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The Weekend Confidential: Bernd Pulch’s Paper Chase

A Tour d’Horizon Through the West’s Leakiest Kremlin Vault

By [REDACTED] | Saturday Essay, 1 February 2025

I. The Gatekeeper

Bernd Pulch does not look like a man who keeps the Kremlin’s secrets.

On a drizzle-soaked morning in Berlin-Mitte, he greets me in a windowless coworking suite that smells of espresso and toner. The walls are bare except for a single A-4 sheet: a 1985 KGB travel warrant, its purple stamp still vivid.

“Everyone thinks the files are in Moscow. They’re not. They’re here, here and here. And most of them are free.”

For seventeen years Pulch has run BerndPulch.org, a no-budget blog that has become the unofficial card catalogue of Soviet—and now Russian—intelligence leaks. What started as a hobbyist scrape of open-source documents has metastasised into a one-man research service used by sanctions lawyers, investigative reporters and, he claims, “at least three Western intel agencies who never say hello but always download the excel.”

Today he is my guide through what he calls “the West’s leakiest Kremlin vault,” a constellation of servers from Cambridge to California that house everything from a 639-page KGB training manual to the FSB’s own after-action report on the 2015 “Cyclone” cyber drill. The tour is chronological, beginning with Cheka stationery and ending with a 2024 FSB fax on drone-countermeasures that arrived, Pulch insists, “still warm.”

II. Stop 1 – DocumentCloud, San Francisco

We open with a mouse click.

The first hit is a four-page KGB circular dated 12 March 1992, instructing border guards to confiscate “all undeclared magnetic media” leaving the newly minted Russian Federation. Pulch zooms in on a signature: Colonel V. V. Pronin, later deputy director of the FSB’s economic-security branch. “Same man, new badge,” he shrugs. “Agencies die; personnel rosters don’t.”

Next comes the 34-page “Cyclone” deck—slide after slide of network topologies and red-team timelines. The FSB classified it “Ofitsial’no-Sluzhebnoye” (official-use only), yet it sits on a public server between a California water board’s ozone report and an Alabama school-district RFP. “The cloud has no memory,” Pulch says, “but it never forgets.”

III. Stop 2 – The Holocaust Museum, Washington

If DocumentCloud is the flea market, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is the vault.

Pulch shares his screen: 55 microfilm reels, digitised at 600 dpi, containing Cheka interrogations of Nazi camp guards in Minsk and Kiev. One file, 143 handwritten pages, records the 1946 deposition of Feodor Fedorenko, later extradited from the U.S. and executed. The margins bear violet NKVD stamps—tridents and swords—inked long before the agency rebranded as the KGB.

“These reels are the genealogical gold standard,” Pulch says. “Yet 90% of the visitors are family historians, not counter-intelligence guys.” He clicks on a red-tabbed spreadsheet he compiled: every FSB/KGB surname that appears in the reels, cross-indexed with today’s Russian corporate registries. “Same surnames pop up on the boards of defence contractors. Memory is hereditary.”

IV. Stop 3 – Harvard Yard, Cambridge

We jump to the Cold War Studies archive.

Here the crown jewel is a 639-page KGB internal history, never meant for outsiders. Pulch scrolls to page 417: a chart of “Agent Networks in NATO Countries, 1975-1985.” Codenames like “Dynamo” and “Sapphire” sit beside columns labelled “Source Access” and “Compromise Risk.” One entry, “Source G-10,” is annotated “Spouse employed U.S. Senate staff.” Pulch freezes the frame. “That’s still a live cable, my friend.”

He forwards me a zipped copy. I ask whether hosting it is legal. “Harvard hosts it,” he replies. “I just point.”

V. Stop 4 – The Churchill Archive, Cambridge (UK)

The Mitrokhin haul is less orderly—25,000 pages of handwritten notes, photographed in haste after the archivist defected in 1992. Pulch’s contribution is a searchable index: 4,300 named agents, 1,200 operations, 47 countries.

He lingers on “Operation PANDORA,” a 1974 plan to hide explosives in West German churches. The margin reads: “Await order from Centre—likely during NATO exercise.” Pulch’s footnote: “Check calendar for 1974 NATO REFORGER.” He did; the dates overlap. “Coincidence is a luxury item,” he says.

