Department A
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Department A was a specialized unit within the Soviet KGB’s First Chief Directorate responsible for clandestine operations involving disinformation, active measures, and covert influence abroad.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
KGB department
ⓘ
intelligence agency unit ⓘ |
| allegiance | Communist Party of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classifiedAs | secret unit ⓘ |
| countryOfJurisdiction | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedWith | collapse of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
active measures
ⓘ
clandestine operations ⓘ covert influence operations ⓘ disinformation ⓘ foreign intelligence ⓘ political warfare ⓘ propaganda ⓘ psychological warfare ⓘ subversion ⓘ |
| ideology | Marxism–Leninism ⓘ |
| notableMethod |
agents of influence
ⓘ
black propaganda ⓘ forged documents ⓘ front organizations ⓘ gray propaganda ⓘ planted media stories ⓘ rumor campaigns ⓘ |
| objective |
discredit opponents of the USSR
ⓘ
influence foreign political processes ⓘ influence foreign public opinion ⓘ spread pro-Soviet narratives ⓘ support Soviet foreign policy goals ⓘ undermine adversary governments ⓘ |
| operatedBy | KGB First Chief Directorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Committee for State Security (KGB) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | First Chief Directorate of the KGB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scopeOfOperations |
abroad
ⓘ
foreign countries ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| supervisedBy | leadership of the First Chief Directorate ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | clandestine unit ⓘ |
| usedTactic |
covert funding of organizations
ⓘ
disinformation campaigns ⓘ exploitation of racial and social tensions abroad ⓘ forgery operations ⓘ media manipulation ⓘ support to anti-nuclear movements ⓘ support to foreign communist parties ⓘ support to peace movements ⓘ |
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