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...November, in Gorky, I was no longer simply aware of my heart, I could feel it burning, in flames. The Academy of Sciences Hospital in Moscow took ! an electrocardiogram and said there was nothing wrong. I went back to Gorky, taking with me a new book by Nikolai Yakovlev, CIA Target -- the U.S.S.R., which attacked both Andrei and me. (Yakovlev is a Soviet historian whose specialty is the U.S.) On April 25, 1983, I suddenly felt something sharp pierce me. I could not move or cry out. Then, slowly, almost creeping along, I reached Andrei's nitroglycerine pills...
...complete nuclear disarmament based on strategic parity in conventional weapons," the Izvestia letter charged that Sakharov "calls for nuclear blackmail directed against his own country." A flood of letters began, as many as 132 one day, that berated and maligned Sakharov. Soon, the magazine Smena published an article by Yakovlev expanding on what he had written in his CIA book. The flood of letters changed direction, and many became openly anti- Semitic (since Sakharov is not Jewish, the letters were obviously aimed at Bonner, whose mother is Jewish). Threats increased, particularly against me. We were threatened at the market...
...gave me a sharp look, not with the dead eyes he had during our conversation, and said, "High enough." I said, "I understand. But I've written the truth and Yakovlev is lying." He went on, "I checked a few things." We both fell silent. Then I got up to leave, and I wanted to shake his hand. He came out from behind his desk, prosthesis creaking, with my file in his hands. I extended my hand, he extended my file, then understood my gesture and shook my hand. "Would you like me to hold onto your file...
ALEXANDER YAKOVLEV, 62, Ambassador to Canada from 1973 to 1983, who most recently controlled the propaganda department, joined Dobrynin in the Secretariat. His elevation bolstered rumors that the entire propaganda machinery would fall under Yakovlev's purview...
...submarine had invaded Swedish waters. Such an inquiry required the presence of Skipper Gushin, but he refused to leave his ship, even when entreated by two Soviet diplomats. The Swedes settled in for a possible siege, as Gushin awaited orders from his naval superiors. Although Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Yakovlev took what Swedish officials described as the "very unusual" step of apologizing for the incident, Foreign Minister Ola Ullsten later declared, "Of course that's not enough. We have to complete the interrogation...