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A new and unique intelligence seminar by NISA!

Spycatchers: The Counterintelligence Battle between Western Services and the KGB/SVR

Lecturers: Dan Mulvenna and Col Val Aksilenko (ret.)

Friday, 29 May 2009, 9.00-20.00 hrs. at TNO Defence, Security and Safety, The Hague

The Netherlands Intelligence Studies Association (NISA) organizes a multimedia seminar entitled 'Spy-catchers: The Counterintelligence Battle between the Western Services and the KGB/SVR' on Friday, 29 May 2009 at TNO Defence, Security and Safety in The Hague. The speakers at the seminar are: Dan Mulvenna and Col Val Aksilenko (ret.).

Uniquely this seminar is presented jointly by a retired Western CI officer and a retired Colonel from the First Chief Directorate (foreign intelligence) of the KGB. Mr Aksilenko served for many years in the North American Department. He was a specialist in agent recruitment and active measures, among other things. For further information on his career with the KGB see the enclosed short biography of Val Aksilenko.

The presentation examines espionage and the pursuit of "spies" from a variety of perspectives. It first provides an overview of both Western and Russian counterintelligence doctrine and practices through the Cold War to the present and much more! Note: The Chatham House Rule applies to this meeting.

The registration fee for the course, which also covers coffee breaks and lunch, is 130 euros (dinner excluded) or 150 euros (including dinner). There are a limited number of places available for students at a discount fee of 55 euros (excluding dinner) or 75 euros (dinner included).

See the Full Programme for more details about the Presentations, the Lecturers, Venue and Registration (pdf).

Note: Regrettably, due to unforeseen circumstances Col. Rostov,a retired Colonel from the First Chief Directorate (foreign intelligence) of the KGB, will not be able to be a speaker at this seminar. Fortunately, NISA found an excellent replacement for him in the person of another former KGB officer, Val Aksilenko.

Een poloniumspoor door Londen (over de Litvinenko-affaire) - Boekrecensie Ben de Jong

'Intelligence Failures and Cultural Misperceptions:
Asia, 1945 till the Present'

SEE CONFERENCE PAGE FOR SELECTED PRESENTATIONS (PDF)

Conference organised by the Netherlands Intelligence Studies Association
NISA and the Netherlands Centre for Terrorism and Counterterrorism Studies CTC Friday 26 and Saturday 27 september 2008 at the Netherlands Defence College (IDL) in The Hague.

Welkom op de NISA website - Welcome to the NISA homepage

Onderzoeker gevraagd voor VELSER AFFAIRE

Ruim 60 jaar na WO II hebben enige particulieren in 2006 de Stichting SOVA STEUN ONDERZOEK VELSER AFFAIRE opgericht, met als doel steun te verlenen aan wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar de Velser Affaire. Deze affaire bestaat uit een conglomeraat van (vermeende) handelingen en gebeurtenissen in en rond de gemeente Velsen. De beeldvorming roept tot op de dag van vandaag emotionele reacties op bij direct en indirect betrokkenen, tot in de derde generatie.
De Stichting SOVA stelt subsidie beschikbaar voor een tweejarig onderzoeksproject over de Velser Affaire. Daarbij zal deze kwestie, die voornamelijk speelde in de jaren 1944-1946, in een bredere historisch context worden geplaatst.
De werkzaamheden zullen worden verricht aan de Campus Den Haag van de Universiteit Leiden. De dagelijkse supervisie wordt verricht door prof.dr. B.G.J. de Graaff en prof.dr. W. Willems. Daarnaast is er een begeleidingscommissie.

Voor meer informatie en een uitgebreide profielschets klik hier
of zie www.velseraffaire.nl

Twee broers, drie levens: Henri en Anton Pieck:
enkele kritische opmerkingen over dit boek van Paul Arnoldussen en Hans Olink

door Frans Kluiters

Frans Kluiters: Dutch Agents 1940 - 1945

New updated version September 2008 !

A comprehensive list of secret agents who infiltrated into the Netherlands on behalf of the Allied intelligence and action services during the period 1940 - 1945.

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