Word: kgb
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...trial last February of two Russian "underground" writers accused of slandering the Soviet system (TIME, Feb. 18). Andrei Sinyavsky and Yuli Daniel, both 40 and both widely read, had been smuggling pseudonymous manuscripts to the West since 1956 under the names Abram Tertz and Nikolai Arzhak. When the KGB arrested them last fall, the world expected a quick, quiet, Stalinesque show trial, in which the pair would meekly plead guilty, then be whisked off to Siberia, never to be heard from again. Not quite...
...seemed curious that the Kremlin had allowed him to leave. One theory had it that Tarsis' trip had been meant to distract attention from the trial of Soviet Writers Yuli Daniel and Andrei Sinyavsky (TIME, Feb. 18). According to a more ingenious version, he had promised the KGB (secret police) to publicly condemn Sinyavsky and Daniel when he reached London, then proceeded to do just the opposite. What seemed most likely, however, was that the Soviets had simply hoped that Tarsis would seek asylum of his own accord, thereby sparing them the problem of coping with a certified lunatic...
...Kremlin advocates of a harder line toward the intelligentsia. Friends of Sinyavsky and Daniel were being grilled by the police for their part in circulating forbidden manuscripts, and Moscow danced with rumors that several other poets and critics had been arrested, including Essayist Aleksandr Yesenin-Volpin. Obviously, the KGB had successfully blocked the route through which "Abram Tertz" and "Nikolai Arzhak" smuggled their works to the West. But, while it may stay the outflow of underground literature, the latest Kremlin crackdown cannot permanently stop...
...establish consulates in many parts of the country, which of course will make our work more difficult." Similarly, cultural-exchange schemes invite Soviet spying. "We have found in practically every cultural exchange group or student group that has come to this country, there is always a member of the KGB, the intelligence service of the Russian government. They are called students, but some are 36, 37 or 38 years...
...Vanya met again. Hidden all around were FBI men, eavesdropping, shooting movies and taking still pictures They quickly identified Ivan the Driver as Gennadi G. Sevastyanov, 33-a Russian "diplomat" carried on the rolls of the Soviet embassy as a "cultural attaché." He was actually a member of KGB-the Soviet secret police, trying to recruit a spy. "Which side are you on-ours or the Americans?" he asked Vanya. "You could better your position in life if you would cooperate." He quizzed Vanya about his intelligence work, told him candidly: "We want operational data, not classified material...