Report of the Royal Commission on Espionage 22nd August 1955

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REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON ESPIONAGE. 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS 3
Letters Patent COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. 9
REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON ESPIONAGE INTRODUCTORY 11
SCHEME OF THE REPORT 21
CHAPTER 1 EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN THE REPORT 24
CHAPTER 2 THE HISTORY OF THE PETROVS AND OF THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH SOVIET ESPIONAGE SERVICES 28
CHAPTER 3 THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DEFECTION OF THE PETROVS 32
CHAPTER 4 THE NATURE OF THE EVIDENTIARY MATERIAL BEFORE US AND OUR EVALUATION OF IT 42
CHAPTER 5 BASIC GENERAL FINDINGS FROM THE EVIDENCE 76
CHAPTER 6 THE G.R.U. APPARATUS IN AUSTRALIA 78
CHAPTER 7 THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL FROM THE MOSCOW CENTRE OF THE M.V.D. LEGAL APPARATUS IN AUSTRALIA AND THE WORK DONE FOR IT BY THE MOSCOW CENTRE 81
CHAPTER 8 THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE AND PRACTICE OF THE M.V.D. LEGAL APPARATUS IN AUSTRALIA AND ITS PERSONNEL 93
CHAPTER 9 THE GENERAL OPERATIONS OF THE M.V.D. IN THE DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MEANS OF OBTAINING INFORMATION, AND ITS EXPLOITATION OF COMMUNISM 106
CHAPTER 10 THE OPERATIONS OF THE M.V.D. IN RELATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 125
CHAPTER 11 THE OPERATIONS OF THE M.V.D. IN RELATION TO MEMBERS OF FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS IN AUSTRALIA 175
CHAPTER 12 THE OPERATIONS OF THE M.V.D. IN RELATION TO MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT 190
CHAPTER 13 THE OPERATIONS OF THE M.V.D. IN RELATION TO JOURNALISTS 201
CHAPTER 14 THE M.V.D. OPERATIONS IN RELATION TO PERSONS ENGAGED IN COMMERCE 215
CHAPTER 15 THE OPERATIONS OF THE M.V.D. IN RELATION TO SCIENTISTS 226
CHAPTER 16 THE OPERATIONS OF THE M.V.D. IN RELATION TO COUNTER-ESPIONAGE AND SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS 233
CHAPTER 17 THE OPERATIONS OF THE M.V.D. IN RELATION TO EMIGRES 249
CHAPTER 18 THE OPERATIONS OF THE M.V.D. TOWARDS SETTING UP AN "ILLEGAL APPARATUS" IN AUSTRALIA 259
CHAPTER 19 CONCERNING PERSONS WHOSE NAMES OR CODE NAMES APPEAR IN THE MOSCOW LETTERS AND G SERIES OF DOCUMENTS AND TO WHOM WE HAVE NOT ALREADY REFERRED 276
CHAPTER 20 CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS ARISING UNDER CLAUSES (c) AND (d) OF THE LETTERS PATENT 294
CHAPTER 21 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS 302
APPENDICES to the REPORT APPENDIX No. 1. MOSCOW LETTERS AND G SERIES OF DOCUMENTS. 311
APPENDIX No. 2. INTERIM REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS 426
APPENDIX No. 3. ESPIONAGE ORGANIZATIONS OF THE U.S.S.R BETWEEN 1918 AND MARCH 1954. 438
APPENDIX No. 4. PETROV'S ESPIONAGE EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO LEAVING FOR AUSTRALIA. 442
ROYAL COMMISSIONS ACT 1902-1933* 445
ROYAL COMMISSION ACT 1954 454
ROYAL COMMISSION ON ESPIONAGE ACT 1954 455
ROYAL COMMISSIONS REGULATIONS* 464
INDEX 465

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