TAKE 1 OF 3 -- PRAVDA INTERVIEWS KGB'S CHEBRIKOV

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(interview with v.m. chebrikov, member of the cpsu central
committee politburo end chairman of the ussr -kyt, by a. karrychev
and a. chernyak: *restructuring anti the work of tke ctekists" --
date, place of interview not stated; first paragraph iseditoriat
introduction)
(text) there are rany letters in the editorial mail asking
for information stout the activity of the ussr k,74r in the
conditions of restructuring, there are atso other questions about
the work of the chekists, we asked v.m. chebrikov, member of the
cpsu central committee politburo and chairman of the ussr knoe to
answer them.
(interviewers) viktor mikhaylovich. you have been working ir
the ussr kab for a long time? and have been its chairman since
1962. what do you see as the main tasks of the organs of state
security today?
ichebrikov) first and foremost i would Like to draw attention
to a key word in our organization's title -- security.
safeguarding the security of our socialist state. of our society,
is stilt the task the party sets us today, the basic task for us.
of course, we safeguard the country's security in a different
sphere from, say. the soviet army. the chekists' efforts are
concentrated mainly or promptly exposing an stopoing intelligence
and subversive activity by foreign special services, as well as.
hostile actions by persons of an anti?soviet, antisociatist
disposition within the country that are aimed at undermininnan
eliminating our existing system.
one of the main tasks of the comeittee for statr security is the
protection of the state border.
In accordance with ussr LegisLation. tab organs are charged with
the investigation of cases of treason against th,- motherland,
espionage, terrorist acts, subversion, smuggling, violations of
rules governing currency operations on a large scale, and a number
of other crimes against the state.
the kcb is also charged with ensuring the scientific and
'ethnical protection of all types of secret commk?eica-ion in th.?
country acqinst radioetectranic surveillance by western soeciai
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services and devetooing the organizational orincii.les for the
security of this communication and for monitoring its condition.
this is no easy task, and highly skilled experts in various spheres
of science and technology are working on its resolution.
the tasks i have enumerated are, of course. not all the tasks
facing the kgt.., there are more of thee. i exnect we wilt taLk
about some of them in the course of our conversation.
(interviewers) our entire country is undergoing a
reStructurinc. the all?anion party .conference outlined ways of
further deepening it. in this context we would Like to know haw
restructuring is going in the kit).
Echebrikov3 the chekists share the interests of att the
soviet people. an.: they have adopted restructuring as their own
vital cause. i would Like to single out what i regard as the pain
element of restructuring in the kgo: work with cadres.
as you know, it was noted at the cpsu central committee January
(1987) plenum that state security or:ans have cadres who are
ideologically tempered, devoted to the party and people. and
professionally trained, that is a high assessment. at the sap:,
time we realize that in present?day conditions exactingness should
be increased stilt further in work with cadres.
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(Text) The comaittee's leadership constantly bears in mind a
ouestion of fundamental importance. -- the ability of our staffers
to work in the new conditions, in the new political and moral
atrosohere that is taking shape in society. In mastering these
skills, our cadres undergo a real test of political maturity.
Therefore we attach great significance to restructuring our
staffers' thinking and abandoning stereotypes. It is this aspect
of our work that should be stepped up particularly et the present
stage.
Ruch is being done to maintain professional standards and (foal
competence and ensure the strictest. unswerving compliance with the
spirit and Letter of Soviet taws by every staffer.
Restructuring is also under way in the KfEi party organization.
Democratic principles and glasnost are spreaoing in the work of
primary party organizations taking into account. naturally, the
specific nature of our activity. The Communists' activeness and
militancy have increased, criticism and self?criticism have become
more sfficacious. and increased demands are made on communist
Leaders. This work was given a major boost by the preparations an:1
holding of the 19th All?Union Party Conference and the decisions
it adopted.
[Interviewers) Answering the Last question, you spoke, in
particular. of the great significance that the KCP, attaches to work
with cadres. COUL5 you tell us, at least in brief. how peopls
become chekists?
[Chebrikov3 People come to us, to the KGE4 organs, on the
recommendation of party and Komsomol organizations, mainly with
higher education. They have the school of labor, service in the
Soviet Aray, and experience of social activity and party work
behind them.
For obvious reasons, our selection procedures are stoict. Ano
here special attention is paid to ensuring that people recruited to
the or4ans have a highly developed intellect, high moral qualities,
anJ strong ideological tempering.
