Secret Protocol #1 Session of the CC CPSU Politburo Operational Group on issues related to the elimination of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl NPS nuclear power station April 29 1986 Present Members of the Politburo of the CC CPSU comrades N I Ryzhkov E K Ligachev V I Vorotnikov V M Chebrikov Candidate members of the Politburo of the CC CPSU comrades V I Dolgikh S L Sokolov Minister of Internal Affairs of the USSR comrade A V Vlasov Invited to the meeting Secretaries of the CC CPSU comrades A F Dobrynin V A Medvedev A N Yakovlev Head of the Department of Heavy Industry and Energy of the CC CPSU comrade I P Yastrebov President of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR comrade A P Aleksandrov First Deputy Minister of Defense comrade S F Akhromeev Head of the Civil Defense Forces of the USSR comrade A G Altunin Minister of Health of the USSR comrade S P Burenkov Chairman of the State Committee for Hydrometeorology comrade Y A Israel First Deputy Minister of Medium Machine Building comrade A M Petrosyants Minister of Medium Machine Building comrade E P Slavsky Minister of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the USSR comrade G A Yagodin Deputy Minister of Railways comrade V N Ginko Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR comrade A G Kovalev Head of the VPO SoyuzAtomEnergo of the Ministry of Energy and Electrification of the USSR comrade G A Veretennikov Head of the 16 Main Directorate of the Ministry of Medium Machine Building comrade E V Kulikov Deputy Head of the Department of Heavy Industry and Energy of the CC of the CPSU comrade V M Frolyshev 1 On the situation resulting from the accident in the 4th power block of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant Take note of Comrade Dolgikh's information on this specific issue 2 On the radiation situation at Chernobyl NPS in the village of the power station and in surrounding areas Take note of Comrade Israel's report on this issue Order Comrade Israel to put together clear and reliable information about the radiation levels in individual territories fly out immediately to the area of the accident for adoption of practical measures 3 On the organization of medical services for people in areas of radioactive contamination Bring Comrade Burenkov's attention to serious weaknesses in the organization of medical services for evacuees from the accident area and the provision of necessary medical care Order Comrade Burenkov to fly out to the site immediately to take exhaustive measures to fundamentally improve all of this work 4 On the participation of civil defense units in work eliminating the consequences of the accident Bring Comrade Altunin's attention to the lack of a clear program of action for implementation of a comprehensive set of measures in connection with the accident at the Chernobyl NPS Demand that Civil Defense urgently develop and implement the necessary actions to eliminate the consequences of the accident 5 On the evacuation of people from the city of Pripyat Take note of Comrade Vlasov's report on this issue Note the clear organization of the work on evacuating the population and locating it in new districts 6 On the occurrence of the exit of a group of passengers from a train in the district of the restricted area Bring Comrade Ginko's attention to the need for strict observance by the services of the Ministry of Railways of the established procedure for transport of people by rail in the restricted area in the district of the Chernobyl NPP 7 On the deployment of a brigade of Chemical Defense Troops Take note of Comrade Akhromeyev's report on this issue The Defense Ministry is to ensure the deployment of the brigade as soon as possible 8 On the allocation of 10 000 army food rations to transfer them to the evacuated population Instruct Comrade Akhromeyev to find a way to allot 10 000 food rations from the army's reserves to evacuated populations 9 On potential causes of the accident at the Chernobyl NPS Take note of this information Comrade Aleksandrov with the assistance of the Ministry of Energy of the USSR the Ministry of Medium Machine Building the State Committee for Nuclear Energy Safety scientists and specialists should continue work on ascertaining the causes of the accident in order to prevent similar occurrences in the future 10 On government reports Approve the text of the Government Report for publication in print Approve the text of information to the leaders of a number of capitalist countries about the accident at Chernobyl NPS and the measures taken to eliminate the consequences Approve the text of information to the leaders of a number of socialist countries on the progress of eliminating the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl NPS Source Alla Yaroshinskaya Chernobyl Sovershenno Sekretno Moscow Drugie Berega 1992 Translated by Sarah Dunn for the National Security Archive This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 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