This is a collection of six articles that were previousuly published between 1965 and 1967 in the Intellegice Community journal "Studies in Intelligence." They describe foreign operations of the Russian Imperial Police, commonly referred to as the Okhrana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Also included are a letter from the author of these articles to Studies in Intelligence and the book review that prompted the letter, both of which discuss the still-debated issue of whether Josef Stalin was an Okhrana agent. This long out of print title is a reprint of the scarce 1997 edition published by the CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence. 126 pages. ill.

CONTENTS Foreword Preface - Okhrana: The Paris Operations of the Russian Imperial Police From Paris to Palo Alto CIA Interest in the Okhrana Files Origins of the Okhrana and Its Paris Office Foreign Operations Change and Continuity Dramatis Personae Conclusions Articles by "Rita T. Kronenbitter" Paris Okhrana 1885-1905 The Illustrious Career of Arkadiy Harting The Sherlock Holmes of the Revolution Okhrana Agent Dolin The Okhrana's Female Agents - Part I: Russian Women The Okhrana's Female Agents - Part II: Indigenous Recruits Review of Edward Ellis Smith, The Young Stalin, by Ham Gelman Commentary by Rita T. Kronenbitter