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'''Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov''' (1914-1984) was Director of the [[KGB]] from 1967 to 1982, and in 1982 was elected General Secretary of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU), succeeding [[Leonid Brezhnev]]. Despite his hard-line past, which included leading roles in the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 (he was Soviet Ambassador to [[Hungary]] at the time), the suppression of the [[Prague Spring]] in 1968, and the 1979 Soviet invasion of [[Afghanistan]], Andropov was perceived in the West as a moderniser, and an opponent of the stagnation and corruption which was one of many factors impeding the Soviet economy.

'''Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov''' (1914-1984) was Director of the [[KGB]] from 1967 to 1982, and in 1982 was elected General Secretary of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU), succeeding [[Leonid Brezhnev]]. Despite his hard-line past, which included leading roles in the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 (he was Soviet Ambassador to [[Hungary]] at the time), the suppression of the [[Prague Spring]] in 1968, and the 1979 Soviet invasion of [[Afghanistan]], Andropov was perceived in the West as a moderniser, and an opponent of the stagnation and corruption which was one of many factors impeding the Soviet economy.

 

 

Adropov was General Secretary at the time of the Soviet shootdown of [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] on September 1, 1983. His role in the incident, though largely unknown, can be suggested by "working up" the Soviet hierarchical system of command:  

Adropov was General Secretary at the time of the Soviet shootdown of [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] on September 1, 1983. His role in the incident, though largely unknown, can be suggested by "working up" the Soviet hierarchical system of command:  

Gen. Valeri Kamensky, the Commander of the Soviet Far East Air Defence forces, for whom there is documentary evidence to his role in the shootdown [http://www.rescue007.org/stalk.htm], would have informed both General Ivan Moseivich Tretyak[http://www.rescue007.org/rescue.htm], his direct superior and Commander of the Soviet Far East Military District as his direct commander, and informed the Commander-in Chief of Air Defense Forces at the National Command Center in Kalinin. This was Gen. Alexandr Koldunov. As this was an evergency, the Commander in Chief of Soviet Air Forces (VVS), Chief Marshal of Aviation Pavel Kutakhov would have beeen informed. As the test of the illegal (Salt ll) SS-25 had been planned for that night with the missile coming down on the Klyuchi target range of Kamchatka [http://www.rescue007.org/how_kal_007_was_lost.htm] - where KAL 007 was to traverse in its first intrusion of Soviet territory- the head of the First Directorate of Strategic Concealment, First Deputy Chief of Staff Marshal Sergei Akhromeyev would have been present for any decision. Further, Chief of the Soviet General Staff and First Deputy Minister of Defense Nikolai Ogarkov would have been in on any decision and would have informed his superior and link with the Political echelon, Minister of Defense Dmitri Ustinov. It is then that Andropov would have been in position for decision for shootdown.  

Gen. Valeri Kamensky, the Commander of the Soviet Far East Air Defence forces, for whom there is documentary evidence to his role in the shootdown [http://www.rescue007.org/stalk.htm], would have informed both General Ivan Moseivich Tretyak[http://www.rescue007.org/rescue.htm], his direct superior and Commander of the Soviet Far East Military District as his direct commander, and informed the Commander-in Chief of Air Defense Forces at the National Command Center in Kalinin. This was Gen. Alexandr Koldunov. As this was an evergency, the Commander in Chief of Soviet Air Forces (VVS), Chief Marshal of Aviation Pavel Kutakhov would have beeen informed. As the test of the illegal (Salt ll) SS-25 had been planned for that night with the missile coming down on the Klyuchi target range of Kamchatka [http://www.rescue007.org/how_kal_007_was_lost.htm] - where KAL 007 was to traverse in its first intrusion of Soviet territory- the head of the First Directorate of Strategic Concealment, First Deputy Chief of Staff Marshal Sergei Akhromeyev would have been present for any decision. Further, Chief of the Soviet General Staff and First Deputy Minister of Defense Nikolai Ogarkov would have been in on any decision and would have informed his superior and link with the Political echelon, Minister of Defense Dmitri Ustinov. It is then that Andropov would have been in position for decision for shootdown.