During a private conversation about the conditions of detention in Soviet prisons at a Communist Party reception in the mid-1970s, a KGB general is reported to have said that "conditions could not be that harsh, given that in Lubyanka prison there is some foreign prisoner who had been there now for almost three decades."
Ühe eravestluse käigus partei vastuvõtul 1970. keskel, kus olid jutuks tingimused Nõukogude vanglates, olevat üks KGB kindral öelnud, et tingimused ei saa olla väga halvad, kuna üks välismaalasest vang olevat Lubljangka vanglas viibinud juba kolm kümnendit.