After enlistment to the service, the future workers undergc
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specialized and legal training at one of the educational
establishments in the KG3 system, and then they are sent to the
subunits of the state security of?gans.
Success in our work depends to a significant degree on the
chekist's moral makeup and on the moral atmosphere in the chekist
collective. We can say with satisfaction that the vast majority of
workers are characterized by immunity to consumerism, cynicise,
eeotiss. or indiscipline.
(Interviewers) Readers inquire: How are the prGcesses of
further widening of democracy that are taking place in society
reflected in the work of the department you lead?
EChebrikov3 We are convinced that tie processes of the
widening of democracy and glasnost that have beeun on the party's
Initiative contain tremendous potential for strengthening socialism.
Working under the party's Leadership. Soviet chekists are well
aware that the KG& organs and troops can only cope worthily with
the resolution of the tasks facing them in present?day conditions
provided their activity is organically combined with the process of
widening of democracy and glasnost in society and provided they do
not forget the political and lofty humanist nature of their work.
In the activity of state security oroans, great significance is
today attached to preventive work, the main purpose of which is to
forestall in good tire crimes against the state and other
antisocial actions that touch on the interests of state security.
,.tore than any other form of chekist activity, this accords most
fully with the spirit of the democratization taking place in the
country. After all, we are talking about the strugote for a person
who is on the brink of committing a cripe against the state.
Helping the deviant to shed his delusions and comprehend the
relationship between the interests of the individual and society.
the citizen and the state, discovering a rerson's best qualities --
this, it seems to me, is one of the most honorable and gretifying
aspects of Use chexist's work. haturetty. en essential conoition
of preventive activity is comoliance with the norms of the
socialist rule of lad and resoect for Soviet peoele's rights anc
Legitimate interests.
At the same time I wish to stress with the utmost clarity:
Hostile elements and any other persons who embark on the rath of
antistate activity will oe held responsible under the law. The Lae
expresses the people's wilt. Disrecard for the law, by whemever it
may be, and disrespect for it are impereissiole.
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(Text) In the conditions of the widening of democracy' in tht
KG: or9ans' activity great-significance is attached to one of its
fundamental Leninist principles -- the support of the broad masses
of workimg people. F.E. Dzerzhinskiy himself fouoht to estaotish
tnis principle. Today this essential taw of our work has a ne.
resonance. Staffers of KGJ organs devote tremendous attention to
widening ano strengthening links with the working peoote. They
often visit labor collectives, address them, hold talks, an do
much to improve the forms of public particip3tion in the cause of
safeguarding state security.
(Interviewers) It is well known that party and soviet organs.
einistries. and departments receive citizens. Does the KG do
this?
(Chebrikov) We regard the work of receiving citizens as one
form of imptementing the principte of enlisting the masses' support
and maintaining links with them in the activity of state security
oroans. To this end a reception service operates around the clock
at the USSR KS. Similar subunits exist at the union repuplic
KE4's and in ()blast and kray directorates.
Citizens are received in the reception roows by reception
service workers and staffers from other subdivisions of the
comsittee. Leaoers of the USSR K53 also meet members of the
public there.
Citizens approach us with the most diverse questions, both
vernal and written. They come to the reception service to report a
planned or committed state crime or to submit proposats to improve
the protection of state secrets. I must say that many reports by
working people have helped us to prevent serious crimes, expose
dangerous criminals, and investigate the circumstances surrounzlinc)
serious emergencies. Applications are also made on personal
mAters. At tlmes, critical remarks are made about some of our
workers.
At the same time, we often have people coming to us with
red4ests for hetp in the solution of questions which are simply
oeyond the powc-rs of KG'. ornans. Lut even in those cases DPO-if-
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are attentively heard out and advised where to apply.
EIntervievers) KG E,- and glasnost... At first glance, these
words sight look unusual next to one another. What can be sale
about this?
EChebrikov3 I was expecting this Question and I can say that
see nothing strange here. We perceive Glasnost as one of the
forms of our active contacts with working people. After all. if we
say that we want the people to understand our activity, then we
wust display more of it. Much is being done here. In particular,
we are engaged in joint work with journalists. writers, and
moviemakers. Last year saw the publication of 235 books on topics
concerning the Cheka, including more than 5C in languages of the
Peootes of the USSR. 10 full?length feature and docusentary movies
and 40 short cinema and television movies were released, and atout
7.500 articles were published.
