Dictionary

Please note: the dictionary is being continually expanded.

A

Active measures
agency operating environment
Agent
agent network
agent radio station
Agent-operational combination
Analytical defence department of the non-legal foreign intelligence
Analytical, information and planning section of Directorate X
archival file
Automation and record section

B

base
blocked person
blocking of persons of interest

C

Cadre and School Department of the StB Investigation Administration
cadre member personal file
Categories of secret collaborators
Centre
Chief of the StB Investigation Administration
cipher communication
code word
Comecon
Communist party of the Soviet Union
Communist regime
confidant
confidential contact
conspiracy
Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls
Council for mutual economic cooperation
Counterintelligence
Counterintelligence residentura of the Federal ministry of interior
courier agent
Czechoslovak intelligence service

D

dead zone
deaf zone
deconspiration
Defector
Defence Preparation and Protection of the StB Investigation Administration
Deputy Chief of StB Investigation Administration
Dimo Vangelov Stankov
Directorate I of the Ministry of the Interior
Directorate II of the Federal Ministry of Interior
Directorate X of the Federal ministry of interior
disinformation
disinformation channels
diversion
Double agent

E

eavesdropping
Emanuel Havlík
Encryption
European section
evaluation of secret collaborator
exit visa

F

false documents
Federal ministry of interior
File agenda
file registration number
First Directorate of the SNB
forgery
forms of intelligence work
Fund “Z“

G

German section
graphic expertise

H

handover point
hidden failure

I

Ideological collaborator
Illegal foreign intelligence service
information analysis
Information department of the 1st Directorate
Inspection of the chief of the 1st Directorate
Inspection of the StB Investigation Administration Chief
Intelligence game
Investigation Department of the StB Investigation Administration in Prague (First Department)

J

Jan Ondrovčák
Jaroslav Sládeček
Jiří Stejskal

K

keeper of a postal address
keeper of clandestine premises
Komsomol

L

leaving the Republic
Legal residentura
Legal residentura Addis Ababa
Legal residentura Algiers
Legal residentura Amman
Legal residentura Athens
Legal residentura Beijing
Legal residentura Belgrade
Legal residentura Bern
Legal residentura Bonn
Legal residentura Brussels
Legal residentura Cairo
Legal residentura Damascus
Legal residentura Delhi
Legal residentura Frankfurt
Legal residentura Hague
Legal residentura Havana
Legal residentura Helsinki
Legal residentura Istanbul
Legal residentura Jakarta
Legal residentura Lisbon
Legal residentura London
Legal residentura Madrid
Legal residentura Mexico
Legal residentura Montreal
Legal residentura New York
Legal residentura Nicosia
Legal residentura Paris
Legal residentura Rome
Legal residentura Stockholm
Legal residentura Sydney
Legal residentura Teheran
Legal residentura Tel Aviv
Legal residentura The Hague
Legal residentura Tirana
Legal residentura Tokyo
Legal residentura Vienna
Legal residentura Washington, D.C.
Legal residentura West Berlin
legalisation

M

main agency
Main Committee of the Communist party of Czechoslovakia at the Federal ministry of interior
Main Directorate of the counterintelligence of the National security corps
Main Directorate of the foreign intelligence of the Ministry of interior
main enemy
materials from our Friends
Ministry of Interior
Ministry of National Security

N

NATO

O

one-time blocking
open data
open materials
Operation Neptun
Operation Vampire
Operational Department of the StB Investigation Administration
operational file
Organisational and operational section of Directorate X
Organisational Department of the Investigation Administration of the State Security
own flag

P

permanent blocking
person of interest
personal file
Personnel group of Directorate X
Personnel section of the Directorate I

R

radio operator
recruitment under a foreign flag
registration card
Resident
risk factors

S

Second Directorate of the Federal Ministry of Interior
secret contact
Section 1 of Directorate X
Section 12 of Directorate I
Section 21 of Directorate I
Section 23 - Illegal foreign intelligence
Section 25 of Directorate I
Section 31 of Directorate I
Section 36 of Directorate I
Section 37 of Directorate I
Section 4 of Directorate X
Section 42 of Directorate I
Section 47 of Directorate I
Section 5 of Directorate X
Section 50 of Directorate I
Section 55 of Directorate I
Section 57 of Directorate I
Section 59 of Directorate I
Section 69 of Directorate I
Section 74 of Directorate I
Section 80 of Directorate I
Security apparatus
Special purpose service
State Security Investigation Administration
station chief
StB Investigation Administration Organisational Department

T

tailing
target country
target of cultivation
turning (an agent)

U

unofficial information

V

verification of a secret collaborator
Václav Smíšek

W

Warsaw pact

Z

Zdeněk Žlábek