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The Hoover Institution Library & Archives holds more than 6,000 archival collections that document war, revolution, and peace that shaped our world in the 20th and 21st centuries. This section lists some of our archival collections related to Intelligence Services.

Archival Collections

Donovan (James B.) papers, 1919-1976: General counsel, US Office of Strategic Services, 1943–45. Correspondence, reports, memoranda, studies, drafts of book manuscripts, scrapbooks, notes, photographs, and printed matter relating to the United States Office of Scientific Research and Development and the Office of Strategic Services during World War II, the Nuremberg war crime trials, the Rudolf Abel-Gary Powers spy exchange, the Cuban prisoner exchange following the Bay of Pigs landing, and the New York City Board of Education. Digital copies of select records also available on Digital Collections 1.

Dukes (Sir Paul) papers, 1915-1990: British secret service agent and author. Diaries, writings, lectures, notes, letters, clippings, memorabilia, and photographs, relating to British intelligence operations, especially during the Russian Revolution, to popularization of yoga in the Western world, and to personal affairs. Includes fictional writings, poems and musical compositions. Also includes some material relating to Sir Paul Dukes collected by Robin Bruce Lockhart.

Fukuhara (Harry K.) papers: Military intelligence interpreter during the Second World War and military intelligence officer during the occupation period of Japan, US Army. The collection contains photos, documents, and interviews related to Harry K. Fukuhara's life and career. From high school in Hiroshima, as a military intelligence interpreter, and as a military intelligence officer during the occupation period of Japan.

Khokhlov (Nikolaĭ Evgenʹevich) papers, 1956-1993: Soviet intelligence officer and defector to the United States. Contains correspondence, writings, testimony, notes, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to Soviet secret service operations, research in parapsychology, and psychological warfare applications.

Koehler (John O.) papers, 1934-2008: American journalist in Germany. Contains correspondence, news dispatches and news stories, photocopies of East German secret police documents, photocopies of United States government documents, post-reunification German governmental reports, clippings, other printed matter, photographs, sound recordings, and video tapes, relating to political conditions in Germany, the East German secret police, the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II, and Soviet espionage within the Catholic Church.

Leschander (Walter L.) collection: Writings, diary, correspondence, photographs, maps, clippings, and pamphlets, relating to espionage, military intelligence, prisoners of war, and escape techniques, primarily during World War II.

Wraga (Ryszard) papers, 1947-1959: Polish intelligence officer. Contains reports, memoranda, and other writings, relating to post-World War II politics in the Soviet Union and Poland, American and Soviet intelligence and propaganda activities, and activities of Russian and Ukrainian emigre groups. Many of the documents were prepared for the French intelligence service.

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