THE SPECIAL COUNCIL (OSOBOYE SOVESHCHANIYE) OF THE MVD

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CIA-RDP80-00810A004400610008-1
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August 3, 2007
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8
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July 2, 1954
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2007/08/04 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004400610008-1 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT The Special Council (Osoboyee Soveshchaniye) of the NVD . D ATE OF INFO PLACE ACQUI TAN ie1MW WASVADONS St DW SORT AN SVI*V Y1. im A/IRA" OF CONVM1 M TWATNL (IOR 11T DM flU) 25X1 25X1 1. The Special Council (080, Osobo Savasheha ) Of the WD was an outgrowth of the troikas which were active during he purges o the thirties and in- 1939 were finally liquidated. . 080 of the NKVD had begun to operate in 1937 or 1938. There was no separate 080 for the State Security services until Abakumov became head of the NOB. He felt that the 060 of the NVD was prejudiced in checking NCB cases and that the decisions of the council reflected unsatisfactorily on his organization. 2. The OSO was composed of the minister, his deputies, and several chiefs of directorates who did not sit in permanent session. The real working body of the OSO was the Secretariat of the 060, consisting of a chief and some investigators. The Chief of the Secretariat did not have the authority to make or to carry out any sentences, but was charged merely with pre- paring the cases and with presenting them in final form to the 060 for consideration. 3. The Chief of the Secretariat was the first one to receive a case. After familiarizing himself with all the pertinent data, he turned the case over to an investigator for study and recommendations. The investigator made his own recommendation as to the sentence and indicated whether the case should be tried by the 080 or should be transferred to a military tribunal. If. the case were tried by the 050, the minister or his deputy would meet with the other deputies and the chiefs of directorates. The Chief of the Secretariat ad the investigator were then called before the members of the OSO to report on the case, the agency involved, and the individual. The OSO decided whether the person deserved to be punished and, if so, what sentence should be imposed. The decision was final and there was no appeal. The accused was not present when the OSO passed sentence. The individual concerned was informed that he had been sentenced by the OSO, and was told the charge and the sentence. The case file was then for- warded by the Chief of the Secretariat to what is now the First Special Section (Spets Otdel), where it was recorded that the O60 had sentenced STATE X ARMY X NAVY rX AIR I X FBI Ix AEC 74Y D- _$ %1W 1Maaaraa slsoung.W Na- amN Dahr w me VA"" IS W "b" as maan- in9 CC 71U m.maatuMlq W 7N.ai tM us. Colo. as aOkMM. DO % M=ImIM W uaalaam WftY .mn m s M08 W by SM .NmMw 4 naus r fMlMted by W. 7fa ayia4ta11M it *5 iaam r pailbltsd. PORT DATE- W1 2 July 1954 NO. OF FAOES Approved For Release 2007/08/04 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA004400610008-1 r the individual to serve so many years for certain offenses or to be executed. The file was kept in the spats Otdel Archives and the Spats Otdel decided where the prisoner would be sent, although the Secretariat sometimes prescribed to what camp he would go. 4. Cases were tried by the OSO instead of A. military tribunal when referral to the tribunal would compromise the identity of the agents who had supplied the evidence or would bare the operational methods of the MVD. 5. Following the discontinuance of the Special Council procedure of handling extra-legal MVD cases, and the inactivation of the Secretariat of the Special Council, MVD, in August 1953, a small section of seven persons was formed from among the staff of the Special Council Secretariat. The function of the new section,which was subordinate to the First Special Section,was primarily to review the complaints of the relatives of persons tried and convicted under the former Special Council procedure.