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Requesting Bandera Back
On October 15, 1946, Colonel-General P.A. Kurochkin, the deputy commander of the Soviet Military Administration, wrote to the Americans that they should arrest and return Stefan Bandera, to the Soviet Union to face punishment for his war crimes. Colonel-General Kurochkin was quoted in saying For these crimes committed against the Russian people, he should be…
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Almost Giving Up
American was learning that working with partisan groups in Ukraine were more difficult than they originally realize. They learned that to pull off such an operation would require a great deal of counterintelligence work, which would require a lot of resources which America wasn’t willing to use. They also did not understand how much the…
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More Problem with Bandera
After World War Two Stephan Bandera moved to West Germany, where he lived under protection from the Soviets, even though the Soviet Union asked for all of their known citizen, who were known for committing war crimes, to be sent back to the Soviet Union, so they could be tried and punished. The allies refused…
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Politics for Protection
After World War Two the Soviets requested that all former Soviet citizens be sent back. However, there were many Ukrainian nationalist livings in Western Germany. Many of them claimed to be Polish citizen. This protected them from being sent back to the Soviet Union. The Baltic States were another thing to deal with. There were…
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The First Set of Projects
America originally tried doing something similar to an Azov movement, back in the late 1940’s but failed. It was code named Operation Belladonna and Operation Trident. CIA Documents: Belladona The first project was known as Operation Belladona. This operation was set to send Ukrainian refugees back into Soviet occupied Ukraine, in an effort to reestablish…
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Mykola Lebed
One of the contacts being made by the Americans for their early operation, was a man by the name of Lebed, who in 1934 Polish minister of interior. This made him a key figure in the Ukrainian liberation movement and OUN. Lebed was sentence to death, but later had his sentence commuted to life in…
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America’s First Steps to War in Ukraine
It would be April 1946 when America launched their first intelligence operation to gather intelligence on whether Ukrainian Nationalist groups could be a viable source of manpower again Russia. They already had some information on where to look for support, thanks to Operation Belladona. It was just a matter of getting support. America was able…
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Reactivating the Lithuanian Activist Front
Most people realize that the Office of Strategic Services was dissolved in 1945, and that the CIA started two years later in 1947. However, undenounced to the public, America did keep their espionage branch alive, with a group of people known as Strategic Services Unit. This was post-war predecessor of the CIA, which was formed…
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Discovering a Network
While Operation Ruppert had to be done to such secrecy, the OSS rarely received any information about Vinogradov, if ever. It wouldn’t be until April of 1945, when Vinogradov made contact again with the Allies, who have helped in this spy mission. However, upon his return he would bring back very important information. During his…
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Ghost in Argentina
In 1945 the police in Argentina received a report that there was a German U-Boat seen signaling to the coast. The police arrested thinking it was part of a prank. But the next morning, when the police went out to investigate the site, they found tire marks on the beach. The police, doing their jobs,…
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