Sofi Oksanen - Purge

Konstantin TRUU, has been to New York, and it is suspected that Martin TRUU may still have contacts there. Konstantin TRUU’s present location is unknown. While in New York, he was active in the expatriate Estonian Communists and edited the New World newspaper, a suspect publication.

The arrest of criminal Martin TRUU with the help of Agent “Crow” is recommended. Martin TRUU is considered eligible for rehabilitation, provided he will consent to collaborate.

Ext. No. 2Activity report on the suitability of TRUU, Martin, for recruitment as an agent in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.

We have investigated Martin TRUU’s interests regarding his brother, Konstantin TRUU, presumed to be living in the United States.

We have also investigated Martin TRUU’s reliability, with the assistance of Agents “Paul” and “Hammer.” Martin TRUU has not yet exhibited any interest in traveling abroad or any anti-Soviet opinions. In order to determine whether Martin TRUU has interests in establishing criminal ties abroad or is indeed already an American intelligence agent, the following operations were undertaken:

We arranged to have Agents “Paul” and “Hammer” establish an acquaintance with Martin TRUU. Agent “Paul” told TRUU he was going to Moscow to see his sister. Agent “Paul” also said that his sister was working in the Swedish embassy in Moscow. TRUU showed no interest whatsoever in this visit. We also actually sent Agent “Paul” to Moscow, and when he returned, he met Martin TRUU again and told him about the visit in detail. TRUU still showed no interest in what Agent “Paul” had to tell him. The mission of Agent “Paul” was to make it clear that he maintained active contact with his sister, and through particular details to make it clear to Martin TRUU that it would be possible to make illegal connections abroad through her. TRUU didn’t take the bait.

Agent “Paul” also succeeded in being left alone in Martin TRUU’s apartment, but he found no transmitters or microfilm devices there. He also found no letters from TRUU’s brother, although there was a blotter on the table with the initials A. V., which could refer to Astra Vari, the sister of Konstantin TRUU’s deceased wife, who lives in America.

More investigation is required to determine whether the subject has any ambitions to collect classified information for a foreign power. If this is the case, he will be fed “classified” disinformation.

The subject is secretly worried about having a brother living abroad and claims that his brother has died, although there is evidence he maintains a correspondence with him. This illegal connection makes Martin TRUU an unreliable subject, but recruitment and rehabilitation are nevertheless recommended. Because of his long ties to criminal activity, he has an abundance of information valuable for identification purposes.

Additional investigation is required to determine if he uses his correspondence to make illegal contacts.

More investigation is also needed concerning whether Martin TRUU is seeking contacts with sailors traveling abroad, through which he would be able to send illegal letters to his brother. Agent “Hammer” is recommended for this operation because of his confidential relations with Martin TRUU.

Ext. No. 2Report on investigation of anti-Soviet criminal activities in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Because a large number of anti-Soviet criminals under investigation have fled the country, they are being monitored with the assistance of covert postal surveillance. Without this assistance we would not be as effective as is necessary. Investigation of anti-Soviet criminal activity is complicated by the fact that the criminals in question operate through correspondence to multiple addresses, possibly to protect their relatives living in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic. Letters are then forwarded from these false addresses to the criminals’ relatives. Some of the criminals in question maintain direct contact with their relatives, without intermediaries, but have sent their letters under their wives’ names.

These circumstances have led us to develop new methods, with which we have determined the family relationships and other close ties of numerous anti-Soviet criminals. Through operations executed in cooperation with postal surveillance, we have also determined the maiden names of the wives of anti-Soviet criminals, as well as their nicknames and terms of endearment.

Although we have obtained encouraging results, the investigation of anti-Soviet criminals is still seriously lacking. Identification of those criminals who, according to our information, are living in the Soviet Union but about whom there is no further information has been particularly slow.

It is necessary to constantly and actively collect identification information.

Agent “X” has proven adequate in operations relating to the United States, because he has an abundance of important information for identifying expatriate anti-Soviets connected to his brother, Konstantin TRUU.

Because criminals under investigation may be hiding in places where employment control is weak, we have infiltrated a number of agents into large construction areas and metalworking centers. It would be best to send Agent “X” to Victory Kolkhoz, since according to our information several anti-Soviets who have returned from America to the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic are attempting to hide there.

Ext. No. 2Progress report on the investigation of anti-Soviet criminal activities in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Agent “X” has not made any progress in tracking returnees from America. Instead, he has succeeded in forming a very close relationship with an individual who should be recruited if at all possible. The individual’s younger cousin is in Sweden and apparently is attempting to obtain anti-Soviet materials from the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic for publication.

Ext. No. 2Report on the investigation of underground nationalist activities in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.

The more active tasks in liquidating bandit-related operations in Haapsalu and surrounding areas in Läänemaa, Western Estonia, will be delegated to Agent “X.” Nationalist bandits have initiated activities in his area, and we hope to create a network of agents in order to apprehend them. Agent “X” has assured us that if there were criminals in the area who were returnees from America, he would have already identified them. He assumes they have changed their location. For this reason, his talents shall be put to better use in the mission to liquidate nationalist bandits.

Ext. No. 2Overview of activities in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.

We have directed the main emphasis of our activities toward improving collaboration with working agents and building tools for supplementing our agent apparatus through new recruits. The intent is to recruit individuals who know the locals well and have the potential to identify those who are willing to inform. Agents who are familiar with the area can also potentially inform us immediately of any individuals new to the area who may pose a danger.

As a result of strengthened agents’ work, we have begun receiving more evidence concerning suspicious individuals in the area. Over the past month we have received more than a dozen such indications, in the past year more than sixty.

In addition to returned expatriates, individuals who have relatives or other close contacts abroad, and individuals who have been previously accused of antirevolutionary activities are particularly willing to provide information, according to the analysis of our operatives. It is also wise to be on the lookout for young people from politically unreliable groups.