Department K

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KGB unit counterintelligence unit

Department K was a specialized counterintelligence unit within the First Chief Directorate of the KGB, focused primarily on monitoring and combating foreign intelligence activities.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	KGB unit ⓘ counterintelligence unit ⓘ
classification	secret unit ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Soviet military counterintelligence bodies NERFINISHED ⓘ other KGB directorates ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolvedWith	dissolution of the KGB ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ
focus	foreign intelligence services operating against the USSR ⓘ penetration of Soviet institutions by foreign intelligence ⓘ security of KGB foreign operations ⓘ
goal	identification of foreign intelligence officers under diplomatic cover ⓘ neutralization of hostile intelligence operations ⓘ protection of Soviet intelligence assets ⓘ
jurisdiction	counterintelligence aspects of foreign relations ⓘ foreign intelligence presence on Soviet territory ⓘ
locatedIn	Moscow ⓘ
monitored	contacts between Soviet citizens and foreigners of intelligence interest ⓘ foreign business representatives suspected of intelligence ties ⓘ foreign embassies in the USSR ⓘ foreign journalists suspected of intelligence ties ⓘ
operatedDuring	Cold War period NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversaw	counterintelligence support to KGB foreign stations ⓘ
parentOrganization	First Chief Directorate of the KGB NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Committee for State Security NERFINISHED ⓘ First Chief Directorate NERFINISHED ⓘ KGB NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction	combating foreign intelligence activities ⓘ counterintelligence ⓘ monitoring foreign intelligence activities ⓘ
reportedTo	KGB senior leadership ⓘ leadership of the First Chief Directorate ⓘ
responsibility	coordination of counterintelligence support for KGB residencies abroad ⓘ counterespionage operations ⓘ detection of foreign spies in the USSR ⓘ protection of Soviet state secrets from foreign intelligence ⓘ surveillance of suspected foreign intelligence officers ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successorOrganization	Russian Federation security and intelligence services (approximate functional succession) ⓘ
usedMethod	agent recruitment ⓘ double-agent operations ⓘ interrogation and debriefing ⓘ surveillance ⓘ technical monitoring ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Chief Directorate of the KGB → subOrganization → Department K ⓘ

Weapon Plus Program → associatedWith → Department K ⓘ

Weapon X (related conceptually) → associatedWithOrganization → Department K ⓘ

subject surface form: Weapon X