VI. Stop 5 – Back to Moscow, Virtually

No tour ends without the source. Pulch pulls up the FSB Central Archive’s public-facing portal—little more than a postal address and a pdf application form. Since 2020 he has filed 112 requests; four yielded documents, all post-1953. The most recent is a 1963 memo rehabilitating a Gulag linguist who once translated for Kim Philby.

“Russia’s archival window is cracked, not open,” he says. “But every denial gives me metadata—what they still fear.”

VII. The Business Model

Pulch claims the blog nets “maybe pocket change” in referral fees. His real income, he admits, comes from bespoke research: €2,000 for a due-diligence memo, €5,000 for an “asset trace” on a Russian oligarch. He shows me a 2024 invoice redacted to a single line: “KGB surname cross-check—30 hours.”

Is he worried about retaliation? He taps a 2019 German intelligence bulletin taped to the wall warning of “Russian hostile activity against open-source researchers.” Below it hangs a postcard: the Kremlin at sunset, postmark Sochi. No message. “I collect souvenirs,” he smiles.

VIII. The Take-away

As the screen fades to black, Pulch offers a coda. He produces a fresh thumb drive—orange, no label—and drops it in my hand. “Your flight reading,” he says. Inside are 1.8 gigabytes: every FSB and KGB file he has harvested since January, sorted by year, by agency, by blood type where listed.

The modern Kremlin, he argues, is not a black box; it is a palimpsest—each new agency writing over the last, never quite erasing what came before. “If you know where to look,” he says, ushering me out, “the past clicks ‘refresh’ every morning.”

Outside, Berlin’s drizzle has turned to sleet. I pocket the drive and hail a cab. Somewhere in Moscow, an FSB archivist is locking a steel door. The lock is new; the key is old.

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Books and Betrayal — How the KGB and Stasi Turned German Publishing Houses into Cold‑War Weapons

A Cold‑War story written in ink and secrecy — how Stasi and KGB operatives turned German publishing houses into quiet battlegrounds of influence, censorship and covert power.

Germany’s publishing industry—long seen as a sanctuary for ideas—spent much of the Cold War as contested ground. Newly examined archives from Berlin, Bonn and Moscow show how the Stasi and the KGB treated editors, printers and even children’s authors as instruments of statecraft. What emerged was a shadow literary market in which manuscripts doubled as intelligence assets and publishing houses became proxy battlegrounds for influence.

The Stasi’s Ink‑Stained Empire

In East Germany, the book trade was never merely cultural. It was a command economy of the mind.

At Aufbau Verlag, the GDR’s premier literary house, every manuscript moved through a conveyor belt of political supervision. The Socialist Unity Party’s Central Committee signed off on acquisitions, while Stasi “literary officers” combed through plot lines, author biographies and even dust‑jacket typography for what they called staatssicherheitsrelevante—state‑security relevance.

Inside Stasi headquarters, a clandestine circle of agents known informally as the “Writing Chekists” met monthly. Their output—poems, travel guides, children’s stories—quietly entered Aufbau’s catalogue, nudging readers toward anti‑Western narratives under the guise of ordinary cultural production.

Dissident printers fared worse. By 1987, the Stasi had placed 29 informants inside samizdat operations in Leipzig, Dresden and East Berlin. Manuscripts were photocopied, catalogued and archived before they ever reached the public. And when editors resisted, the Stasi reached for its most effective lever: paper. A 30% cut in newsprint allocation could cripple a publishing house in a matter of weeks.

Stasi Spies in West‑German Publishing Houses

The Stasi’s reach extended well beyond the Wall.

Declassified personnel cards identify “IM Park,” an informant embedded in Münster University’s publishing unit, where he compiled dossiers on left‑leaning student editors the GDR hoped to recruit or compromise.

Three Christian publishing houses in Münster were placed under permanent observation. Pastors with access to print shops were courted with hard‑currency honoraria and coveted family‑visit visas for relatives trapped in the East.

Even phone lines weren’t safe. Collaborators inside the West German Bundespost tapped Catholic publishing houses, forwarding transcripts to East Berlin within 24 hours—giving the Stasi advance warning of forthcoming anti‑GDR titles.

The KGB Footprint in Big‑Ticket West‑German Media

If the Stasi specialized in granular infiltration, the KGB played the long game.

Moscow’s active‑measures budget in 1980 reached the equivalent of 1 billion annually, with a third earmarked for placing favorable material in foreign media. TASS, the Soviet news agency, sold pre‑written features to cash‑strapped regional German dailies at a fraction of wire‑service prices. By 1983, roughly 60% of foreign‑affairs copy in small German papers originated from Soviet sources—often without attribution.

