ABSTRACT
"It is impossible to understand the Soviet Union without understanding the KGB," J. Barron has justifiably observed. 1 The KGB, the "Committee for State Security," the political police, is a key instrument for securing the Soviet communist form of Party rule at home. Even today, the "Chekists" 2 still quote Lenin when they say, "Without such an institution, the power of the workers cannot exist." 3
