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Soviet Union. Committee for State Security (KGB)

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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

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1979	Agreement for Collaboration between Bulgarian and Cuban Ministries of the Interior The agreement specifies the bilateral cooperation in the intelligence field.
April 1, 1951	Plans for Counterintelligence Work in the Nessebar Military Site Measures for improving the counterintelligence work at the ''Nessebar'' military site.
July 1, 1954	Report on Bulgarian Army Counterintelligence Operations in the Period 1944-1954 The report elaborates on the achievements of the army counter-intelligence services over a ten-year period—the eradication of reactionary officers conspiracy groups, the training of new recruits, etc.
March 23, 1959	Report on Visit to Romania on Counterintelligence Issues A report on the visit that had to improve exchange of information between the two intelligence agencies.
January 8, 1957	Information on Turkish and Greek Intelligence Services Activity Against Bulgaria in 1956 A report focused on the Turkish and Greek intelligence activities in Bulgaria. The report outlines the major areas of interest – the Bulgarian military infrastructure, economic development, and the Communist party leadership. The report also talks about the role of the Turkish diplomatic representatives in encouraging repatriation of Turkish-Bulgarians to Turkey.
June 17, 1959	Information on French Intelligence Activity Against Bulgaria The memo focuses on the operations of the French intelligence services in Bulgaria during the late 1950s.
June 17, 1959	Information on Foreign Counterintelligence Agents Network Abroad The report covers the work of Bulgarian intelligence operatives in the West for the last 18 months. Includes statistics by country.
December 8, 1978	Cooperative plan between the Interior Ministry of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the KGB of the Soviet Union from the summer of 1979-1981 The parties agree to assist one another in the collection of intelligence information on political, economic, scientific and technical matters and exchange information on suspicious contacts of Czechoslovak and Soviet citizens suspected to be spies or subversive. Both agree to the exchange of counter-intelligence regarding Czechoslovak and Soviet citizens working in scientific organizations and international exhibitions, fairs and congresses. Steps are outlined to protect railroad cargo using troops from Warsaw Pact states, prevent eavesdropping of telecommunications and detect and prevent foreign terrorist attacks on Czechoslovak and Soviet airplanes and anti-socialist interruption of international trucking lines. Special mention is made of multiple international transportation organizations that need to be monitored. Information-sharing procedures are agreed to for commercial and industrial firms, banks, scientific centers and international scientific organizations.
March 22, 1979	Protocol on cooperation between the Interior Ministries of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union for the year 1979 The two parties agree to worker, including Interior Ministry officials and university students, exchanges in the field of academia, law, politics, criminal investigation, fire-fighting, engineering, external relations, science and public safety. Provisions are made of the exchange of documents relating to criminology, public safety, the Soviet military, politics and fire-fighting techniques. Both parties agree to exchange information on thefts of shipments, detection and prevention of anti-state activity in border regions and the protection of public order.
December 5, 1979	Agreement between the Czechoslovak and Soviet interior ministries on the processing of the educational text "Socialist Pedagogy" for the Czechoslovak College of National Security This agreement concerns the editing and publication process for the instructional material "Socialist Pedagogy," which is to be taught to pupils of the Czechoslovak College of National Security. Utilization and distribution of the document is discussed and a list of topics to be addressed in the document is included. The teaching material is to focus on preventative educational measures of the Czechoslovak National Security forces, mainly teaching Socialism and Communism. An example of a chart to fill in according to the editing process is included.