<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Th<bold>e</bold> memorandum concluded by S.O.E.(Special Operations Executive) and N.K.V.D., (<italic>People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs</italic>-Народный комиссариат внутренних дел) in September 1941, obliged the two intelligence services to collaborate in a wide range of fields. The British wanted to take advantage of “the powerful communist N.K.V.D. during world war II network in Europe to destabilize the German-occupied countries by organizing sabotages and subversive actions. The Russians, on the other hand, did not want to organize sabotage operations in areas far from the front line, but were interested in contacting their Western European information network. The present article presents aspects of the co-operation between the two services in the light of the research we have undertaken in the London archives.</p></abstract>

The memorandum concluded by S.O.E.(Special Operations Executive) and N.K.V.D., (People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs-Народный комиссариат внутренних дел) in September 1941, obliged the two intelligence services to collaborate in a wide range of fields. The British wanted to take advantage of “the powerful communist N.K.V.D. during world war II network in Europe to destabilize the German-occupied countries by organizing sabotages and subversive actions. The Russians, on the other hand, did not want to organize sabotage operations in areas far from the front line, but were interested in contacting their Western European information network. The present article presents aspects of the co-operation between the two services in the light of the research we have undertaken in the London archives.

The New Research Regarding Cooperation between S.O.E. - N.K.V.D. During WWII

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The memorandum concluded by S.O.E.(Special Operations Executive) and N.K.V.D., (People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs-Народный комиссариат внутренних дел)...

The New Research Regarding Cooperation between S.O.E. - N.K.V.D. During WWII

Publié en ligne: 20 juil. 2020

Pages: 357 - 365

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/kbo-2020-0104

Mots clés
N.K.V.D., S.O/E., Colonel Chichaev, Brigadier Hill

© 2020 Marian Zidaru, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The New Research Regarding Cooperation between S.O.E. - N.K.V.D. During WWII

Publié en ligne: 20 juil. 2020

Pages: 357 - 365

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/kbo-2020-0104

Mots clésN.K.V.D., S.O/E., Colonel Chichaev, Brigadier Hill

© 2020 Marian Zidaru, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
N.K.V.D., S.O/E., Colonel Chichaev, Brigadier Hill