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Unveiling state secrets to occupying forces: interwar intelligence activities in the Baltic Sea region through the lens of the NKVD/NKGB interrogations, 1940–1942; 
Tekijät: Suonpää, Mika; Allen-Mercier, Zoé
Kustantaja: Informa UK Limited
Julkaisuvuosi: 2026
Lehti: Intelligence and National Security
ISSN: 0268-4527
eISSN: 1743-9019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2026.2671981
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Verkko-osoite: https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2026.2671981
Rinnakkaistallenteen osoite: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/526457251
Rinnakkaistallenteen lisenssi: CC BY
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This article examines interwar intelligence activities in the Baltic Sea region through the NKVD/NKGB interrogations of high-ranking Estonian political police officers in 1940–1942. The study reflects critically on Soviet interrogation reports as historical sources, concurrently arguing that they are instrumental since the material of the Estonian political police was destroyed in 1939–40. New insights are provided into the use of agents, Estonian military intelligence targeting the Soviet Union, the role of Russian émigrés in MI6’s operations, Estonian, Finnish, and Latvian intelligence cooperation, and the use of a notable Baltic German agent in countering Nazi-German influence operations and Estonian far-right subversion.
Avainsanat:
agent handling, Baltic Germans, NKGB, NKVD, Russian emigres, SIS/MI6
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