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1/1 Circulars featuring the case of Anatoly Sharansky, other 1978-9 refuseniks and prisoners of conscience ; memo from Margaret Rigal regarding the General Election (UK), 14 Mar 1979; circular 7 Aug 1979 front cover The Line with article by Yuri Druzhnikov from Moscow “Standing in queues is a way of life in the ”; Circulars regarding the Olympic countdown campaign to move the games from the USSR Nov 1979, The year of the child, Soviet style, 11 Dec 1979

1/2 Circulars featuring the case of Anatoly Sharansky, other 1980 refuseniks and prisoners of conscience ; Olympic Countdown Campaign, circular featuring the birthday of Anatoly Sharansky 22 Jan 1980; circular featuring letter from Menachem Begin, Jerusalem 6 Oct 1980

1/3 Circulars featuring the case of Anatoly Sharansky, other 1981 refuseniks and prisoners of conscience; Anatoly Sharansky’s birthday 13 Jan 1981, MP’s for Shcharansky Freedom Bus 19 May 1981

1/4 Circulars featuring the case of Anatoly Sharansky, other 1982 refuseniks and prisoners of conscience ; including an appeal to the world by Ida Milgrom, mother of Anatoly Sharansky, Jan 1982; the announcement that Sharansky is to receive the third annual award of the parliamentary committee for Soviet Jewry, Apr 1982, Soviet group asks Brezhnev to end Sharansky’s fast, Oct 1982; copy of letter from Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher dated 6th Dec 1982

1/5 Circulars featuring the case of Anatoly Sharansky, other 1983 refuseniks and prisoners of conscience; including oral answers to questions tabled by Alec Woodalll M.P. House of Commons, dated 9 Feb 1983; a march on the Soviet Embassy dated Mar 1983

1/6 Circulars featuring the case of Anatoly Sharansky, other 1984 refuseniks and prisoners of conscience; including press statement from Vivian Bendall MP , Mar 1984 MS 254 2

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2 Notes for briefing visitors to USSR 1970s 1980s; 1970s -80s blue, white and gold metal badge showing the Star of David with the words TA’ALI 1988

3 Handouts for demonstrations in including car 1970s-80s sticker for Anatoly Sharansky

4/1 Specimen biography of a Soviet Jewish prisoner Mark 1991-3 Glizer with an updated biography at the front. Refusenik file kept by the 35's for each known refusenik.

4/2 Biographies of prisoners of conscience, copies Anatoly 1970s-90s Sharansky, Mosey Zusmanovich Finkel, Semyon Vladilenovich Livshits, Gennady Shtelman (master copy), Dimitri Gavrilovitch Fattakhov(master copy), Iosif Koinov, Alexander (Sasha) Kremen (master copy), Samuil Rombe (master copy), Alexander Sichikov (master copy), Arnold Alexandrovitch Vasserman (master copy), Alexander Alexandrovitch Goldovich (master copy), list of prisoners, Yuri Lvovich Massover (master copy), Semyon Gluzman (Master copy), Stanislav Borisovich Shulman, Alexander Fridson (master copy), Felix Leibovitch Bodner (master copy) spare copies at front of file.

5/1/1 Report on visit to Moscow on 21 Jan 1978 by George 1978 and Margaret Rigal, including timetable. General introduction, report pp.1-31, copies of photographs and a page of Russian

5/1/2 Report on visit to Moscow pp.1-51, Feb 1979, 1979 additional material including confidential matters : not for circulation, arising from our report, additional pages and amended pages for the “Report“; a business card in Russian, packaging for manufactured drugs attached to page 47 of the report

5/1/3 Duplicate copy of report on visit to Moscow Feb 1979

5/1/4 Duplicate copy of report on visit to Moscow on 21 Jan Jan 1978 1978, including general introduction

5/1/5 Four copies of report titled The Moscow Helsinki 1979 monitoring group dated 5 Nov 1979 document 112

5/1/6 Four duplicate copies of report on visit to Moscow 1979 dated Feb 1979 with foreword dated 19 Feb 1979 MS 254 3

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5/1/7 Report on a seven day visit to Moscow by Margaret and 1980 George Rigal of London dated 18-25 Feb 1980, includes index and diary

5/1/8 Two duplicate copies of report on visit to Moscow on 21 1978 Jan 1978 by George and Margaret Rigal including general introduction dated 30 Jan 1978

5/2/1 Duplicate of copy of report on visit to Moscow 1978-82 on 21 Jan 1978 by George and Margaret Rigal including general introduction dated 30th Jan 1978; copy of report on visit to Moscow Feb 1979 with handwritten notes and corrections; copy 1 of report on a seven days visit to Moscow 18-25 Feb 1980 (marked Rigals check copy) with handwritten notes; 13 copies of an article, in Russian, labelled “Anti- Semitic”; article from Sovietsky Kultur purporting to be an interview between Dr.Howard Spear and E.Evsee given to the Rigals by Victor Brailovsky, and probably his markings on the text; duplicate copy of report titled The Moscow Helsinki monitoring group dated Nov 5.1979 document 11; copy of handwritten report of visit to Leningrad 8-15th Nov 1982, David and Lynn Newham, report of visit to Moscow April 6-13 Apr 1983, Marilyn Wallach & Wendy Lovegrove; memo from Union of Councils for Soviet Jews Dec 13,1982, trip report - Esther Propis, Aug 1982

5/2/2 Covering letters from National Council for Soviet Jewry 1987-89 enclosing copies of travellers reports of visits to Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev during 1987,1988, 1989; copies of travellers reports of visits to Moscow and Leningrad during 1988,1989, on paper headed Xodus Reform Synagogue of Great Britain Soviet Jewry Campaign , including update on Samarkand and Tashkent, Uzbekistan, USSR, Jan 1988,

5/2/3 Copies of travellers reports of visits to Moscow and 1985-6 Leningrad 1985 and 1986

5/2/4 Correspondence relating to planned visits to Moscow, 1980-2 Leningrad and Kiev c.1981-82; notes from recent reports and for making reports; report of visit to Leningrad/Moscow and additional notes from Rabbi Michael Boyden, 9 Feb 1981; two note pads , and lists of items taken to Moscow Feb MS 254 4

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5/2/5 Reports on visits to Leningrad by Margaret Jacobi, 1980-3 BarbaraDean, B.Kessler, S,Baker, D.Jacobi, R.Llewellyn-Jones, S andY.Myers; reports on visits to Moscow by G. Freeman and C.Bradfield 1983, reports of trips to Moscow by Vally.Kokotek and Rita Eker, Mr and Mrs A.Symes 1982; duplicate copies of report of the events before and during the trial of Evgeny Lein (originally written by Irena Lein, with the help of Ida Taratuta whose English is better) c.1981; report by Margaret & George Rigal on a visit to Israel from 14-22 June 1981; Correspondence to and from George Rigal 1980-81; mailing list of members and known supporters Mar 1982

5/3/1 Reports of visits to refuseniks in Moscow/ 1985-8 Leningrad/Lvov//Socchi 1985-88; including signed appeal slips on behalf of the Kremen family from members of The Liberal Jewish Synagogue addressed to Mr.Gorbachev c.1988;

5/3/2 Reports on visits to Refuseniks in Moscow/Leningrad 1989 /Kiev/Vilnius1989; report by members of the London Israel folk dance institute to the first Soviet Israeli folk dance seminar held in Vilnius, Lithuania in Dec 1989; report on visit to the Soviet Union 12-19Feb1989 by Richard ‘Cosmo’Hawkes, NUS national executive; report on all party Parliamentary Committee for the release of Soviet Jewry’s trip to Leningrad and Moscow, March 12th-18th 1989

5/3/3 Reports on visits to refuseniks in 1990-1 Moscow/Leningrad/Kiev/Vilnius 1990-1; report May 1991 by Simon Klarfeld, projects co- ordinator for student & academic campaign for Soviet Jews including covering letter; Part I anti-Semitism in Leningrad(an essay); Part II emigration from Leningrad(an essay); Part III the project T’Nua proposal summary, Project Tnua report by Simon Klarfeld,Richard Cannon (briefed by Rita Eker) Jan 1990

6/1/1 Correspondence between refusenik Alexander Benifand, 1989-90 UFA and George Rigal 1989-90 including translations; MS 254 5

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6/1/2 Correspondence between refusenik Mark Abramsky and George Rigal 1988-89 including Refusenik biography 1988-9 and translations;

6/1/3 Correspondence between refusenik S.M.Klavnovitch 1989-90 and George Rigal 1989-90 including translations

6/1/4 Correspondence between refusenik Inga Movshovich 1990 and George Rigal c.1990

6/1/5 Correspondence between refusenik Alexander Brodsky 1990 and George Rigal 1989-90, including translations; copies and duplicates of the Jewish newspaper ‘Our Voice’edited by A.Brodsky c.1990

6/1/6 Correspondence between refusenik Vadim Baraban and 1989-90 George Rigal 1989-90

6/1/7 Correspondence between refusenik Yuri Kleiner and 1989-90 George Rigal 1989-90

6/1/8 Correspondence between refusenik Sergei Lezov and 1989-90 George Rigal 1989-90

6/1/9 Various correspondence between refuseniks and George 1978-85 and Margaret Rigal; including correspondence, photographs, postcards, between Misha and Galina Kremen and family 1978-85