Gives speech at meeting in celebration of Feliks Dzherzhinsky's 100th birthday. Soviet citizens have the right to criticize and to make proposals. These renegades have no support from the Soviet people. This is why they never try to make open speeches in factories or on collective farms or in other state organizations. There is no difference between the payment which secret services makes to their own agents and to dissidents.
Signs report documenting low-quality construction and design deviations at Chernobyl.
Shortly after Andropov took on the ideology portfolio in 1982, the direct-dial telephone link between the Soviet Union and the international network was disconnected. Telephoning Moscow became extremely difficult. Calling other cities, almost impossible. A ban was instituted on mailing printed matter abroad, regardless of subject matter. Moves into Suslov's old office.