The KGB’s ambitions reached into marquee outlets as well. According to later reviews of BND files by German researchers, the explosive 1962 “Spiegel Affair”—which forced the resignation of Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss—was triggered by a forged document planted by Soviet operatives seeking to derail NATO nuclearization plans.

Money, Manuscripts & Microfilm — The Mechanics

A Cold‑War publishing house could be influenced in more ways than a red pen.

Lever	East (Stasi)	West (KGB)
Ownership	State‑owned presses such as Aufbau and Mitteldeutscher Verlag	Silent equity stakes via Liechtenstein trusts in mid‑size houses
Editorial	Approval boards included embedded Stasi officers	Freelance “consultants” paid per inserted paragraph
Distribution	Paper rationing tied to political loyalty	Bulk‑buy guarantees for pro‑détente titles; unsold copies returned
Reprisal	Travel bans and paper cuts for non‑compliance	Libel suits filed in friendly courts to halt print runs

The tools differed, but the objective was identical: shape the German reading public.

After the Wall — Echoes in Modern Publishing

The Cold War may be over, but its methods linger.

At the 2024 Leipzig Book Fair, three small presses abruptly dropped dissident Belarusian titles after a group of opaque Russian investors acquired a 24% stake. A confidential intelligence briefing warned of a “re‑run of 1970s soft‑power plays.”

Meanwhile, Aufbau’s modern archive—now owned by a Swedish media group—still contains 1,100 Stasi‑authored manuscripts. Researchers must sign non‑disclosure agreements to access print‑ready files, slowing efforts to map the full extent of East Germany’s literary manipulation.

Key Takeaway

From rationed paper in Leipzig to shell‑company equity in Frankfurt, German publishing houses—East and West—became quiet theaters of Cold‑War conflict. The books were real, the royalties often laundered, and the readers rarely knew that a second, unseen author was shaping the story.

Bücher und Verrat — Wie KGB und Stasi deutsche Verlage zu Waffen des Kalten Krieges machten

Deutschlands Verlagswelt, lange als Refugium freier Ideen betrachtet, war im Kalten Krieg ein umkämpftes Terrain. Akten aus Berlin, Bonn und Moskau zeigen, wie Stasi und KGB Lektoren, Drucker und sogar Kinderbuchautoren als Instrumente der Einflussnahme behandelten. Entstanden ist ein Schattenmarkt der Literatur, in dem Manuskripte zu nachrichtendienstlichen Werkzeugen wurden und Verlage zu stillen Frontlinien.

Das tintenverschmierte Imperium der Stasi (DDR, 1950–1989)

In der DDR war das Buchgewerbe nie nur Kultur, sondern ein gelenktes System geistiger Kontrolle.

Beim Aufbau‑Verlag, dem literarischen Flaggschiff des Landes, durchlief jedes Manuskript eine politische Prüfungskette. Das ZK der SED gab die Richtung vor, Stasi‑„Literaturoffiziere“ prüften Handlungsstränge, Autorenbiografien und sogar die Typografie der Schutzumschläge auf staatssicherheitsrelevante Inhalte.

Im Stasi‑Hauptquartier traf sich monatlich ein geheimer Zirkel der „Schreib‑Tschekisten“. Ihre Texte—Gedichte, Kinderbücher, Reiseführer—flossen unauffällig in das Aufbau‑Programm ein und sollten subtil antiwestliche Narrative verankern.

Untergrunddruckereien wurden systematisch infiltriert. 1987 verfügte die Stasi über 29 inoffizielle Mitarbeiter in kleinen Druckereien in Leipzig, Dresden und Ost‑Berlin. Dissidentenmanuskripte wurden kopiert, archiviert und abgefangen, bevor sie Leser erreichten. Wer sich widersetzte, spürte die härteste Waffe der Stasi: Papier. Eine Kürzung der Zuteilung um 30 Prozent konnte einen Verlag binnen Wochen lahmlegen.

Stasi‑Spione in westdeutschen Verlagen

Die Reichweite der Stasi endete nicht an der Mauer.

Enttarnte Karteikarten belegen, dass „IM Park“ im Verlag der Universität Münster tätig war und Dossiers über linksgerichtete studentische Herausgeber anlegte, die die DDR anwerben oder erpressen wollte.

Drei christliche Verlage in Münster standen unter Dauerbeobachtung. Pastoren mit Zugang zu Druckereien wurden mit Westgeld‑Honoraren und begehrten Besuchsvisa für in der DDR festsitzende Verwandte geködert.

