Cold War secret police organisations


 * 1) Soviet Union: Extraordinary Commission (Cheka), then State Political Directorate (GPU), then Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU), then People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD), then Main Directorate of State Security (GUGB), then People's Commissariat for State Security (NKGB), then Ministry for State Security (MGB) and finaly Committee for State Security (KGB)
 * 2) Socialist People's Republic of Albania- Directorate of State Security (Sigurimi)
 * 3) People's Republic of Bulgaria- Committee for State Security (DS)
 * 4) Czechoslovak Socialist Republic- State Security (StB)
 * 5) German Democratic Republic- Ministry for State Security (Stasi)
 * 6) Hungarian People's Republic- State Protection Authority (ÁVH)
 * 7) People's Republic of Poland- Ministry of Public Security (MBP) and Security Service (SB)
 * 8) Socialist Republic of Romania- Department of State Security (Securitate)
 * 9) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia- Department of National Security (OZNA) and Department of State Security (UDBA)
 * 10) Democratic Republic of Afghanistan- State Intelligence Agency (KHAD)
 * 11) China-
 * 12) Vietnam-
 * 13) North Korea-
 * 14) Syria-
 * 15) Cuba-