We have established relations of active collaboration with the
editorial offices of PRAVDA. ILVESTIYA, SOvEISKAYA ROSSIYR,
and a numter of other newspapers. I believe the public has already
noticed that the weekly ARGUMENII I FAKTY now carries a
permanent rubric entitled "USSR KSE Reports and Comments."
I assume that, in the conditions of profouno transformations in
att spheres of the country's sociopolitical life, there is a
pressing need for additional measures to publicize the activity of
state security organs at the present stage and to inform the public
of various aspects of Cheka work.
Of course, not everything can be told, not all documents can te
published. In this case secrecy, as I have etready said, is
dictated by the specific nature of the struggle against secret
suoversive activity against our country and "103?percent" gtasnost
would be absurd in this case. ?but a more thorough analysis of
material at our disposal shows that there is such that could be
brought out in the open.
We are more prepared to answer questions, and we really have
things to say. After all: the goals for which Chekists work and at
tines even sacrifice their tivez are MODLE ones, these are the
?4oaLs of our whole people.
EInterviewers3 It is well known that the history of the state
security organs contains tragic pages linked with unjustified
repressions. In this context. our readers ask: Are there any
guarantees that such things wilt not happen again?
EChebrikov3 I think that. to begin with, it must be solo that
the tragic pages which you mentioned exist not just in thf. history
of state security organs. That as a hars tirnt for our entiro.
tarty, for the entire country.
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[Text] It is well known that the gravest violations of
socialist legality were committed within state security organs
durino that period, and that many many Soviet people were subjected
to unjustified repressions. An assessment cf these violations has
been provided by our party's Central Coamittee. and K6":7 staffers
fully agree with it. Speaking of that period. it must be said that
many Chekists at the time took a stand against the violations of
socialist legality. Rut experienced cadre staffers were dismissed
under various pretexts. and a sizable proportiOn of them were
groundlessty convicted. More than 20,013 Chekists, highly skilled
workers. and Communists devoted to the party fell wictir to the
repressions as a result of false accusations. Many of them started
work under F.E. Dzerzhinskiy and V.R. Menzhinskiy. Among
them are the prominent Soviet Chekists A.Kh. Artuzov, Ya.K.
Berrin. P.I. latsis. Ya.Kh. Peters, S.V. Puzitskiy. V.A.
Styrne, G.S. Syroyezhkin. and I.S. Unshtikht; the first
chiefs of military counterintelligence 114.S. kedrov and A.V.
Eyduk; T.D. Deribas, chief of the Far East Kray NKVD
Administration; R.A. Pillyar, chief of the Saratov Oblast
NKVD Aoministration; his deputy. 1.7. Sosnovskiy, and others.
The struggle against the subversive activity of foreign
intelligence services and hostile elements would have been far more
effective at that time it the work of state security organs bac; not
peen centtrained by transgressions of the Law and repressions
against a laroe proportion of their staffers. But despite this.
the Chekists continued to guard the interests of the Soviet state.
This is shown, for exampte, by the results of work by NXVD-NKGP
organs on the eve of the war. So, in 11'40 and the first quarter of
1941 in western regions of the Soviet Union a total of 66 fascist
residences were discovered and more than 1.300 of their agents
neutralized. The Chekists obtained important information on the
eititary-political plans of the imperialist bowers and accurate
information on fascist Germany's preparations for war against the
wovict Union.
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Great Patriotic War deserves a special appraisal. I will give
you Just a feu figures. During the war years the activity of
several thousand German fascist intelligence agents was halted,
including that of 1.850 agents who parachuted into our country's rear
regions. A total of 631 fascist agent radio stations were seized.
more than 80 of which were used for radio games and sending the
emery oisinformation. Simply as a result of this work they
succeeded in neutralizing 40C events and setbers of German
intelligence. More than 2.060 operationel groups were workino in
the enemy's rear: they took part in developing the partisan
movement and supplying the SoviaA 'comsand with valuable information
on the enemy. These groups destroyed sore tnan 200,00C Mitterites
In the eneay's rear, derailed some 3.003 special trains and
obtained information on 1,260 German intelligence agents in the
Soviet rear. The names of the thekists who worked behind the
front tine are vett known: W.I..Kurnetsov. D.N. Medvedev,
S.A. Paupshasov, V.A. Nolodtsov. I.e. Kudrya, k.A. Geft,
and many others.
