Just a wild shot, but you might want to find a different 'disassembly' source...
I emailed a couple members here that if they went by the NRA Firearms Assembly Manual for the Star BM, the instructions for removing the safety were wrong...and I supplied a pic showing why & how to remove it correctly...
Doesn't hurt to check a 2nd 'opinion'...
Edit: Interesting Tokarev site -
http://www.alpharubicon.com/leo/tokarev213.htm