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Cold Open. This episode presents a training memorandum titled “2 May Training Svante Frits,” originating from a foreign intelligence source and dated nineteen sixty-eight. The document appears in the public archive of The Black Vault, a repository for declassified government records. Provenance. The file was uploaded to The Black Vault on an unspecified date and is catalogued under the identifier “2maytrainingsvantefrits.” The entry lists the source as a scanned text file, and the material was released without a specific Freedom of Information Act case number. The declassification authority is noted as the archival staff of The Black Vault, which makes the document publicly accessible. The Document. Ref. Number five slash N three F slash T one eight nine two. Istuad i V^'968. Copy Ho.: two o’ twenty. Training of SVAffTt and FRITS CCUPICTE. Zero two. From: STOOTIOU. To: HOSCO. Ho.: eight three six. Second Hay i9U. To HORTHZRH. One. Two croup unracorarad. Training of SVAWTIfii and BUTS FRJ7T. Haajyan cooplatad. Both have Utn In true tad In tha TAUJUD(i). HA U W two one fa aa. Four W. (aj. and [wt S ada [ with tha one go tu ra .ft fTR. J b J SVUCZ and hi ^l.ft for HOR.AY. A^J according to tha SELXGEftM li|nll plan (PROGRAUA). y Wta – ‘iiiflLi. • ijt’r. dMWr, in raTar-a six? £o'-pf w&w&TtT one; , /'»,(,<< %+U^ (i^JWn. y Ho. one five one /[• J AAAfTO[ri) E; stributioh. Continued orarlaaf. I Not j : Consent. Two. y F slash T one eight nine? (a) The and of a – ord spelt out in Cyrillic precede the close brackets. (b) This gap is occupied by a nee spelt out in Cyrillic – lud, it has not yet been possible to recover. [i] NORnCBN: \ OSCCP addressee and signatory. Probably Northern Department. [11 ) SVANK: A RIS agent a Nor»£An [ill) FRIT: Use ecoore in STOOTIOU’S No. –?. u. three th Hoy nineteen twelve (VF/n76a). The cnYertv-ae FnlTS =.i;ears to be i-Wruc •cth the TK3 rtuob is used in ncj- fror. rCSCO. (See MOSCO‑’s No. two – il th A ril nineteen twelve (5 slash WF slash T one eight five two). JJJ of it!. Ms‑ nineteen twelve (J slash ICF slash T one three nine zero). TALMUD; M SXLXCZRi X t’\ tTKt (vlj AXMTOi Covereord for cipher or cipher systoa. Name of e lake in USSR. Unidentified coeereord or coverneae. Also occur in STTCKHOlM’a No. eight seven two of eight tn Nay K (VlOF slash Ti seven eight eight). p ft br‑id‑l Col. N dot X. NinTOShlV. Soviet Military and Air Attache in STOCKHOLM. Context. The Black Vault entry accompanying this file describes it as a “training memorandum” that references Soviet‑era cipher systems and includes a list of archival references to other intelligence documents. No additional agency commentary is provided beyond the archival description. Outro. This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. For the full text, visit storyflo.com and the canonical URL https://archive.org/download/2maytrainingsvantefrits/2maytrainingsvantefritsdjvu.txt.

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 on this page so the citation chain is auditable.

2may Training Svante Frits

Q: 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 on this page so the citation chain is auditable.

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Cold Open. This episode presents a training memorandum titled “2 May Training Svante Frits,” originating from a foreign intelligence source and dated nineteen sixty-eight. The document appears in the public archive of The Black Vault, a repository for declassified government records.

Agency: National Security Agency (NSA)
Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
Source document: View the primary source documenthttps://archive.org/details/2may_training_svante_frits_

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Source document: https://archive.org/details/2may_training_svante_frits_

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What was 2may Training Svante Frits about?: Cold Open. This episode presents a training memorandum titled “2 May Training Svante Frits,” originating from a foreign intelligence source and dated nineteen sixty-eight. The document appears in the public archive of The Black Vault, a repository for declassified government records.
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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