List of defunct intelligence agencies

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This is a list of defunct intelligence agencies.

Agencies by country[]

Afghanistan[]

Khedamat-e Etelea'at-e Dawlati (KHAD) (1980-1992)
National Directorate of Security (NDS) (2002-2021)

Albania[]

Drejtorija e Sigurimit të Shtetit (Sigurimi) (Directorate of State Security) (1944-1991)

Algeria[]

Direction des Services de Sécurité (1990-2016)

Argentina[]

Batallón de Inteligencia 601 (601 Intelligence Battalion) (late 1970's-2000)
Central Nacional de Inteligencia (CNI) (National Intelligence Center)
Coordinación de Informaciones de Estado (CIDE) (State Information Coordination)
División de Informaciones (Information Division)
Secretaría de Informaciones de Estado (SIDE) (Secretariat of State Information)

Austro-Hungarian Empire[]

Evidenzbureau (1850-1918)

Brazil[]

Serviço Nacional de Informações (SNI) (National Information Service) (1964-1990)
Subsecretaria de Inteligência (SSI) (Sub-Secretariat of Intelligence) (1990-1995)

Bulgaria[]

Durzhavna Sigurnost (DS)

Canada[]

RCMP Security Service (1950-1984)

Chile[]

Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) (National Directorate of Intelligence) (1973-1977)
Central Nacional de Inteligencia (CNI) (National Intelligence Center)

China[]

Embroidered Uniform Guard (1368-1645)
Eastern Depot (1420-1644)
Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (1927-1946)
National Committee of Investigations and Statistics (1935-1949)
Taiwan Garrison Command

Colombia[]

Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS) (Administrative Department of Security) (1960-2011)

Czechoslovakia[]

(FSZS)
(HSR)
Státní Bezpečnost (StB)

Finland[]

Ministry of Interior
- Etsivä keskuspoliisi (EK, 1919–1938)
- Valtiollinen poliisi (Valpo I, 1939–1944)
- (Valpo II, 1944–1948)
Finnish Defence Forces
- Intelligence Research Establishment (VKoeL, 1960–2014) – Viestikoelaitos / Signalprovanstalten
Ministry of Defence
- Military Intelligence Service (PVTK, 2007–2014) – Pääesikunnan tiedusteluosasto

France[]

Deuxième Bureau (1871–1940)
Renseignements Généraux (RG) (1937–2008)
Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage (SDECE) (1944–1982)
Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST) (1944–2008)

Federal Republic of Germany[]

Gehlen Organization ("The Org", "Zipper") (1946-1956)
Office/Center for Intelligence of the Federal Armed Forces (ANBw/ZNBw)

German Democratic Republic (East Germany)[]

Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS or Stasi) (Ministry for State Security) (1950-1990)
- Main Directorate for Reconnaissance (HVA) (1955-1990)
Military Reconnaissance of the National People's Army (Militärische Aufklärung der Nationalen Volksarmee) (1956-1990)

German Reich[]

Abwehr (1920-1945)
Abteilung Fremde Heere Ost (Department Foreign Armies East)
Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo) (Secret State Police) (1933-1945)
Geheime Feldpolizei (GFP) (Secret Field Police) (1939-1945)
Sicherheitsdienst (SD) (Security Service) (1931-1945)
B-Dienst (Observation Service) (1918-1945)
Naval Intelligence Service, also called Nachrichten-Abteilung (1899-1919)
Abteilung III b (Department III b) (1889-1918)
Prussian Secret Police (1851-1933)

Egypt[]

State Security Investigations Service (SSIS) (1913-2011)

Hong Kong[]

Special Branch (1930-1995)

Hungary[]

Államvedélmi Osztály (ÁVO) (State Protection Department)
Államvédelmi Hatóság (ÁVH) (State Protection Authority) (1945-1956)

Israel[]

ha-Lishka le-Kishrei Mada (Lekem or Lakam) (Bureau of Scientific Relations) (1957-1986)

Italy[]

Organizzazione per la Vigilanza e la Repressione dell'Antifascismo (OVRA) (1927-1945)

Indonesia[]

Komando Pemulihan Keamanan dan Ketertiban (Kopkamtib) (1965-1988)
Badan Koordinasi Stabilitas Nasional (Bakorstanas) (1988-2000)

Iran[]

Sazeman-i Ettelaat va Amniyat-i Keshvar (SAVAK) (National Organization for Intelligence and Security) (1957-1979)

Iraq[]

Al-Amn al-‘Amm (Directorate of General Security) (1922-2003)
Al-Amn al-Khas (Special Security Organization) (1983-2003)
Al-Istikhabarat al-'Askariyya (Directorate of General Military Intelligence) (1932-2003)
Jihaz Al-Mukhabarat Al-A'ma (Iraqi Intelligence Service) (1973-2003)

Ireland[]

