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Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

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United States

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Soviet Union. Committee for State Security (KGB)

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Western Europe

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Kalatozov, Mikhail

1903- 1973

Todor Zhivkov Collection

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United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Bulgaria. Ministry of Internal Affairs

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Mitrokhin, Vasili

1922- 2004

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Germany (East). Ministry for State Security (Stasi)

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Mitrokhin Archive

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Cold War Origins

Soviet Foreign Policy

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July 30, 1955	Shortened Transcript of the Meeting held by the 2nd Chief Directorate of the KGB attached to the Council of Ministers of the USSR on July 30, 1955 This document is a 61-page transcript of the meeting of the SCD leadership held in Moscow on Saturday, July 30, 1955. The ostensible purpose of the meeting was to discuss the progress report of the regional counterintelligence branch in the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (the Second Department of the KGB of the Latvian SSR). However, the meeting went beyond the Latvian case and focused on the discussion of the overall deficiencies of Soviet counterintelligence at that time and the ways to deal with them.
Date unknown	Forms, Methods, and Organization of Intelligence Work from Illegal Positions In this undated document likely from the early 1970s, the Polish Ministry of Interior offers explanations on how illegal intelligence operatives operate: what covers they use and how they can be more fully integrated into Poland’s intelligence process. The audience for the document appears to have other Polish intelligence professionals who already understood “legal” intelligence but were unfamiliar with illegals.
February 14, 1989	Agreement on Cooperation between the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the People's Republic of Poland and the Ministry of Public Security of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Poland and North Korea agree to exchange information and consult on the prevention and disclosure of dangerous crimes and to share experiences in forensic techniques and road traffic organization and fire protection.
July 31, 1987	Agreement on Cooperation between the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the People's Republic of Poland and the Ministry of State Security of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea An agreement between the Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs and the North Korean Ministry of State Security expanding information exchanges between the two ministries on "opponents" and terrorist organizations. In addition, the agreement established cooperation in counterintelligence and in acquiring, training, and servicing technical equipment for operational purposes.
April 3, 1990	Letter, Embassy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in Poland to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Poland The North Korean Embassy informs Poland's Ministry of Internal Affairs that a five-member delegation from the Ministry of Public Security would visit and they were interested in the functioning of the PESEL system and the application of computers in its operations.
October 10, 1986	Minutes of the Visit of a Delegation from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the People’s Republic of Poland (PRL) in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Paek Hak-rim suggests stepping up cooperation between North Korea and Poland in the fields of science, technology, and firefighting, as well as continuing exchange visits to share experiences in maintaining public order and combating crime. Kim Yong-ryong also suggests that information exchanges and technical cooperation be enhanced.
June 4, 1985	Minutes of Discussions between the Delegations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the People’s Republic of Poland and the Ministry of State Security of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea North Korean and Polish intelligence leaders discuss the intelligence services of the United States and other non-communist nations, possible operations by Western intelligence services against the DPRK and the PRP, as well as the activity of international terrorist organizations.
December 1985	Memorandum on Cooperation between the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of State Security of the DPRK and the Ministry of Interior of the People’s Republic of Poland An overview of exchanges between the DPRK and Poland and Polish assistance rendered to North Korea in the areas of intelligence and internal security from 1983-1985.
August 23, 1988	Letter, Acting Minister of State Security of the DPRK Kim Yong-ryong to Comrade Czesław Kiszczak, Minister of Internal Affairs Kim Yong-ryong asks whether the North Korean Ministry of State Security may send specialists to Poland for counterintelligence training ahead of the 13th World Youth and Students Festival.
March 17, 1989	Memorandum from Cpt. Roman Dziedziejko [on a Meeting with Ri Man-sik] Roman Dziedziejko reports that a delegation from the DPRK Ministry of State Security will come to Poland (as well as East Germany and Bulgaria) for counterintelligence training.