Overview of the Pavel Sudoplatov interviews

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Title: Pavel Sudoplatov interviews
Date (inclusive): 1992-1993
Collection Number: 98047
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Russian
Physical Description: 3 manuscript boxes, digital media (1.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Videotape recordings and transcripts of interviews, relating to Soviet espionage. Interviews conducted by Anatolii Sudoplatov, Jerrold L. Schecter and Leona Schecter. Used as the basis for the book by Pavel Sudoplatov, Special Tasks: The Memoirs of an Unwanted Witness, a Soviet Spymaster (Boston, 1994).
Creator: Sudoplatov, Pavel, 1907-1996
Creator: Sudoplatov, Anatoliĭ Pavlovich
Creator: Schecter, Jerrold L.
Creator: Schecter, Leona
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

Videotapes may not be duplicated
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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1998.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Pavel Sudoplatov interviews, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Soviet intelligence officer.

Scope and Content of Collection

Videotape recordings and transcripts of interviews, relating to Soviet espionage. Interviews conducted by Anatolii Sudoplatov, Jerrold L. Schecter and Leona Schecter. Used as the basis for the book by Pavel Sudoplatov, Special Tasks: The Memoirs of an Unwanted Witness, a Soviet Spymaster (Boston, 1994).

Related Materials

Jerrold Schecter papers, Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Video tapes
Espionage, Russian

box 1

Material not yet described

box MC7

Digital media

Physical Description: 12 5.25-inch floppy disks

Access

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