International Conference “NKVD/KGB Activities and its Cooperation with other Secret Services in Central and Eastern Europe 1945-1989
Venue: Prague, Czech Republic
Conference Dates: 19 - 21 November 2008
Languages of the Conference: English, Czech, German
Organizers: Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (CZ), Institute of National Remembrance (Poland), Institute of Historical Studies of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovakia)
Program
The conference will be divided into 5 panels:

Panel 1: Archives of security forces of Central and Eastern European countries
- the records on the cooperation of security forces of Eastern European countries with the Soviet security services in contemporary archives,
- digitizing of archives, creating information systems, the possibilities of research and cooperation

Panel 2: Establishment of the security apparatus in Soviet satellite states after World War II
- activities of NKVD after World War II (abductions and transfers)
- establishment of communist intelligence services and their co-operation with the KGB, founding of structures and models according to the Soviet example

Panel 3: Central and Eastern Europe as a starting point for intelligence infiltration into the Western societies
- activities against citizens and embassies of the Western countries in the Soviet bloc
- support and protection of international terrorism

Panel 4: Development of cooperation of the NKVD/KGB with satellite intelligence services
- legal framework, structure of organization, Soviet advisers
- education and schooling of staff, information exchange

Panel 5: Operations of communist intelligence services, joint operations managed by KGB
- activities against the exile
- activities against international organizations (NATO, UNESCO, Church)
- infiltration of international movements (peace movement, ecological activities)
- activities against Zionism
- obtaining of technologies in order to arm, scientific technical intelligence service