Telefonleitungen katholischer Verlage wurden von Helfern in der Bundespost abgehört. Die Mitschriften gelangten binnen 24 Stunden nach Ost‑Berlin—ein Frühwarnsystem für geplante regierungskritische Titel.

Der KGB‑Fußabdruck in großen westdeutschen Medien

Während die Stasi im Detail operierte, setzte der KGB auf strategische Breite.

Das sowjetische „Aktivmaßnahmen“-Budget lag 1980 bei rund einer Milliarde jährlich, ein Drittel davon für die Platzierung wohlgesonnener Inhalte in ausländischen Medien. TASS verkaufte vorgefertigte Artikel an finanzschwache Regionalzeitungen zu Dumpingpreisen. 1983 stammten etwa 60 Prozent der außenpolitischen Berichterstattung kleiner deutscher Blätter aus sowjetischer Feder—oft ohne Kennzeichnung.

Auch große Medienhäuser blieben nicht verschont. Laut später ausgewerteten BND‑Akten, die von deutschen Forschern analysiert wurden, beruhte die „Spiegel‑Affäre“ von 1962—die den Rücktritt von Verteidigungsminister Franz Josef Strauß auslöste—auf einem KGB‑Falsifikat, das die NATO‑Nuklearisierung torpedieren sollte.

Geld, Manuskripte & Mikrofilm — Die Mechanik

Hebel	Ost (Stasi)	West (KGB)
Eigentum	Staatliche Verlage wie Aufbau, Mitteldeutscher Verlag	Stille Beteiligungen über Liechtensteiner Trusts
Editorial	Prüfkommissionen mit Stasi‑Offizieren	„Berater“ gegen Honorar pro eingefügtem Absatz
Distribution	Papierkontingente an politische Loyalität gebunden	Großabnahmen für détente‑freundliche Titel; Rückgabe unsoldierter Exemplare
Repressalie	Reiseverbote und Papierkürzungen	Plötzliche Verleumdungsklagen in wohlgesonnenen Gerichten

Ziel beider Seiten: die deutsche Leserschaft formen.

Nach der Wende — Echos in der Gegenwart

Die Methoden überlebten die Mauer.

Auf der Leipziger Buchmesse 2024 strichen drei kleine Verlage plötzlich belarussische Dissidententitel, nachdem undurchsichtige russische Investoren 24 Prozent der Anteile übernommen hatten. Ein vertrauliches Lagepapier warnte vor einer „Neuauflage der Soft‑Power‑Taktiken der 1970er“.

Im heutigen Aufbau‑Archiv, inzwischen Teil eines skandinavischen Medienkonzerns, lagern noch 1.100 Stasi‑Manuskripte. Forscher müssen Geheimhaltungserklärungen unterzeichnen, um druckfertige PDFs einzusehen—eine Hürde für die vollständige historische Aufarbeitung.

Fazit

Von Papierkontingenten in Leipzig bis zu verschachtelten Firmenkonstruktionen in Frankfurt: Deutsche Verlage—im Osten wie im Westen—wurden systematisch von sowjetischen und ostdeutschen Diensten unterwandert. Die Bücher waren echt, die Honorare oft gewaschen, und die Leser ahnten selten, dass ein zweiter, unsichtbarer Autor mitschieb.

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✌The Evolution of U.S. Nuclear Strategy During the Cold War

The Cold War era saw the rapid development and transformation of U.S. nuclear strategy, driven by evolving geopolitical tensions, technological advancements, and a need to balance deterrence with preparedness for conflict. This article examines the milestones of this evolution, highlighting key strategies, figures, and the underlying principles of U.S. nuclear policy during this tumultuous period.

Post-WWII: The Birth of Nuclear Strategy

The advent of nuclear weapons at the end of World War II redefined global military strategy. Initially, the U.S. maintained a monopoly on nuclear weapons, focusing on their use as tools of deterrence. The establishment of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) in 1946 under General Curtis LeMay underscored this focus. SAC aimed to ensure the U.S. could deliver a decisive nuclear response to any Soviet aggression.

Early strategies, such as the “Half-Moon” and “Offtackle” plans, emphasized targeting urban-industrial centers to cripple the Soviet economy. However, as the Soviet Union developed its nuclear capabilities, the U.S. began to refine its strategy to address the growing threat of mutual annihilation.

