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During its existence the Committee had many names, finally adopting '''KGB''' in 1954 which was used until the dissolution of the Soviet Empire in 1992. Historians and writers have often in retrospect used the name KGB to refer to all it's predecessor organizations going back to the founding of the Soviet Union.
During its existence the Committee had many names, finally adopting '''KGB''' in 1954 which was used until the dissolution of the Soviet Empire in 1992. Historians and writers have often in retrospect used the name KGB to refer to all it's predecessor organizations going back to the founding of the Soviet Union.
At the July 1920 Second Congress of the Communist International [[Comintern]], General Secretary of the Communist Party [[V.I. Lenin]] told delegates "we must everywhere build up a parallel illegal organisation". [http://ciml.250x.com/archive/comintern/termsadm.html]
At the July 1920 Second Congress of the Communist International [[Comintern]], General Secretary of the Communist Party [[V.I. Lenin]] told delegates "we must everywhere build up a parallel illegal organisation".<ref>[http://ciml.250x.com/archive/comintern/termsadm.html]</ref>
==KGB in the US 1921-1943==
==KGB in the US 1921-1943==
Illegals are parallel organizations set up independently from the two main intelligence organizations (KGB & GRU), under their own separate station chief, or ''Rezident'', for the contingent purpose should a break in diplomatic relations occur, and all legal operatives with valid passports are expelled, a parallel espionage organization remains in place. Also, they still may be engaged in highly secret ongoing activities, and their absolute highest concern is to avoid detection. They are "[[Sleeper_agent#Sleeper_Agents_in_Espionage|sleeper cells]]", to use a term recently popularized by American news organizations.
Illegals are parallel organizations set up independently from the two main intelligence organizations (KGB & GRU), under their own separate station chief, or ''Rezident'', for the contingent purpose should a break in diplomatic relations occur, and all legal operatives with valid passports are expelled, a parallel espionage organization remains in place. Also, they still may be engaged in highly secret ongoing activities, and their absolute highest concern is to avoid detection. They are "[[Sleeper_agent#Sleeper_Agents_in_Espionage|sleeper cells]]", to use a term recently popularized by American news organizations.
==References==
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Soviet spies in America (1921-1948)]]
*[[Soviet spies in America (1921-1948)]]
==External link==
==External links==
*V.I. Lenin, ''Terms of Admission into Communist International'' (July, 1921) "must everywhere build up a parallel illegal organisation"[http://ciml.250x.com/archive/comintern/termsadm.html]
*V.I. Lenin, ''Terms of Admission into Communist International'' (July, 1921) "must everywhere build up a parallel illegal organisation"[http://ciml.250x.com/archive/comintern/termsadm.html]
[[Category:Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Soviet Union]]
*[http://www.rescue007.org/TopSecretMemos.htm] for the interfacing of KGB, Soviet Defense Ministry, and Soviet General Secretary in the matter of [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] Black Box
*[http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/09/06/015.html Historians Put Once-Secret KGB Files Online], ''Moscow Times'', September 6, 2007, Issue 3737, Page 3.
*[http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/09/06/015.html Historians Put Once-Secret KGB Files Online], ''Moscow Times'', September 6, 2007, Issue 3737, Page 3.
*[http://www.kgbdocuments.eu/ Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania]
*[http://www.kgbdocuments.eu/ Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania]