March 28, 1973
#700-A 

TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CPSU

	Academician SAKHAROV has petitioned the Committee for State 
Security to release SHIKHANOVICH from pre-trial detention, on 
SAKHAROV’s personal surety. SHIKHANOVICH was arrested in 
September of 1972 on charges stipulated by Article 70 of the Criminal Code 
of the RSFSR.
	Prior to his arrest, Yu.A. SHIKHANOVICH, Master [Kandidat] of 
Education, teacher at a technical school, had been an instigator of and an 
active participant in hostile acts. He had been taking part in the illegal 
production, duplication and dissemination of the anti-Soviet journal  A 
Chronicle of Current Events. He had signed a number of slanderous and 
provocative letters, which were used by the West for anti-Soviet 
propaganda. During a search of SHIKHANOVICH’s apartment, more than 
300 anti-Soviet, slanderous and politically harmful items were confiscated, 
including AVTORKHANOV’s Partocracy, IZGOEV’s Socialism, Culture 
and Bolshevism, and 25 issues of Chronicle of Current Events.
	On March 23, SAKHAROV was invited to the Regional Directorate 
of the KGB of the Council of Ministers of the USSR for the city of Moscow 
and Moscow region, which is in charge of criminal case against 
SHIKHANOVICH. There it was explained to him that, according to Article 
94 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the RSFSR, a personal guarantee is 
acceptable only from trustworthy individuals. However, SAKHAROV does 
not enjoy the trust of the investigative organs, since his personal behavior 
does not correspond to the norms of our society. It was specifically 
emphasized to SAKHAROV that he, while privy to important government 
secrets, has established and is maintaining, in breach of instructions known 
to him, regular contacts with foreigners, whom he supplies with tendentious 
material and information that is used abroad for anti-Soviet purposes. 
Because of this, SAKHAROV’s request was denied.
	As established through operational means, in the early hours of 
March 24, SAKHAROV met with an American correspondent, SMITH, and 
his wife, and passed on to them detailed information regarding the content 
of his conversation with the organs of state security. Discussing 
SHIKHANOVICH’s situation with SMITH, SAKHAROV’s wife suggested: 
“Maybe there could be found some foreign scientists who would be willing 
to offer themselves as personal surety for their colleague, a mathematician.” 
SMITH quickly transmitted this information to the West, and it was 
immediately broadcast by Radio Liberty.
	The Committee for State Security continues surveillance of 
SAKHAROV and his wife, BONNER, who, lately, has been playing an 
increasingly provocative role in the anti-social actions of her husband.

CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE FOR STATE SECURITY
									ANDROPOV