The 1950s: Massive Retaliation

Under President Eisenhower, the doctrine of “Massive Retaliation” became central to U.S. policy. This strategy promised an overwhelming nuclear response to any Soviet aggression, leveraging America’s nuclear superiority. The doctrine aimed to deter not just nuclear attacks but also conventional wars, reflecting the economic constraints of maintaining large conventional forces.

While effective in theory, this approach faced criticism for its lack of flexibility. It was perceived as overly rigid, as it left the U.S. with few options short of full-scale nuclear war in the event of smaller conflicts.

The 1960s: Flexible Response

The Kennedy administration introduced the “Flexible Response” strategy to address the limitations of Massive Retaliation. This doctrine aimed to provide a spectrum of responses, ranging from conventional military action to limited nuclear strikes, ensuring that the U.S. could respond proportionately to various threats.

The Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP), implemented in 1961, was a significant development during this period. It consolidated the targeting of U.S. nuclear weapons into a unified strategy, allowing for both preemptive and retaliatory strikes. This plan highlighted the importance of second-strike capabilities to maintain credible deterrence.

The 1970s: Assured Destruction and SALT

The 1970s saw the formalization of the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). This strategy emphasized the idea that both the U.S. and the Soviet Union possessed sufficient nuclear arsenals to guarantee mutual annihilation in the event of a conflict. MAD underscored the futility of nuclear war and reinforced the importance of arms control.

The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) marked a turning point in U.S. nuclear strategy. Agreements like SALT I and the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty aimed to limit the growth of nuclear arsenals and reduce the risk of escalation. These treaties reflected a shift toward stabilizing the nuclear arms race through diplomacy.

The 1980s: Strategic Modernization

During the Reagan administration, the U.S. pursued a dual approach of arms buildup and negotiation. The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), often dubbed “Star Wars,” exemplified Reagan’s vision of technological superiority to deter nuclear threats. While controversial, SDI spurred discussions on the feasibility of missile defense systems.

Simultaneously, arms control efforts continued with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons and showcased the potential for cooperation despite Cold War tensions.

Conclusion

The evolution of U.S. nuclear strategy during the Cold War reflected a dynamic interplay between technological innovation, geopolitical realities, and shifting doctrines. Figures like Curtis LeMay and Robert McNamara, along with analysts such as Bernd Pulch, played pivotal roles in shaping these strategies, balancing deterrence with the overarching goal of preventing nuclear conflict.

This complex history underscores the profound impact of nuclear weapons on global security and the enduring challenge of managing their role in international relations.

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In 1992, George Washington University’s “National Security Archive” submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), soliciting information from the Central Intelligence Agency. Their request was inspired by a 1973 memorandum issued from then-CIA Director James R. Schlesinger, who requested that all CIA employees, past or present, “report to me immediately on any activities now going on, or that have gone on in the past, which might be construed to be outside the legislative charter of this Agency.”

The reason for Schlesinger’s request? The 1972 break-in at the Watergate by veteran CIA officers who had alleged cooperation from within the Agency.

What resulted from the request was something else altogether: over 700 pages of illegal CIA activities ranging from the 1950s to the 1970s. Former CIA Director William Colby called the report the “skeletons” in the CIA’s closet.

In 2007, the CIA delivered the report, dubbed the “Family Jewels” to the National Security Archive. It detailed assassination plots, illegal surveillance of journalists, drug testing, warrantless wiretapping, break-ins, and a litany of other illegal operations (sadly there was nothing on the CIA’s “Tunnel of Love”).

The full report is available on the CIA’s CREST database at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland and on the CIA’s FOIA Electronic Reading Room. Below are just a few of the highlights of the lengthy report:

Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt requested a referral for a lock picker from the CIA’s database of retired employees. He was provided a referral.
Plans to assassinate by poisoning the Congo leader Patrice Lumumba
Conducting surveillance on journalists for the Washington Post
The opening of mail correspondence between the U.S. and China, and the U.S. and Soviet Union
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Warrantless wiretapping condoned by then-Attorney General Robert Kennedy
The imprisonment of a KGB defector for two years
Involvement in the assassination of the Dominican Republic’s President Raphael Trujillo
The testing of mind-altering drugs on unwitting patients

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Post-WWII: The Birth of Nuclear Strategy

The 1950s: Massive Retaliation

The 1960s: Flexible Response

The 1970s: Assured Destruction and SALT

The 1980s: Strategic Modernization

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