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This is a reading from the public record. The document is titled “14oct document forgery,” attributed to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, dated June nineteen-fifty-six. It is notable because it provides a rare glimpse into Soviet internal communications concerning forged passports and related documentation. The source of this material is The Black Vault archive, entry number fourteen oct document forgery, accessible at archive dot org slash download slash fourteen oct document forgery slash fourteen oct document forgery djvu dot txt. The document was uploaded to the public archive on an unspecified date. No FOIA case number is associated with this release, and the declassification authority is not indicated in the accompanying metadata. The material is reproduced here as it appears in the archive. Now the document itself. USSR Ref. No: 3/NBP/T7A9 ad Issued: gh: /6/1956 Copy Ne: 205 REFERTNCE TO THO "na" LINE (1944) Prom: NEW TORK To: MOSocy No: 41465 1h Oot. 4h To vricror, 12] a You ae L622. eae 5 which passports ni o be sent. ire K.YOR's [MER], NELLY' 5 | NE » FINTER' a[MALYoR ] iv] documents to be sent? By the ion regulor post 0 are “sending the main | ills in the "\." Line, LY after this there sll not be any Hi unrecovered |" business [KhOZYaJSTV | left [B° on the spot] in [Be TYRE [B. TR] II vi fe No. 823 Mar (nr ){vi4 ] T.N.: [a] Not available. ee Comments: [i] Lte-Gen. P.id FITIN. [44] - [iv] Unidentified cover-names. [v}] Unidentified, but campare the reference in NES YORK Ixternel Serial No. 1203 of 23rd Auguat 1944 to the organisation in NEY YORE of "Technical Point '/.' ", r [vi] Nay yoRK [via] Probably Stepan Zakharovich APRESYaN, Soviet Vice=-Consul in HE# YORK, Distribution amr / TTA os The Black Vault’s archive entry provides a brief contextual note. It reads: “This document appears to be an internal Soviet memo concerning the handling and distribution of forged passports and related identification documents, dated June nineteen-fifty-six.” No further commentary is supplied by the originating agency. This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. For more documents, visit storyflo dot com and the URL https://archive.org/download/14octdocumentforgery/14octdocumentforgerydjvu.txt.

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14oct Document Forgery

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This is a reading from the public record. The document is titled “14oct document forgery,” attributed to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, dated June nineteen-fifty-six. It is notable because it provides a rare glimpse into Soviet internal communications concerning forged passports and related documentation.

Agency: National Security Agency (NSA)
Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was 14oct Document Forgery about?: This is a reading from the public record. The document is titled “14oct document forgery,” attributed to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, dated June nineteen-fifty-six. It is notable because it provides a rare glimpse into Soviet internal communications concerning forged passports and related documentation.
Why was this case declassified?: This material was released by the National Security Agency (NSA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.

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