Wybrane przykłady szpiegostwa sowieckiego i działalności antypaństwowej na terenach Okręgu Korpusu nr V Kraków w dwudziestoleciu międzywojennym

Abstract

The article attempts to present and analyze examples of espionage and anti-state activities, inspired by the services of the USSR and illegal communist environments. The area of their activity was limited to the territory of the District Command No. V Kraków, i.e. the provinces of Kraków, Silesia and parts of Kielce one, which also were under the supervision of the Independent Information Office, that was part of its structure. It was its duties that included regular inspections in garrisons or military units, observations of people suspected of espionage and, finally, liquidation of scandals with help of its own agent apparatus, police or gendarmerie. The article focuses on the efforts of Polish secret services and the security authorities cooperating with them in combating secret Soviet crime against the Republic of Poland.