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Soviet Union. Committee for State Security (KGB)

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Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty

Todor Zhivkov Collection

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Mitrokhin, Vasili

1922 - 2004

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Kalatozov, Mikhail

1903 - 1973

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

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Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich

1914 - 1984

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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.
April 12, 1989	Letter, Czesław Żmuda to Czesław Kiszczak [on DPRK Ministry of State Security Requests for Technical and Material Assistance] Czesław Żmuda reports on requests for assistance from North Korea's Ministry of State Security.
January 1989	DPRK Talking Points [on Cooperation with the Ministry of State Security for the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students] A list of DPRK Ministry of State Security objectives, as reported by Poland's Ministry of Internal Affairs, in obtaining support from Soviet and Eastern Europe intelligence agencies for the upcoming World Festival of Youth and Students.
October 18, 1977	GDR Ministry for State Security, Main Department XX, 'Increased Activities by Extremist Palestinian Groups in Western Europe' East German intelligence reports that the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine may be planning "commando operations" in Western Europe.
April 17, 1967	Memorandum from Howland Sargeant, 'Basic Briefing on Three Key Programs of the Radio Liberty Committee' RLC President Sargeant outlines the operations of Radio Liberty, the Institute for the Study of the USSR, and the Soviet book program. He discusses alternative organizational and funding possibilities for RL and attaches a draft paper on “The National Council for Freedom of Information”
1955	The Chronological Development of the American Committee as a Propaganda Instrument in Political Warfare This unsigned AMCOMLIB memorandum traces through March 1955 the startup of AMCOMLIB publishing and radio operations and the evolving r ole envisaged for the Soviet emigration.
November 10, 1999	Memorandum, FBI National Security Branch to All Field Offices, 'Information on Surveys Conducted by the Russians for Sabotage and Infiltration in the U.S. during the 1950s and 1960s' An FBI memo written in the wake of a "60 Minutes" segment regarding The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB.