REORGANIZATION OF SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTRY'S INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 15, 2003
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: November 26, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Reorganization of Soviet Foreign Miniptry's
Intelligence Department
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A complete reorganization of the Soviet Foreign Ministry is now going on m dex the
direction of AA Gromyko. The Ministry's own intelligence department is being re-
established in full working capacity under VA Zorin. While Beria was head of the
secret police this department existed, but almost illegally and was w;Tthout, in-
fluence. Political and economic intelligence is being completely transferred
to the intelligence department of this Ministry, which will work as it did before
World. War II, under Li.tvinov.
Diplomats, aseigied to the intelligence department, will soon be sent to serve
in the various, Soviet embassies and legations, but they will not be subordinated
to the ministers."
The heed of the newly re-established intelligence department of the F O ei ;n
Ministry is KN Tiapkin, who formerly served in the 2nd (Western Europe) Section
of the Ministry. He has been replaced there by VV Slavin. Tiapkin will be
assisted by MI Sladkoveki, now deputy head of the Far East Department of the
Ministry, Alexander Snegov has been sent to Paris as a member of the intelli-
gence department of the Ministry and will make that place his permanent resilience,
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