The work done by the thekists and the oilitary work of border
guards during the hoer undoubtedly constitutes a,olorious page in
the history of our state security organs. They made a significant
contribution to the victory of the Soviet people in the Great
Patriotic War.
If we tall about the present day and guarantees that violations
of socialist legality will not be repeated. I can say with great
confidence that such guarantees do exist. What exactly do I have
in sind? First and foremost. that the activity of state security
organs is carried out under the leadership and control of the
party, in strict accordance with the norms of existing
legislation. The actions of K6F organs which affect the rights
andjegaL interests of our citizens are constantly supervised by
prosecutor's office oroans. At( criminal cases within our
doepetence ere examined solely within the legal procedure, as is
well known.
KGr organs are involved with the USSR Prosecutor's Office
and the Supreme Court in rehabilitating citizens unjustifiably
repressed. Together with the party and the people we are striving
to ensure that the 0000 name of every innocent victim is restored.
Of course. it has to be adtitted that errors stilt occur in the
work of some of our personnel as well as deviations iron, the noros
of criminet?procedure legislation. isut we regard any deviation
from the law as a celerity andjhe culprit is always severely
punished, whatever post he occupies. This has bef,.n reported in tee
press. I want to stress once,asain that KG; organs and forces are
geared to the need to operate strictly within the fraleworx of tr.?
law and their authority and always act in accordance with political
criteria and the demands of the: party.
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tText] But there is another most important guarantee of the
absolute observance of socialist legality in our work.-- it is the
very atmosphere in the party-, in society, the atmosphere of
expanding democracy and glasnost in the country.
[Interviewers] Another question fear our readers: What new
elements already exist or can be expected in the Legal regulation
of K:39 organs' activity?
[Chehrikov] Additional reasures are currently being adopted
tc strengthen the legal basis of the activity of USSR K3B organs
and forces and clarify their place and rate in the mechanise of the
Soviet socialist state. In particular. in conjunction with
interested departrents a USSR Law on Stott, Security is being
prepared. I believe these measures will. also contribute to the
solution of the task of forring the socialist rule?of?taw state as
the form of organization and functioning of political power that
fully accords with socialise and socialist democracy.
In this connection I also want to say that at the moment a great
deal of attention is being paid anyway to improving Soviet
Legislation an implementing teg*t reform. They were discussed in
detail at the 19th party conference. The implementation of its
goals and the decisions of the CPSU Central Comeittee July
(i98e) plenum will certainly be a very bio step forward on the road
of strengthening and developing the fundamental principles of
socialist statehood and the reform of Soviet society's political
system. The K:le is actively involved in this work. We have rade
specific proposals on a whole range of draft unionwide legislative
acts.
State security organs have participated in the elaboration of
normative acts envisaqing a considerable relaxation and
simplification of measures connected with the protection of state
S ecrets.
With the participation of the KGB a nueber of departments have
dectassifieci many materials to which access was restricted in the
-post for various reasons. :Pilch had made it difficult to use thee
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restrictions which were a breeding ground for formalism have been
Lifted. This work wilt continue in the future on the basis of the
requisite balance and responsibility.
At the same time. I want to stress that the relaxation and
simplification of the aforementioned measures b) no means signifies
that it is possople to relax vigilance and efforts to ensure the
safety of state secrets. There must be no vague areas in this
matter.
(Interviewers] What can you say about the activity of
cevite(ist countries' special services in present?day conditions?
'Oat is actually being done to safguard the interests of Soviet
state security?
[Chebriktov] It is essential to be perfectly clear about the
toltowing. Despite a certain improvement in the international
-climate certain imperialist circles have not abandoned the course
of confrontation. They are continuing to aim to achieve military
superiority over the USSR, discredit the CPSUis domestic and
foreign policy. and undermine and weaken our state and public
security. The capitalist cpountries" special services, in close
collaboration with one another, are increasins the scale of
intelligence and subversion against the Soviet Union. this
activity epitomizes the bourgeoisie's clear class attitude toward
sociatism.
I want to draw attention to the following. Quite frequently of
late we have heard statements to the effect that we are atiegedly
frightening ourselves with "certain Western special services" ano
"mythical foreign agents" and are all but victims of our own
"soyaania." I believe that one must always take a realistic stance
on this question. And the reality is as follows. The capitalist
countries' special services exist., no one has abolished them ana no
one intends to abolish them; appropriations for their activity are
not diminishino, in fact they are growing. It is perfectly clear
acairst whop their activities are directed. There is plenty to
corr000rate this.
