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CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABBREVIATIONS GLOSSARY OF MASK TERMINOLOGY GLOSSARY OF MASK PERSONALITIES INTRODUCTION 1 THE RED MENACE 2 THE PERSONALITIES 3 THE GREAT GAME 4 THE MASK TRAFFIC 5 KRIVITSKY’S DEFECTION 6 BOB STEWART 7 DAVE SPRINGHALL 8 THE ROBINSON PAPERS CONCLUSION Appendix 1

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INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE THE SOVIET MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT

Section 1. General organisation

Security of agents and documents

Section 2. Organisation of military espionage abroad

Agents Legal rezidents Illegal rezidents Passports for illegal rezident or visiting agents Cover for illegal rezident agents Methods of work Methods of communication: Communications to and from Moscow

1. Soviet embassies and legations 2. Secret inks 3. Ships’ crews 4. Wireless

Communications between agents working within a foreign country Instructions to agents Payment of agents The counteracting of Soviet espionage in the United Kingdom

Section 3. Colonial work of the Fourth Department

India The Dominions Ireland

Section 4. Decomposition work of the Military Intelligence Department

CHAPTER TWO THE GUGB AND OGPU

Section 1. General organisation Section 2. Organisation of OGPU activities abroad

Agents The official representative His duties The unofficial or underground representative White Russian agents Cover for underground OGPU agents Methods of communication Foreign embassies and legations The illegal rezident since 1937

APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 2 OGPU AGENTS IN THE BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE AND DIPLOMATIC SERVICE

E.H.Oldham: cipher department of the Foreign Office J.H.King: cipher department of the Foreign Office Unknown source of ‘Imperial Council’ information The British Embassy source in Rome British Embassy in Constantinople

CHAPTER THREE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE OGPU AND THE FOURTH DEPARTMENT CHAPTER FOUR THE COMMUNIST PARTY

Section 1. The Comintern

The Lenin School The OMS Abramoff’s organisation

Section 2. The Communist Party of Great Britain Sabotage

Decomposition work in the Army

Conclusion Propaganda in America

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