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Alexander, Edward. The Serpent and the Bees: A KGB Chronicle. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1990.

An advertisement identifies Alexander as 30-year veteran of the State Department and Foreign Service. The book focuses on the KGB's interest over time in an individual of Armenian heritage. Chambers says that the book is "[i]nteresting for the persistence the Soviets showed in hammering at a potential source of great value."

Amalrik, Andrei A.

1. "Arrest on Suspicion of Courage: Detention by the KGB." Harper's 253 (Aug. 1976): 37-44 ff. [Petersen]

2. Involuntary Journey to Siberia. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1970. [Petersen]

American Bar Association. Standing Committee on Law and National Security. "The Daniloff Affair: New Rules for American Correspondents?" Intelligence Report 8, no. 10 (1986): 7-8. [Petersen]

American Bar Association. Standing Committee on Law and National Security. "Soviet Utilization of UN for Political and Espionage Purposes." Intelligence Report 7, no. 9 (1985): 4-5. [Petersen]

Andrew, Christopher. "KGB Foreign Intelligence from Brezhnev to the Coup." Intelligence and National Security 8, no. 3 (Jul. 1993): 52-67.

Even in the most successful periods of its operations, the quality of the KGB's "analysis did not equal that of its intelligence collection.... FCD reports suffered from a general tendency to tell the Party apparat what it wanted to hear." In addition, the FCD leadership had a "traditional predilection for conspiracy theory.... Paranoia ... is one of the oldest KGB traditions."

Andrew, Christopher, and Julie Elkner. "Stalin and Foreign Intelligence." In Redefining Stalinism, ed. Harold Shukman, 84-89. London: Frank Cass, 2003.

Andrew, Christopher, and Oleg Gordievsky. Comrade Kryuchkov's Instructions: Top Secret Files on KGB Foreign Operations, 1975-1985. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1994. 1994. [pb]

Surveillant 3.4/5 says this is an updated edition of Andrew and Gordievskiy's Instructions from the Centre (1991).

Choice, Nov. 1994, finds Comrade Kryuchkov's Instructions "an intriguing and useful documentary of Brezhnev-era KGB policies and activities.... [T]he editors have created a rather unique, firsthand account of the KGB's ends and means told via secret instructions and reports.... Brief commentaries weave together this treasure trove of documents.... This is an important sourcebook, but is no substitute for ... analytical efforts."

Andrew, Christopher, and Oleg Gordievsky. Instructions from The Centre: Top Secret Files from the KGB's Foreign Operations, 1975-85. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1991.

Surveillant 2.2 finds this book a "treasure-trove of original documents on KGB policies, plans, and techniques for the decade prior to Glasnost." Chambers agrees, commenting that the material is "worth reading," with "many insights into the KGB mindset. However, directive style is high bureaucratese."

Andrew, Christopher, and Oleg Gordievsky, eds.

1. "Special Issue on More 'Instructions from The Centre': Top Secret Files on KGB Global Operations, 1975-1985." Intelligence and National Security 7, no. 1 (Jan. 1992): entire issue.

This is a "selection of the highly classified documents copied or photocopied by Oleg Gordievsky while serving as a PR line (political intelligence) officer in Copenhagen and London.... The commentary has been written by Christopher Andrew, based on joint analysis of the documents with Oleg Gordievsky." (Foreword)

2. More "Instructions from The Centre": Top Secret Files on KGB Global Operations, 1975-1985. London: Frank Cass, 1992.

This book was first published as a special issue of the journal Intelligence and National Security, vol 7, no. 1 (Jan. 1992) (see above).

Arnold, Anthony. The Fateful Pebble. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1993.

Surveillant 3.2/3: "Excellent chapter on KGB in Afghanistan."

Bagley, Tennent H. "Treason in the KGB: New Facts from Inside." International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence 5, no. 1 (Spring 1991): 63-75.

The IJI&C editor notes that "some of Mr. Bagley's comments and observations have been overtaken by events," but the article was published for "its general insights." The focus is on Maj. Gen. Oleg Kalugin and his split with the Soviet leadership.

Barron, John. MIG Pilot: The Final Escape of Lieutenant Belenko. New York: Reader's Digest Press, 1980. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980. New York: Avon Books, 1981. [pb]

Clark comment: Belenko defected with his MIG-25 Foxbat in September 1976. Although the defection itself was not an "intelligence event," what was learned from the aircraft and from Belenko touches on intelligence-related issues and was of intelligence value.

Pforzheimer notes that Barron's book includes a discussion of Belenko's "debriefing and resettlement ... [which is] more fascinating than the rather routine drama of the escape." Constantinides thought the account valuable because it focused "attention on Western intelligence errors connected with this Soviet weapons system."

Bekrenev, L. K. "Operational Contacts." Studies in Intelligence 9, no. 1 (Winter 1965): 63-80.

Soviet doctrine on holding meetings with agents. "Adapted from a Top Secret paper issued by the Soviet Military-Diplomatic Academy in 1990." ( p. 63/fn.1)

Bereanu, Vladimir Bernard, and Kalin Stankov Todorov. The Umbrella Murder. Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk, UK: TEL, 1994.

Surveillant 4.1: The subject is the assassination of Georgi Markov, a Bulgarian journalist, in London in 1978.

Beschloss, Michael R. The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960-1963. New York: HarperCollins, 1991.

Surveillant 1.6 notes that Beschloss focuses primarily on "the 1961 summit conference on Berlin and the Cuban missile crisis in 1962." This work "provides a fine account of the behind-the-scenes maneuvers," contains "superb portraits of KGB agents and heads of state," and is "splendidly written. This is one not to miss."

Biddiscombe, Perry. "The Problem with Glass Houses: The Soviet Recruitment and Deployment of SS Men as Spies and Saboteurs." Intelligence and National Security 15, no. 3 (Autumn 2000): 131-145.

The Soviets apparently started the practice of using Nazis and SS men "while the war was still underway." (emphasis in original) The author looks at what is known about a Soviet enterprise code-named "Theo."

Bohlen, Charles E. Witness to History, 1929-1969. New York: Norton, 1973.

Bohlen was U.S. Ambassador to Moscow from 1953 to 1957. Although it is certainly not the focus of his discussion of his time in the USSR, the author provides some coverage of intelligence-related matters.

Bukovsky, Vladimir. "The Peace Movement and the Soviet Union." Commentary 73, no. 5 (1982): 1-36. [Petersen]

Burkhalter, E.A., Jr. "Soviet Industrial Espionage." Signal 37, no. 7 (1983): 15-20. [Petersen]

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