A recent acquisition for this site is the 392-page “Materials from the Higher School of the Dzerzhinsky KGB School of the USSR,” published in 1988 under the classification of Top Secret. We’re scouring through the pages to determine which, if any, of the articles warrant translation and dissemination through these pages. There are some rather interesting titles, and digitally leafing through the pages shows us some intriguing content. Challenges from the inside (Perestroika, democratization of Russian citizens, escaping abroad and/or refusing to return from abroad), and the looming enemy – the obvious two playing that role are the US and NATO, but there’s surprisingly a lot of ink afforded to Japan and its intelligence services.
For now, we’re happy to share the translated table of contents. Let us know what you think.
MATERIALS FROM THE HIGHER SCHOOL OF THE DZERZHINSKY KGB SCHOOL OF THE USSR
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Leninist principles of socialist democracy and their importance in terms of the activities of state security organs (pp 3-13)
ORGANIZATION AND TACTICS OF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
Some methodological aspects of studying an operational environment (pp 14-32)
Psychological warfare by imperialist stages against the USSR and the characteristic features of how Soviet military counterintelligence elements confront it (pp 33-48)
A number of pressing challenges in protecting classified information in the USSR (pp 49-55)
Regarding ways to improve the counterintelligence search for sources of information from Japanese intelligence services (pp 56-74)
ENEMY SUBVERSIVE OPERATIONS
Enemy training for subversive operations in modern warfare (pp 75-91)
Integration processes in the realm of reconnaissance and subversive operations of the main enemy against the Soviet Union (drawing on the example of the US and Japan) (pp 92-102)
The state and development trends of a number of special telecommunication equipment of the capitalist nations (line-of-site radio communications) (pp 103-110)
Regarding changes to the political and operational climate in the People’s Republic of China (pp 111-127)
DEALING WITH ENEMY IDEOLOGICAL SUBVERSION
A number of issues on intelligence services of imperialist countries exploiting the ideology of bourgeois nationalism and clericalism in ideological subversion against Soviet youth (pp 128-143)
Anti-Soviet alternatives to Perestroika in the USSR (pp 144-155)
On improving the management of counterintelligence activities against the backdrop of the democratization of Soviet society (pp 156-169)
Regarding information support to counterintelligence efforts to investigate and find authors and distributors of anonymous anti-Soviet documents (pp 170-182)
The impact of the scientific technology revolution on improving work support during analytical investigations in Soviet counterintelligence (pp 183-193)
MOBILIZATION READINESS AND THE WORK OF KGB ORGANS IN SPECIAL CONDITIONS
Methodology for establishing intelligence assets for the special period (pp 194-203)
CHALLENGES OF USING CRIMINAL SCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY IN COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
Criminalistic tactics: A conceptual framework (pp 204-221)
Some methodical issues with psychological impact on the activities of operatives in state security organs (pp 222-237)
Using computer equipment when studying the psychological constitution of persons employed in the organs of the KGB (pp 238-247)
LEGAL ISSUES OF ENSURING STATE SECURITY
On the concept of the suspect in Soviet criminal proceedings (pp 248-257)
Codification of Soviet legislation and pressing issues of the legal regulation of ensuring state security (pp 258-275)
Regarding the affect of the family status on Soviet citizens deciding to escape abroad or refuse to return from abroad to the USSR (pp 276-293)
ISSUES OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING EMPLOYEES
On the experience of using active educational methods in training courses in law (pp 294-308)
The computer in training specialty courses (pp 309-321)
On the experience of reciting a challenging lecture in the form of a dialogue between two instructors (pp 322-331)
The question of the current stage of criminal science and the challenges of training it (pp 332-345)
Self-education as the leading factor in the ethical enhancement of students (pp 346-359)
SCIENTIFIC LIFE, CRITIQUE, BIBLIOGRAPHY
Timely and valuable research (pp 360-362)
Abstracts of collections of writings and articles from various venues and conferences, a number of thesis defenses (pp 363-392).
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