Soviet Special Services vs Japanese Diplomacy (on the Materials of the Japanese Consulate in Odesa during the Interwar Period)

The article is devoted to the activities of Japanese consulate in Odesa during 1926–1937, which since its opening has been under “watchful eye” Soviet secret services. Throughout period consulate’s existence city, it was closely monitored externally and internally, both for work contacts consular staff city abroad. branch DPU established a network internal agencies that worked directly at consulate. “served” by 11 staff, who provided daily relevant information on staff. main reasons such actions were absence citizens lack trade economic relations through port Odesa. services concluded aimed exclusively espionage USSR. This inference reinforced active study employees political, economic, cultural, military situation not only district but also other cities USSR general, especially Caucasus. facilitated constant travels consul Each employee given case-form, where defendant received nickname, intelligence materials about his activities, personal characteristics list with local collected, then fell “development” special agents. reveals process recruiting “important” representatives As result, translator S. Feldman, courier-security guard M. Tsibulko, technical secretary Livshits, typist I. Zagorskaya others taken into “agency development”. Recruiters from DPU’s counterintelligence department took approach each them.