Stepan Nikolaevich Tatishcheff (1935-1985) was closely involved in Solzhenitsyn's works being published in the West. From 1971 to 1974, he was the cultural attache of the French embassy in Moscow, which became a means of smuggling Solzhenitsyn's work to the West. He also played a role in connecting Solzhenitsyn with Nikita Struve. His code name in the letters is "Emil," while Struve's is "Kolia."