Second Chief Directorate/Definition

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Second Chief Directorate [r]: That part of the KGB responsible for internal counterintelligence from other nations, as opposed to suppression of dissent; very roughly comparable to the British Security Service, Israeli Shin Bet or the national security division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation