11 April 2015

KGB Archives 1917-91 To Be Opened, Declassified

Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 03:42:35 -0700

Subject: [cryptome] KGB archives will be opened and information declassified

From: Aftermath <aftermath.thegreat@gmail.com>

To: "cryptome@freelists.org" <cryptome@freelists.org>



Found this news article:

http://uaposition.com/how-the-kgb-archives-will-be-opened-and-information-declassified/



I was wondering what the list thought about it.



From the article:



On April 9, 2015, The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian Parliament) approved a government bill No. 2540 opening up access to the archives of repressive bodies of the Soviet Union totalitarian regime of 1917-1991.



Materials will be published not only on the requests of concerned citizens, but the responsibilities of the Institute of National Remembrance will include their systematic publication and promotion.



In the Article 7 of bill No. 2540 is said that access to Archival Information of repressive bodies is provided by:



providing for everyone concerned the data carrier to review the archival information or its copy;

access to a digital copy of the archive information;

publication of the information on the official website of the organizer of a digital archival information and the copy of the archived information;

making archival references, excerpts from documents;

publication, exhibition and other forms of popularization repressive bodiesâ archival information.



[and also]



The list of repressive bodies, which archives will be opened:



(including all units and departments)



Committee for State Security (KGB)



Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)



Ministry of State Security (MGB)



All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage (Cheka)



The Ministry of Internal Affairs USSR



People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD)



Joint State Political Directorate



SMERSH



The Supreme Court



The Supreme Court of Cassation



The Supreme Cassation Tribunal



Ministry of Justice



Prosecution of USSR



...........



Source of the article's information:

http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=54651



Should be interesting reading, no?

