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Intelligence Operations in the Cold War

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Eastern Europe

Czechoslovakia

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North America

United States

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Mitrokhin, Vasili

1922- 2004

Mitrokhin Archive

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Western Europe

West Germany

Warsaw Pact Military Planning

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Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich

1914- 1984

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Pjescak

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South Asia

Afghanistan

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Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

Fidel Castro, 1959.

Castro, Fidel

1926- 2016

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Obzina, Jaromir

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Anastas Mikoyan in 1959

Mikoyan, Anastas Ivanovich

1895- 1978

Executive Committee of the National Security Committee during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Cuban Missile Crisis

Mass Media and Censorship

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February 9, 1970	Memorandum Concerning the Intelligence Services of the US Armed Forces Summary description of various US military intelligence services, including the Defense Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency (NSA).
October 6, 1959	Report by the Director of CC CPSU Department of Military Industry on the American 'Discoverer' Satellites Report outlining the need to organize systematic observation of newly launched American "Discoverer" satellites to determine their orbit and radio frequencies.
September 26, 1959	Report by Chairman of the Committee for State Security on American "Discoverer" Satellites A report to the CC CPSU on six American "Discoverer" model satellites with speculation about the satellites' military or surveillance purposes.
February 10, 1951	Telegram from Yumashev to Stalin Intelligence reports from the Fifth Navy Radio Network from 7 and 9 February reporting that there have been increased amounts of radio transmissions between naval commanders of the US forces in the Far East, and that evidence suggests that the US command is preparing a landing operation on the west coast of Korea.
May 1987	Plan of Negotiations between M.S. Gorbachev and the President of the United States of America, R. Reagan before the first trip to Washington Soviet plan for negotiations between Gorbachev and Reagan. Topics covered include peacemaking efforts in the Near East, nuclear limitation, and the issue of Afghanistan.
March 1988	Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU) Memorandum, 'About US Aid to the Counterrevolutionaries' (Excerpt) Report on US economic and military aid to opposition forces in Afghanistan.
July 28, 1968	Cipher Telegram 2791-337/8, To the Commanding General of the Silesian Military District, copy to the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces The Soviet exercise control staff provides the Polish forces from the Silesian region with directions regarding the forthcoming military exercise. The Polish troops are ordered to maintain secrecy so as to avoid enemy intelligence gathering.
August 23, 1962	Soviet Report on American Attempts at Disseminating Fabricated News on Cuba Report on the American effort to spread false rumors about the arrival of Soviet military equipments and personnel in Cuba. To counter this subversive attempt, the Cuban security organs has established full control of foreign correspondence and captured maps and intelligence reports.
March 19, 1975	Military Exercise Soyuz-75 Intelligence Information No. 1 As part of the Soyuz-75 exercise, this document provides intelligence on Western forces and an evaluation of the current military situation.
June 2, 1988	Military Exercise Shchit-88 Intelligence Summary No. 1 as of 0800 2 June 1988 This intelligence summary describes a potential scenario in which the policy of detente in "Blue" countries begins to deteriorate and increased military exercises are conducted.