ALLEGED PARTICIPATION OF SOVIET YOUTHS IN OPPOSITION ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE VILNA KOMSOMOL/PUBLICATION OF THE IRS (LAISVES RYSIU SEKCIJA-LINK WITH FREEDOM) GROUP.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R000700170001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 1, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Subject: Alleged Participation of Soviet Youths in Opposition Activities within the
Vilna Komsomol/Publication of the LRS (Laisves Rysiu Sekcija-Link with
Freedom) Group.
Place Acquired:
Date Acquired: Mid April-Early May 53
Date of Info: 1951- Early April 53
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1. "Soviet youths, recruited mostly from families of Soviet officials, have been taking
part in the secret opposition movement within the ranks of the Komsomol in Vilna.
The movement is far from large. But the youngsters have been spreading anti-regime
propaganda by word of mouth and by written statement. The mixed composition of
these Komsomol groups is illustrated by the Komsomol unit in the Lenin district of
Vilna. This unit has 480 members: 260 are Lithuanians; the others are Poles and
Soviets,
2. "There has always been open animosity between the Soviets and the Poles and
Lithuanians. But on 8 November 51, the first evidence of some youthful collaboration
was revealed. The MVD arrested a Soviet youth (fnu) Ivashko, for having helped to
distribute leaflets which called for a boycott of the lectures of Prof. (fnu) Larin
at the Vilna State University. Larin's lectures discussed Russian cultural in-
fluences on foreign countries during the XIV and XV Centuries.
3. "In late 1952 it was discovered that Soviet members of the Komsomol in Vilna *ve
been supplying radio batteries to an illegal Lithuanian group which was monitoring
foreign broadcasts. This group was called LRS (Laisves Rysiu Sekcija- Link with
Freedom Section). It published occasional bulletins in Lithuanian, Polish and
Russian covering the main news in the broadcasts.
4. "After Stalin's death some Komsomol members in Vilna issued a bulletin in Russian.
The bulletin was written on the inside of envelopes. These were mailed 10 March 53
to a large number of teachers and university professors in the area. It was signed
by the Russian Society of Friends of Lithuanian Youth and expressed hope for a -
better future now that Stalin was dead.
5. "The LRS group is still Cas of mid-April 537 issuing irregular bulletins, which
are written by hand and mimeographed. The bulletins are probably prepared somewhere
in the province, but they are mailed to addressees from post offices in Vilna.
6. "An LRS bulletin dated 5 April 53 included comments on the amnesty that had been
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a former Deputy Minister of State Security in the USSR, over the attack of the Jew-
ish doctors. It sarcastically warned (Thu) Kondakov, Minister of State Security in
the Lithuanian SSR, that a similar fate might be in store for him-- he should think
about 'choosing freedom' in time. The same bulletin addressed questions to Prime
Minister Paleckis and the General Secretary of the Lithuanian CP, (mu) Sneckus, on
the situation of those persons deported to Rusgia in 1941 and in 1944-1952. Were (/
those person going to be released under the announced amnesty?
7. ?An LRS bulletin dated 0 April 53 contained various news items monitored from the
Voice of America and Radio Liberation. It also gave their comments on the Soviet
amnesty, the arrest of Ryumin and the dismissal of Semyon D. Ignatiev from the
Central Committee of the Soviet CP.
8. "The bulletins were sent to various railway employees in Vilna and to numerous CP
officials- both Soviet and Lithuanian-- including (Thu) Belauskas, Secretary of the
Vilna Obkom, and Mme. (fnu) Volchkova, Secretary of the Komsomol.
9. ?The Security authorities have maintained complete silence about the existence of
these present bulletins. But widespread investigations, including thorough inter-
rogations of railway personnel, are already underway in the Vilna area.?
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