Free State Army Intelligence Department ("Oriel House") (1921-1923)
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) (1921-1923)
Citizens' Defence Force

Japan[]

Kempeitai (1881-1945)
Tokeitai
Tokkō (1911-1945)

Libya[]

Jamahiriya el-Mukhabarat

Malaysia[]

Malayan Security Service (1939-1948)

Manchukuo[]

Hoankyoku (1937-1945)

Netherlands[]

Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst (BVD) (Interior Security Service) (1947-2002)
Inlichtingendienst Buitenland (IDB) (Foreign Intelligence Service) (1946–1994)

Ottoman Empire[]

Teşkîlât-ı Mahsûsa (1913-1918)

Panama[]

(PSN) (La Secreta) (1909–60s first government secret agency)
(GUSIPA) (1930–40s short-lived secret service)
of PFD General Command
of PFD General State Major Chieftain
(COGECODESE) (security, defense and intelligence PNG/PFD main entity)
(G-2) (1950–80s PNG/PDFs military intelligence)
(DENI) (1960–1989)

Philippines[]

Philippine Constabulary - Office of Special Investigations (PC-OSI) (1901-1991)^[1]
Philippine Constabulary - National Constabulary Investigations Service (PC-NCIS) (1901-1936)^[2]
National Intelligence and Security Authority (NISA) (1972-1987)^[3]
Civil Intelligence and Security Agency (CISA) (1972-1987)^[4]

Poland[]

Oddział II Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego (1918–1939)
- Biuro Szyfrów (Cypher Bureau)
- Estezet (STZ)
- Polish Agency of Trade Information (PAIH)
Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego (1945–1954)
(1954–1956)
(MSW) (1954–1990)
- Departament I MSW
- Departament II MSW
- Służba Bezpieczeństwa MSW (SB-MSW) (1956–1990)
Urząd Ochrony Państwa (UOP) (Office for State Protection) (1990–2001)
Główny Zarząd Informacji Wojska Polskiego (1944–1957)
Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna (WSW) (1957–1990)
(1945–1951)
(1951–1990)

Portugal[]

PIDE (1933-1969)

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland[]

Roman Empire[]

Romania[]

(Section II) (1859–1908)
Siguranța Statului (Siguranța) (State Security) (1908–1940)
(Special Intelligence Service) (1940–1944)
(Intelligence Service) (1944–1948)
Departamentul Securității Statului (Securitate) (Department of State Security) (1948–1991)

Russia[]

Okhrannoye otdeleniye (Okhrana or slang Okhranka) (Security Section) (1866–1917)
Special Corps of Gendarmes (1836–1917)
KGB

Serbia[]

Service for Research and Documentation (SID) (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (1949-2007)

Sri Lanka[]

Special Branch (1966-1970)

Singapore[]

Special Branch

Somalia[]

National Security Service (NSS) (1970-1990)

South Africa[]

Bureau of State Security (BOSS) (1969-1980)

Soviet Union[]

Cheka (1917–1922) (All-Russian Extraordinary Commission)
Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravleniye (GPU) (1922–1923) (State Political Directorate)
Obyedinennoye Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravleniye (OGPU) (1923–1934) (Joint State Political Directorate)
Narodnyi Kommissariat Vnutrennih Del (NKVD) (1934–1946) (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs)
Ministerstvo Vnutrennih Del (MVD) (1946–1954) (Ministry for Internal Affairs)
Ministerstvo Gosudarstvennoi Bezopastnosti (MGB) (1943–1953) (Ministry for State Security)
Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti (KGB) (1954–1991) (Committee for State Security)

Spain[]

Centro Superior de Información de la Defensa (CESID) (Main Defence Information Centre) (1977-2002)
Political-Social Brigade (BPS/BSI) (1941-1978)

Sweden[]

IB ("Informationsbyrån")

Turkey[]

Millî Emniyet Hizmeti Riyâseti (M.E.H./MAH, between 1926 and 1965)

Uganda[]

State Research Bureau

United Kingdom[]

MI12
MI14
MI15
MI16
MI17
MI19
Naval Intelligence Division (NID)
Special Operations Executive (SOE)

United States[]

Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency (1948-2014)
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (1942-1945)
The Pond (1942-1955)

North Vietnam[]

South Vietnam[]

Central Intelligence Office (1961-1975)

Vietnam[]

- Tổng cục An ninh (Tổng cục I) (General Department of Security or First General Department)
- Tổng cục Tình báo Công an (Tổng cục V, or TC V) (General Department of Public Security Intelligence or Fifth General Department)

Yugoslavia[]

UDBA (1946-1991)
KOS (Kontraobaveštajna služba), Counterintelligence Service (General staff) (1946-1992)

See also[]

References[]

^ "PNP History". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17.
^ "PNP History". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17.
^ "Brief History". NICA.
^ "Brief History". NICA.

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