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Eastern Europe

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Mitrokhin, Vasili

1922- 2004

Mitrokhin Archive

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United States

Intelligence Operations in the Cold War

Vassiliev Notebooks

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Vassiliev, Alexander

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Western Europe

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Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich

1914- 1984

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Nagy, Imre

1896- 1958

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1956 Polish and Hungarian Crises

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Brandt, Willy

1913- 1992

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Chebrikov, Viktor M.

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East German Uprising

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June 29, 1949	Untitled report on Soviet activities in Lebanon The Soviets are monitoring Germans arriving from Damascus to Beirut.
June 22, 1978	Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, 22 June 1978 (Excerpt) Andropov discusses the trial and possible sentencing of Shcharansky, who was charged with spying for the United States.
June 19, 1953	National Security Council Report, NSC 158, 'United States Objectives and Actions to Exploit the Unrest in the Satellite States' Recommendations adopted by the National Security Council at the suggestion of the Psychological Strategy Board on covert actions to be undertaken in the Soviet Satellite States. Authorized by the National Security Council, NSC 158 envisaged aggressive psychological warfare to exploit and heighten the unrest behind the Iron Curtain. The policy was endorsed by President Eisenhower on June 26, 1953.
June 1941	Report from the People’s Committee of Internal Affairs to the Central Committee of the Hungarian Communist Party, about Agent 'Volodya' (Imre Nagy) Sverdlov provides a brief overview of agent "Volodya" (Imre Nagy) and his work.
March 10, 1938	Report on Imre Nagy’s Arrest by the NKVD (Commissariat of Internal Affairs) Matusov and Altman report on Nagy's arrest on 4/5 March 1938 and subsequent release on 8 March, and describe some of his work.
September 25, 1986	Meeting Minutes of the Politburo of the CC CPSU, Regarding Persecution of Political Dissidents and Spies In this September 1986 excerpt, Gorbachev receives a report from KGB chief Chebrikov that he had requested on “what kinds of people are serving sentences for crimes, which Western propaganda calls political.” Obviously following Gorbachev’s lead, Chebrikov proposes to alleviate the prison sentences of two-thirds of the 240 persons he lists under this category; but, in response to a question from Gromyko, he notes two cases where the guilty parties had already received a sentence that could not be reduced—execution for espionage.
2009	Vassiliev Notebooks File Guide A file guide to the Vassiliev Notebooks, containing a table of contents.
2009	Vassiliev Notebooks Concordance A concordance to the Vassiliev Notebooks complied by John Earl Haynes listing cover names, real names, abbreviations, acronyms, organizational titles, and definitions of tradecraft terminology.
May 6, 1968	The KGB’s 1967 Annual Report Yearly report by KGB Chief Andropov to the CPSU leadership on the actions taken by the KGB in the field of espionage, counter-espionage, and counter-propaganda.
June 2007	The Tanov Case. Folder 43. The Chekist Anthology. In this entry Mitrokhin describes the essential role that the KGB agent Tanov played in repressing the dissident movement in the Soviet Union in the late 1960s. Mitrokhin states that Tanov had important connections and was a trusted person among Soviet dissidents which helped him to receive important information about their activities. Tanov’s primary target was Orlova who was friends with many dissidents in the U.S.S.R. and in the West. She introduced Tanov to many of her acquaintances, which helped him to broaden his connections. Mitrokhin partially focuses on describing how Tanov gained trust among anti-soviet activists. Mitrokhin also states that because of Tanov’s critical role, the KGB was able to establish a detailed list of dissidents, their activities, connections, places where they met as well as personal portraits