These notes, compiled by Markstein, touch upon several meetings with Solzhenitsyn in Moscow; Solzhenitsyn at that time was increasingly harrassed by the KGB as his work was being published in the West.

Letter in which Solzhenitsyn confers power of attorney on Markstein with regard to handling such literary works as In the First Circle. Letter was notarized in Vienna.

Biographical notes in Solzhenitsyn's own hand given to Markstein.

These handwritten notes may or may not be related to the Solzhenitsyn materials.

Markstein's expense accounts with regard to Solzhenitsyn and Dr.Fritz Heeb, the Swiss lawyer who represented Solzhenitsyn in the West.

Elisabeth Borchers (1926-2013) was a German writer, translator, and editor; at this time in her life she was working for Luchterhand Verlag, who was publishing Solzhenitsyn.

Borchers's letter of December 23 is incomplete.

Enclosures include a letter of Max Reinhardt of the publisher Bodley Head to Borchers (dated 12/30/68) raising questions about publication rights.

The enclosure consists of a photograph, and the APCS is a new year's greeting.

This letter of Zhores Medvedev (b. 1925) protesting the publishing practices of GRANI may have been an enclosure or attachment.

Dominique de Roux (1935-1977) was a French writer and publisher, involved in publishing the works of Solzhenitsyn.

Georges Nivat (1935-2000) was a French literary historian and specialist in Russian studies; he became involved in translating several of Solzhenitsyn's works.

Fritz Heeb (1911-1994) was a Swiss Lawyer and politician who represented Solzhenitsyn's interests in the West.

Patricia Blake is a journalist and Russian scholar. Folder includes Blake's letter to Georges Haupt, asking for an introduction to Markstein in order to pursue her study of Solzhenitsyn.

The enclosures with Fritz Heeb's letter of 12/19 are letters to Luchterhand Publishing with regard to such matters as Bodley Head and the Slovak journalist, Pavel Licko.

Michel Tatu (1933-2012) was a French scholar of Russian and a journalist most closely associated with the newspaper Le Monde.

Jean-Jacques Marie (b. 1937) is a French historian, who specializes in Soviet history. The correspondence focuses upon the translation of Solzhenitsyn's poem Prussian Nights.

Enclosures include a "communiqué" on Solzhenitsyn and a photocopy of a newspaper article on Solzhenitsyn's play Banquet of Victors..

One of Blake's enclosures is a draft of an article on Solzhenitsyn for Time Magazine. One of the TLs is from Heinz Markstein to Blake, and the ALS is a letter to Markstein from Max Hayward care of Patricia Blake.

Zavelberg was employed by Luchterhand publishing.