lithuanian sailor who jumped off a Soviet trawler
off the coast of Martha's Vineyard asking for asylum in 1972. A tele-
vision movie on his life featured Alan Arkin as Simas. (341 Highland
Boulevard, Brooklyn, New York 11207).
VLADAS SAKALYS - A copy of a Christian Science Monitor article
about Vladas' escape from Soviet-occupied Lithuania in 1980 is attached
herewith. (341 Highland Boulevard, New York, 11207).
PAUL BRUVERS - Living in the United States with his wife on a
student visa while studying for the Baptist Theological School. Paul
was convicted and sentenced to prison and hard labor camps for conducting
a public opinion survey in Riga, Latvia. (See article "Flight to Freedom",
BALTIC BULLETIN, February-March 1981 attached. His address is
275 N Oakland Avenue #8, Pasadena, California). He is thirty years old.
These three dynamic young men have told quite a story about life
behind the Iron Curtain and why they chose to leave their homelands.
Certainly, they should be included in a group of distinguished Soviet
dissidents.
Very best regards,
Lislie
Leslie Dutton
Account Executive
Enclosures
LD/mg
TWX/Telex 910-342-7566
Los Angeles
New York
Sacramento
Washington, D.C.
Thirty-four-year-old Olafs Brüvers has
their holidays? How did they like their
never known a free and independent
work? What radio programs did they
Latvia because his homeland was
appreciate most?
forcibly invaded and occupied by the
Seventy-five percent of the 236
Soviet Union eight years before his
people polled, Russian as well as Latvian
birth. Yet Olafs Brüvers and his brother
opposed unpaid overtime work required
by the government on Saturdays,
Olaf Bruvers,
Pavil had the audacity to openly
a well-known
question the Soviet system, attempting
indicated that they played the state-
Latoian
to conduct the Baltic nation's first public
required lottery in order to win and not
dissident,
opinion poll. As a result, Brüvers spent
to support the state, also, if given the
is urging
six-and-a-half months in a labor camp for
chance would vacation in western
support for
"slandering the Soviet Union."
countries.
the Baltic-American Freedom League program.
The public opinion poll was one page
Brüvers and his brother were arrested
long, each copy individually typed.
and the opinion polls were confiscated
In June 1982, Bruvers' visa will expire.
Brüvers said that since private printing
by the KGB in 1977. After completing a
Until then, however, he is available to
equipment is not permitted by the
six-and-a-half month sentence in a labor
show a 25-minute 8mm sound film of
Communist government, he and his
camp, the entire Brüvers family was
labor camps in Latvia. He helped to
brother had to spend nearly three-and-a-
harrassed until eventually a one-month
smuggle the film out of his country in
half months preparing the forms before
hunger strike by family members
1975, while active in the Latvian
they could start the opinion poll.
prompted Soviet authorities to allow
independence movement. Brüvers wants
In Riga, where the poll was
them to leave the country for West
Americans to see this rare glimpse of life
conducted, a majority of the population
Germany.
behind the Iron Curtain.
is Russian because of Soviet mass
Bruvers and his wife have been
deportations of Latvians to Siberia. The
granted political asylum in West
For information regarding an interview with Olafs
Bruvers brothers asked Russians and
Germany but are living temporarily in
Brüvers or for viewing the film, please contact: The
Latvians alike to answer the questions.
Los Angeles, California while he is
Hannaford Company, Suite 422, 10960 Wilshire
Where did the workers like to spend
attending a theological seminary on a
Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90024, Mrs.
student visa.
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Baltic Bulletin
February/March 1982
By Daniel Southerland
Staff correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Sakalys Is Impressed with the affluence which he has seen
Soon the people were fighting to gel It back. Over the
Washington
In the two months which he has spent In the United States. He
years a remarkable thing happened. The protesters prepared
You have to wonder which demanded the most courage
had.expected the standard of living to be high. but the reality
a petition and In 1979 sent It to Sovlet President Leonld Brezh
from this tough Lithuanian patriot.
surpasses his expectations.
nev. It was signed by an extraordinary number of people -
Living through the 15 years In forced labor camps?
He Is to be granted political asylum here and one day may
143,000 of them - a number unheard of for protest petitions
Standing up to his secret police Interrugators?
seek citizenship. But he looks like a man searching for
submitted to the Soviet leadership.
Or making his final escape?
Americans who are as tough as he Is and not finding them. He
Glven such widespread resistance, men and women like
Walking. running. crawling. swimming - It look Viadas
does not think that the West has the good sense or the will to
Viadas Sakalys do not consider themselves "dissidents," as
Sakalys 20 days to cover the 373 miles to freedom. The most
resist Soviet aggression. He thinks the Seviets will Invade
they are known In the West. They consider themselves Lith
dangerous part was crossing the heavily patrolled Soviel bor-
Poland.
uanlan patriots trying to get the Soviet authorities to live up
der. with Its guards, dogs. electrified fence. barbed wire, and
"The Soviets will come to Poland." he says matter-of-
to the rights supposedly guaranteed by the Soviet constitu
a lake.
factly. arguing that no matter how limited the Independence
tion and legal codes.
