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Gergö Bendegúz Cseh
Historical Archives of the Hungarian State Security
Hungary
Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Colleagues,
The problem of the archival sources of the activity of NKVD/KGB in the
Soviet satellite states and in Hungary is one of the most current and relevant
archival questions in our institution. For lack of original Soviet sources we
need to compile the fragments of information using indirect indications in our
records, or secondary sources as memoirs, interviews, or other kind of oral history
sources.
Regarding archival sources of the Historical Archives of the Hungarian
State Security let me say a few words about our archival material.
Documents of the Historical Archives
The collection area of the Historical Archives was regulated by Act III./ 1b
/.§ of 2003 renewed. According to the act
- documents of the Division III of the Ministry of the Interior, its territorial
and local organs, as well as their predecessors;
- documents of the Personnel Division of the Ministry of the Interior in connection
with the employees of the Office Division III of the Ministry of the
Interior, as well as with its “secret” and “strictly secret” staff members;
- and the documents of the committees observing certain persons performing
important, public confidence and public opinion forming positions
belong to the Historical Archives.
The documents kept by the archives are classified into the following sections:
Section 1. Documents of State Security / State Defence and its operations
– This section includes the functional documents of organizational unity
formed by the former state security organizations and which are maintained
separately.