[Interviewers) Could you cite specific examples?
Ethebrikov) we have reliable information about attempts by
foreign intelligence services to use agents to penetrate the
Defense rinistry, the KC5, the Finistry of Foreign Economic
Relations, the rinistry of Foreign Affairs. and a. number of other
state cevartments and important national economic installations in
otir country. In the last 2 and 1/2 years USSR V-.7 organs have
expose., enc instituted criminal proceedings against more than 2)
aonaerous agents of capitalist countries' intettigence service::
ened in espionw;e. Unfortunately, there have also been
workers amonc.. them. It has to be adritted that or political,
military, and economic interests have been damaced as a result of
the activity of Western soecial services' agents. F.kst he have
manaed to prevent even 4reter daaa;e as a result of the ext,osures
which I hive mentioned.
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(Text) As I have already said, under the conditions of a
dynamic political situation the capitelist countries' special.
services are constantly modifyine the tactics of their intelligence
and subversive activity. They resort to the most sophisticated
subterfuges areJ at the same time do not shrink from the crudest
provocations. This is well exemplified ay their hostile actions
against Soviet citizens and missions aproad. In the leading
capitatist countries alone the special services have carried oaf
mnre than 6,00'a provocations in the Last 7. and 1/2 years. These
include explosions, instances of arson, an. hooligan actions of
various kinds. Recruitment caeoaignss attempts to persuade Soviet
people not to return to the USSR. kidnappings. and ittegaL arrests
and detentions have become a regular occurrence. Exceptional
danger is posed by the utilization of srecial psychotropic
substances against Soviet citizens. in cases of this kin;! the
so-catted "champions of freedom and democracy" are not inclined to
dilate on the theme of humanitarian principtes and husan riohts.
(Interviewers) As is known, one of the main forms of
subversive activity asainst our country is ideoloeical sabotaee.
4flat are its particular features at present?
EChebrikovJ Indeed, this is the form of imperialism's
suk)versive activity which has been widely utitized against
socialism practically from the moffent of the Soviet Land's
emergence. Ideological sabotage has always been directed at
shaking Soviet people's socialist world outtook, at forming in them
views and sentiments alien to our society, at inciting them to
perpetrate anti-Soviet actions. Here too we encounter direct
Interference in our internal affairs, and crude falsity, slander,
and juggtine with the facts. This activity is directed and
coordinated by special services which make active use of the mass
media, the dispatching of their emissaries to our country, and
other highly refined methods of hostile inftuence upon people ana
of inscirine antisocial. manifestations. %int too the speciat
services and subversive ideological centers, seeking to comalicate
restructuring, are endeavorinc to ::tivalate the organizJtion in c,ur
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country of illegal, semilegat. and even le;a1 formations which
would Mperate at their bidding. To achieve these aims they are
seeking out in our society hostilely inclined individuals. taking
measures to promote their organizational cohesion, rendering thee
moral and material support. and nudging thew onto the path of
direct strugole against the Soviet state and social system.
In modern conditions the West's special services are resorting
to the most cunning devices in order to exacerbate the Internet
political situation in the USSR,' they are attempting to discrezjit
the leading role of the Communist Party and tc inspire the
emergence of a political opposition on the basis of some autonomous
Esamodeyatetnyyel grouoings which are essentially hostile to
restructuring.
Foreign subversive centers persistently try to introduce into
Soviet poeople's consciousness the idea that the negative phenomena
In the economic and social Life of our country supposedly stew from
the very essence of the socialist system and that the only
Possibility of achieving a real improvement in affairs is to reject
the historic choice made by us. to reject socialism. They
strenuously proclaim the values of bourgeois democracy.
Unfortunately, people are to be found who -- if it is possible to
express it so -- "take* the bait. It is precisely such people, in
particular. that the special services bank on by enlisting them for
unlawful activities.
[Interviewers] That's enough about the special services.
Insofar as the protection of the Soviet Union's state border ie --
as you have already stated -- under the jurisdiction of the KC, we
would Like, at our reaoers. request, to put to you a question on
the sort of tasks fulfilled by the USSR KC-3 L..oroer Guard
Troops.
[Chebrisov3 The protection of tht stat r: border is an entir%.
system of political, military, sanitary, classified, and other
measures. And they are implemented by a nuroer of state organs.