In some ways. the men of the KGB, the Soviel State Secu-
which the Pollsh workers have achieved. the Soviets see that
Viadas Sakalys does not have an advanced education In
rity Committee. must be happy to be rid of Vladas Sakalys.
Independence as undermining their system.
the usual sense. After completing primary and secondary
Resistance Is written all over his Nordle features. Don't push
"In Lithuania, everyone is waiting to see how II will end In
school, he spent so much time In jalls and labor camps that
me around. Don't try to be nice to me. Elther way. there will
Poland." be says.
there was little opportunity for formal training. But through
be no compromise. That Is what the plercing blue eyes. the
He predicts that the Pollsh workers will resist the Invasion
home study and on-the-Job training be did learn about the
compact body. and the no-nonsense look seem to say.
but that the Soriets will crush them.
fabrication and repair of eyeglass lenses and became a II.
When he decided to escape from the Sovlet Union. Sakalys
And what will the West do?
censed optician. In addition to speaking Lithuanian, he has
was with his family. It was In May of this year. and he was
"The West will not move even a little finger," be says.
learned to speak Russian, Pollsh, and Latvian, and has a
enjoying a respite from prisons and forced-labor camps. But
To many people In the West. Lithuania is nothing more
rudimentary knowledge of English and German.
when the authorities threatened to throw him -- for the fourth
than a vague memory - one of those small lands which the
Most Important for his work In the human rights field. he
time - Into such a camp, he decided that II would be too
Russians swallowed after World War II. But to Vladas
has learned the Soviet laws. You might call him a labor camp
much of a burden, not Just for himself but also for his wife
Sakalys. Uthuania lives. It In a culture. a language, a rell-
lawyer.
and two young children.
glon - and A will to restst.
Sakalys has never known anything but resistance. He was
He had been Interrogated by the KGB about the signing
Located on the western side of the Soviet Union with bor-
born during the war and Nazi occupation. He grew up wit-
and dissemination of petitions protesting the Soviet occupa-
ders on Poland and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania Is about the size
nessing a guerrilla movement against the Soviets. To crush
!lon of Lithuania, and suspected the secret police were fol-
of Belglum and Holland combined. More than three-quarters
the resistance. the Soviets deported several hundred thou-
lowing him. He dodged the pollcemen. went underground.
of Its population of 3.4 million is estimated to be Roman
sand Lithuanians. Sakalys's wife was born of deportee par-
and a month later left Lithuania on his Journey to freedom.
Catholle.
ents In Siberta: his uncle was a guerrilla whom the Soviets
Sakalys was carrying a map from an atlas which didn't
The church says that virtually no religious Ilterature has
executed.
even warn him that he would have to cross a lake. All II really
been openly published since 1945. But Lithuania is rich In
Dut his was a divided family. Sakalys's father - he never
told him was that he would have to head north toward the
underground Ilterature of all sorts.
speaks of his father - was a Communist official. Ills father
northwestern Up of the Soviet Union and then west. If the
In 1960. people In the seaport city of Klalpeda bullt a
abandoned his mother. and he has disowned his father.
guards. and the dogs. and the fence didn't get him, he would
church with their own hands and at their own expense. But
Sakalys's first encounter with the secret police came In
reach Finland.
despite the official permission orginally granted for building
1955. when, at the age of 13, he was arrested for putting up a
Viadas Sakalys (It Is pronounced "Shahkahlees") looks a
this church, the local authorities later began to ralse objec-
ponter demanding "Russians, get out of Lithuania!" The po-
bit out of place In Washington, D.C. Il has been more than
tions and Impose requirements. They seized the church. tore
lice beat him, questioned him for three days. and finally
four months since be crossed the Sovlet border Into Finland.
down the steeple. and converted the church Into a concert
turned him over to school authorities for further punishment.
leaving behind him his family and a life of Interrogations and
hall.
IDs first Imprisonment did not come until six years later.
labor camps. But be looks as though someone had Just fished
In 1961, he was sentenced to six years In Jalls and forced-
him out of one of those cold northern lakes. dried him off, and
labor camp for "disseminating slander" against the Soviet
given him the first sult they could flnd.
government and for membership In anti-Soviet underground
II is a dark blue sult with white pinstripes which Sakalys Is
organizations. That was followed In 1971 by four more years
wearing. and the trousers appear to be about a size too small.
In falls and labor camps. His last sentence was for five years,
The collar of his white shirt Is crooked. He knows that to talk
and be was released from his last labor camp term on May 1.
'o people In the West. these are the clothes he must wear. But
1978.
you can tell from the way he wears them that he Is not used to
On May 30 of this year, Sakalys was arrested for Interro-
Western Edition
Thursday, November 20. 1980.
such things and doesn't much care about them. Of overriding
gallon about the signing of petitions against the Soviet occu-
patton of Lithuania, the Sovlet Invasion of Alghanistan, and
importance to him are the comrades be left behind to carry
like
Soviel violations of human Hoble