The “Hazrati Abbas” mentioned in the investigation materials was interpreted by the KGB chairman as a specific individual who needed to be found immediately.
A meeting in Baku of prime ministers from the Organization of Turkic States, followed by visits from Kazakhstan’s prime minister and foreign minister, gave institutional shape to this new reality.
Officials sent detailed reports to the KGB on a “successful” operation carried out on 26 December 1959.
Commemorations take place as usual in Yerevan, despite recent disinformation about the demolition of the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex and the cancellation of the remembrance day — facts and reactions