Of course, the rain ferce directly fulfilling this task is the
3order Guard Tr000s. In line with the Law on the USSR State
border they are responsible for protecting the border on dry tsw...,
at sea, on rivers ano lakes, and other bodies of water. In the
airspact the state border is guarded by the country's Air Defense
Forces.
The.?order auarb Troo.:s fulfill. an extremely wide rantle ot
crucial, tasks. Suffice it to mention such of these as reoellin4
the armed invasion of the USSR's territory by military orouos
Ewoyskovyye grupty_; an bends, suppressing all PAnner of
orovocations? defending the border recion's population a3ainst
these criminal encroachments. preventina the crossing of the st4te
border by unlawful means, implementing the nassale across it of
people' freight, and transport means, and compating seuogling.
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[Teat) There are also tasks about which the readers possibly
know Less. Thus, in conjunction with other departments border
guards protect the USSR's 200?mite maritime economic zone and
aonitor the preservation of natural resources and the status of the
environment.
(Interviewers) Now would you describe the situation on the.
border at the present time?
(Chebrikov) On the whole it is stable. This is due largely
to the foreign policy Line pursued by the Soviet Union. Joint
actions are carried out with. the socialist coXintries to protect the
common border. i3order rotations with the Poe have improved
significantly recently. The situation on the border with Finland
is an examoLe.of good?neighborliness ane mutual understanding
between states with different social systems.
At the same time we cannot close our eyes to the fact that
certain circles seek to create seats of tension close to the Soviet
border.
There are continuing attempts at legal and illegal penetration
of our country by foreign intelligence agents, terrorists and
emissaries from nationalist organizations are sent in, and means of
espionage and sabotage and propaganda materials inciting extremism
are shipped in. Smuggling continues, including such highly
dangerous forms as, for instance, the illegal shipment of chemical
and radioactive substances and drugs across the border and their
transit through Soviet territory, which is also impermissible from
the standpoint of the USSR's international commitments.
In view of the groath of international terrorism a special place
in the activity of the Border Guard Troops is now assigned to
stopping attempts by terrorists to penetrate the LiSSP. ano attempts
to ship in means of sabotage and terrorism.
? Together with customs organs, the Border Guard Troops conduct
a struggle against smuggling. On average every year hundreds of
:thousands of itess of contraband worth a total of R14-16 million
are confiscated on the USSR State Eorder. in recent years
Soviet border guards have often had to render harmless armed
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smugglers who were attempting to cross the border other than at
checkpoints. In these instances alone, wore than 2 tonnes of drugs
were confiscated in the last 5 years.
(Interviewers) Has restructuring affected the Border Guard
Troops? What new things have emerged in their activity?
[Chebrikov3 Undoubtedly. By ensuring reliatitity in
protecting the border, the essential purpose of this activity is to
create the most favorable conditions for our country's constantly
expanding international ties. The number of border checkpoints is
being increased, formalities are being simplified and reduced, and
other measures are being taken aimed at toeedinc up the transit of
people and freight.
On the border with the socialist countries monitoring of
passengers and transport in conjunction with those countries'
border guards is being introduced, and a simplified crossing
procedure for people living in border regions is in operation.
With the aim of reducing restrictions on the activity of our
citizens in the border zone, measures are being taken in
conjunction with the appropriate Soviet organs to reduce the border
zone. The procedure for entry into this zone and movement within
it is also being simplified. This process will continue.
(Interviewers) And in conclusion. Viktor Rikhaylovichr this
question. How would you _generally formulate your position with
respect to the problems which concern our society today?
(Chebrikov) Above all I would like to stress that there is
complete unity in our Politburo on fundamental ouestIons. As for
sy personal position. I support the political platform advancec by
the party at the Central Committee Plenum in April, 15 no
confirmed by toe 27th party congress. subsequent Central Committee
plenums, and the 19th All?Union Party Conferenc,?. 1 believe
that the further strengthening of the CPSU'S leading and
organizin7 role and its prestige in the eyes of the working peonle
is essential. / as in favor of the expansion of democracy and
,olasnost, radical, scientifically based econoric reform, refora of
the political system, and the full unfolding of the socialist
system's potential.
I woul,g like to take this opportunity to say that the organs of
the country's state sticurity. working under the CPSUls
Leadership, will do everything necessary to oe eouat to the demanos
that are being made cf thee ? wilt demonstrate vigilance. restraint,
and firmness in the struggle against any encroachments on our stote
and sociaL structure, and will assist in every way the party's course
aimed at restructuring and the renewal of Snviet society.
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