Recently declassified documents published to the Russian FSB website are claimed to contain information provided by the so-called ‘Cambridge Five’ – the notorious spy ring that provided information to the Soviet Union from the 1930s to the early 1950s. The documents deal with Poland’s efforts to prepare for a post-war world in which that countryContinueContinue reading “Did ‘Cambridge Five’ Espionage Contribute to Poland Succumbing to Soviet Influence after World War II?”
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Closing In: Beria’s 1942 Report to Stalin on Allied Advances in Building the Bomb
In March 1942, Lavrentiy Beria penned a Top Secret internal report for Josef Stalin regarding recent advances by a number of non-Soviet countries (England, France, Germany, and the US) in trying to achieve nuclear fission as a new power source. These research efforts have, in turn, spawned interest in seeing how this new science couldContinueContinue reading “Closing In: Beria’s 1942 Report to Stalin on Allied Advances in Building the Bomb”
ROSCOSMOS Publishes Declassified Documents Related to the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
The website for the Russian State Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS published a treasure trove of unclassified documents, 36 in all, covering hundreds of pages to celebrate the 17 July 1975 Apollo-Soyuz mission. In the run-up to the 50th anniversary of the second celebrated Soviet-American handshake over the Elbe River, we’ll be publishing as many interesting reportsContinueContinue reading “ROSCOSMOS Publishes Declassified Documents Related to the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project”
Declassified Findings from Soviet Post-War Inspection of German V-2 Rocket Test Center
On 9 May 1945, the Great Patriotic War came to an end. However, the evolution of relations between the allies indicated that the peace that had come was fragile. The military understood that a new war, if it happened, would be waged using new types of weapons – missiles, jet aircraft, and super-powerful ammunition. ButContinueContinue reading “Declassified Findings from Soviet Post-War Inspection of German V-2 Rocket Test Center”
Top Secret Message to Stalin Captures Chiang Kai-shek’s Emotional Response to Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
On 8 December 1941, the day after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor and America’s subsequent declaration of war, Soviet Ambassador to China Aleksandr Panyushkin was called to meet Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek and Minister of Foreign Affairs Guo Taiqi to receive a personal message to be conveyed to Soviet leader Josef Stalin. The message spellsContinueContinue reading “Top Secret Message to Stalin Captures Chiang Kai-shek’s Emotional Response to Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor”
Top Secret Details for the Soviet Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan
On 1 April 1988, two weeks before the Geneva Accords were enacted, a meeting was held of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU, outlining scenarios for the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan – scenarios which took into consideration the official signing of the accords, as well as the refusal of theContinueContinue reading “Top Secret Details for the Soviet Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan”
DETI: Part 2 of Interrogation of Red Army Lieutenant Training Soviet Children for the Germans in WW2
Those who have been following the site for the past month know that we have been publishing declassified documents that were published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. This is Part Two of the first in a series of three separateContinueContinue reading “DETI: Part 2 of Interrogation of Red Army Lieutenant Training Soviet Children for the Germans in WW2”
DETI: Details of Sabotage Missions Come to Light from Detained Soviet German-Trained Children
Nine documents were declassified and published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. This is the fourth in the series of documents translated. This is an undated five-page TOP SECRET report, probably written in September 1943, providing details of the arrest ofContinueContinue reading “DETI: Details of Sabotage Missions Come to Light from Detained Soviet German-Trained Children”
DETI: German-Trained Soviet Teens Parachute Into Kursk Oblast to Conduct Sabotage, 1943
Nine documents were declassified and published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. This is the third in the series of documents translated. This is a “Special Message,” marked TOP SECRET, dated 3 September 1943 on the arrest of three saboteurs trainedContinueContinue reading “DETI: German-Trained Soviet Teens Parachute Into Kursk Oblast to Conduct Sabotage, 1943”
DETI: NKVD Discovers Saboteur Schools Established by German Intelligence to Train Kidnapped Soviet Orphans
Nine documents were declassified and published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. This is the second in the series of documents translated. This is a “Special Message,” marked TOP SECRET, dated 25 December 1941 on the discovery of two saboteur andContinueContinue reading “DETI: NKVD Discovers Saboteur Schools Established by German Intelligence to Train Kidnapped Soviet Orphans”
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