Committee on Human Rights in the USSR International Institute of Human Rights. It also became a member of the International Institute of Law. The Committee was kept under constant surveillance by the KGB. Head of the KGB Yuri Andropov wrote in a report to the Central Committee of 1 March 1973: "The anti-social activities of the so-called Human Rights Committee decreased in 1972 as a result of measures taken by the KGB. These measures included compromising Chalidze's reputation, stripping him of Soviet citizenship [during his visit to the United States], and inciting disagreement and dissension among the Committee's members and sympathisers, which led to Tverdokhlebov's resignation." According
The KGB and Soviet Disinformation foreword by Roy Godson. A Spanish language edition was released in 1987 by Editorial Juventud. Seth Arenstein analyzed the book for "SAIS Review" and wrote that "Bittman's treatment of disinformation, particularly his meticulous research, makes "The KGB and Soviet Disinformation" fascinating reading". John C. Campbell reviewed the book for the journal "Foreign Affairs" and gave a mixed review, "Going well beyond the author's personal experience–he left Czechoslovakia in 1968–the book ranges over the entire field ... with many illustrative cases and items of interest, but also with a tendency to write the KGB's role as larger than life". "The KGB