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July 24, 1973	Memo Report from Tiutiunnik, Chief of the Kiev-Sviatoshinskii District Department of the KGB Administration, to the Acting Director of the KGB Administration, Comrade G.I. Glushakov The document reports on the violation of technical regulations process at Chernobyl nuclear power plant construction.
April 2, 1973	Memo Report from the Head of the KGB Administration under the Ukr. SSR Council of Ministers for Kiev Oblast, Fesenko, to Comrade Tsybulko V.M., First Secretary of the Kiev Oblast Committee of the CP of Ukraine This document discusses the violation of technical rules of reinforcement and concrete work in the construction of the Chernobyl plant, concluding that these deficiencies will diminish the quality of the energy output.
April 26, 1986	Major General V. Bykhov, 'About the Explosion at Chernobyl NPP' This KGB report provides a chronology of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and gives information on the disaster's first victims.
April 26, 1986	A.N. Makukhin, 'Concerning the accident at unit Nº 4of the Chernobyl AEhS [Atomic Power Station]' The Soviet Minister of Power and Electrification reports on an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl Atomic Power Station in Ukraine. The Soviet Ministry of Heath has determined that "it is not required to take special measures, including the evacuation of the population from the city."
February 21, 1979	Yu. Andropov, 'Shortcomings in the Construction of the Chernobyl AEhS [Atomic Power Station]' Yuri Andropov, then Chairman of the KGB, reports concerns about the Chernobyl nuclear plant. Serious flaws in the construction "might lead to failures and accidents."