The 11th Directorate dealt with sensitive nuclear questions, including
analysis of other state’s nuclear weapons programs.
The GRU rezident in foreign states was the senior military attaché
in the embassy. Other GRU officers were either military attachés or
under cover in other diplomatic posts in the Soviet mission or semi-
official posts in the larger Soviet community. For example, a GRU of-
ficer might be under cover as the representative of a Soviet shipping
line or Aeroflot, posts that gave the officers wide access to military-
related information. GRU officers were tasked with the collection of
open source information about the country to which they were ac-
credited. The GRU rezidenturain Washington in 1959, for example,
subscribed to 44 newspapers and 58 magazines on technical, scien-
tific, and military topics, according to a letter from FBI Director J.
Edgar Hoover to President Dwight Eisenhower.GTK (GOSTEKHKOMISSII). The State Technical Commission, or
GTK, is one of the least known components of the Soviet and Rus-
sian intelligence services, with the responsibility to foil foreign in-
telligence collection. It was founded 5 January 1992 out of the Soviet-
era State Technical Commission to Counter Foreign Intelligence. Its
first director was General Yuri Yashin, an experienced KGBofficer.
The GTK draws expertise from both the military and intelligence ser-
vices. Its first chief in the Soviet era, Marshall Nikolai Ogarkov, who
built the organization, was concerned about the ability of U.S. intelli-
gence satellites to penetrate the Soviet military and military indus-
tries. See also MASKIROVKA.GUILLAUME, GUNTER (1927–1995).One of the KGB’s greatest
successes in the Cold Warwas the infiltration of an agent of influ-
ence into the West German chancellor’s inner circle. Guillaume,
whose cover was that of a dedicated socialist who had defected from
East Germany, became Willy Brandt’s personal assistant and alter
ego. His wife, Christl, was a no less important agent, serving as
Brandt’s private secretary. As Brandt, who served as chancellor from
1968 to 1974, moved the West German regime toward full diplomatic
relations with East Germany, the Guillaumes reported every move to
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