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The Mitrokhin Archive: Revealing Soviet Intelligence

This chapter delves into the remarkable story of the Mitrokhin Archive, which contains Soviet foreign intelligence material. It discusses how Basilim Mitrokhin, a KGB archivist, secretly compiled the archive and eventually revealed it to the West. The chapter highlights the operational significance of the archive and the importance of independent academic historians in uncovering the true activities of intelligence agencies.

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