then- GeneralNikolay V. Ogarkov, First Deputy Chief of the
General Staff, was clearly the premier figure. He was assisted
by General Boychuk--First Deputy Chief of GOU--and the
officers of his administration.

Once the Soviet Delegation arrived at Helsinki, it began
sending back very detailed reports on the progress of the talks,
reports that were actually transcripts of the bilateral meetings,
reports that were sent to the Central Committee, the Council of
Ministers, the Foreign and Defense Ministries, and the KGB,
where they were carefully examined and analyzed. These
reports, then, formed the basis upon which proposals and
recommendations were made. Soon it became clear that the
viewpoints of the various agencies had to be coordinated and
harmonized to work out an integrated and coherent Soviet
Government position on specific issues. For that purpose the
Politburo approved a recommendation at the end of 1969 to
form what it named the Commission of the Central Committee
of the Politburo for the Supervision of the Negotiations on
Strategic Arms Limitations in Helsinki (Komissiya Politbyuro
TsK KPSS po nablyudeniyu za peregovorami, svyazannymi s
ogranicheniyem strategicheskikh vooruzheniy v Helsinki).

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