ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES OF FOREIGN CENTERS OF UKRAINIAN NATIONALISTS UNDER CONDITIONS OF THE WORLD INTERBLOCK CONFRONTATION (1945 – 1950-ies)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24919/2519-058x.15.204965Keywords:
Intelligence, counterintelligence, special operations, the Ukrainian Nationalists Movement, foreign centers of the OUN (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists), the Cold War, the NATO Special Services, the USSR Special ServicesAbstract
The purpose of the research is to find out the organizational and functional features of the intelligence structures of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists foreign centers (1945 – 1950-ies), according to their tasks in the context of the interbloc and socio-political confrontation in the post–war World (during the Cold War). The methodology of the research is based on the principles of historicism and Ukrainocentrism, certain general scientific (analysis, synthesis, systematization) and special-historical (historical-comparative, historical-genetic) methods have been used, which made it possible to investigate the creation and activities of intelligence units of foreign centers of the Ukrainian Nationalist Organization in connection with the historical events and processes that took place from the mid–1940-ies to the end of the 1950-ies. The scientific novelty consists in the fact of the very research on the creation of special intelligence units within the structure of foreign centers of the Ukrainian nationalists during the post–war period, their cooperation with Western special services, and the peculiarities of its personnel with the experience of secret anti–Soviet activities in the USSR. The Conclusions. The intelligence activity of foreign centers of the Ukrainian nationalists was one of the least explored aspects of the nationalist movement and the history of national intelligence services. Intelligence training was carried out at the NATO’s Special Intelligence Centers. The main way to conduct reconnaissance was to send specially trained teams of emissaries and couriers across the border. According to the strategy of preparation for a possible global conflict with the USSR and the Communist bloc, the intelligence officers were tasked with gathering information about the armed forces and the military-industrial potential of the USSR, the secret anti-communist armed activities, the socio–political situation in the USSR and in the Soviet Union.
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