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The Mitrokhin Archive refers to a collection of handwritten notes about secret KGB operations spanning the period between the 1930s and 1980s made by KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin which he shared with the British intelligence in the early 1990s. [1] Mitrokhin, who had worked at KGB headquarters in Moscow from 1956 to 1985, first offered his ...
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- A Stash at A Dacha
- The Contents
- The Fallout
The man who showed up in the UK Embassy was Vasiliy Mitrokhin, a retired KGB officer. Not only was he retired, but he also claimed to represent an organization that no longer existed, after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 had put an end to it. Nonetheless, the documents were of interest to foreign intelligence services, as they might have ...
It turned out, back in the USSR, Vasiliy Mitrokhin had unparalleled access to the KGB archives, due to his position in the organization. As the KGB leadership ordered to relocate the archives of KGB’s First Main Directorate from the organization’s headquarter at Lubyanka to the new KGB complex in Yasenevo District in the South-West of Moscow, Mitro...
Regardless of the motives, the revelations were made. In its totality, the Mitrokhin Archive trumped any other intelligence that has even been obtained throughout the lifespan of the USSR. In the words of the FBI, the files were “the most complete and extensive intelligence ever received from any source”. “The Mitrokhin files range in time from the...
Just as Mitrokhin’s motives are a subject of debates, so are the relevance and validity of the disclosed information. Although the files undoubtedly offered a rich source of information for historians, their relevance for modern intelligence services is doubted, chiefly because of how outdated they are. The first book based on the Mitrokhin Archive...
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Oct 27, 2017 · The release this week of thousands of previously classified U.S. documents about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has drawn renewed attention to his shooter's contacts with the KGB ...
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Nov 4, 2017 · JFK assassination files: Oswald meets KGB officer at Soviet embassy in Mexico City. Doug Stanglin. USA TODAY. 0:00. 1:42. The latest batch of John F. Kennedy assassination files released by the ...
Oct 27, 2017 · Oswald spoke to a KGB officer A memo from the CIA, based on an intercepted phone call, suggests Oswald spoke with a KGB officer at the Russian embassy in Mexico City.
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