This article presents these documents because they are relevant to the level of knowledge of MI5 about Russian Espionage and subversive activity at that moment. | Organization and methods of the Two British Documents from 1933 Vol. 6 2020 A new decade for social changes ISSN 2668-7798 9 772668 779000 Technium Social Sciences Journal Vol. 6 173-179 April 2020 ISSN 2668-7798 Organization and methods of the Two British Documents from 1933 Marian Zidaru Abstract. On March 27th 1933 a British MI5 officer Oswald Allen Harker received a report on the inter-relation of the Comintern GPU and Department IV of the Staff of the Red Army. The source of this report was a Jewish communist. Another report received by Harker on the same day was the OGPU method of investigation. He informed his superiors that the source of this document was the first-hand source. This article presents these documents because they are relevant to the level of knowledge of MI5 about Russian Espionage and subversive activity at that moment. Keywords. OGPU Komintern Hotel Lux Department IV 1. Introduction On March 27th 1933 a British MI5 officer Oswald Allen Harker 1 received a report on the interrelation of the Comintern GPU and Department IV of the Staff of the Red Army. The source of this report was a Jewish communist. This source wrote I before entering into details I would remark that I must of necessity make mention on matters which are already known as they are of importance I the scheme as a whole. The general political organization is already known but I shall consider to following organization separately and their connection with each other A Komintern 2 B OGPU 3 Department IV of the Staff of the Red Army 4 . 2. Komintern The various sections of the Komintern are organized in a special country group from the geographic and language point of view. The Anglo-American secretariat is under the political leadership of Manuilsky 5 a member of the Executive Committee and head of the Russian Delegation within the Komintern. The technical administration is conducted by two
