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The Mitrokhin Archive, according to British intelligence historian Christopher Andrew, is a collection of handwritten notes made secretly by KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin during his thirty years as a KGB archivist in the foreign intelligence service and the First Chief Directorate. When he defected to the United Kingdom in 1992 he brought the archive with him. The official historian of the MI5 Christopher Andrew 〔("Just How Intelligent" The Guardian, February 18, 2003 )〕 wrote two books, ''Sword and the Shield'' (1999) and ''The KGB and the Battle for the Third World'' (2005), based on material in the archives. The books give alleged details about much of the Soviet Union's clandestine intelligence operations around the world. In 1985, Christopher Andrew wrote that "there is no field of modern history in which the historian needs to tread more carefully than in deciding the authenticity of secret documents. An impressive list of distinguished historians...have made notable errors of judgment in these matters." In July 2014, the Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College released Mitrokhin's edited Russian-language notes for public research; the archives are the largest openly available KGB data trove.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mitrokhin’s KGB archive opens to public )〕 The original handwritten notes by Vasili Mitrokhin are still classified.〔(KGB papers, kept in secret since 1992, released by British archive )〕 ==British and International Investigations after Publication of the Books== The publication of the books provoked parliamentary inquiries in the UK, Italy, and India.〔(''The Mitrokhin Inquiry'' Report )〕 In the UK, the inquiry was conducted by the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) after the first book was published in 1999, and it was named "The Mitrokhin Inquiry Report". The report was presented to the Parliament in June 2000. The Committee expressed concern because the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) knew the names of some spies years before the publication of the book, but decided not to prosecute them without informing the proper prosecuting authorities. The committee believed that this decision corresponded to the Law Offices, not to the SIS. The Committee also interviewed Vasili Mitrokhin, who told them that he was not content with the way the book was published, and that he felt he did not accomplish what he intended when writing the notes. He wished that "he had had full control over the handling of his material." The Committee also found that SIS had stated that they were clearing the UK chapters with the Home Secretary and the Attorney General as was required before publication of the book, but they did not do so. Additionally, the Committee found that SIS didn't handle the publication and the media matters appropriately.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://cryptome.org/mitrokhin-isc.htm )〕 In Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, who was Prime Minister at the time, opened an investigation in 2002 named Mitrokhin Commission to gather information about the KGB connections in Italy claimed in the Mitrokhin Archives. However, after not being able to verify any of the information in the book, he tried to use the Commission as a political tool against members of the Italian Left by setting them up. The Mitrokhin Commission ended in a scandal, and without evidence to tie any Italian politician.〔(Slate, December 11, 2006 )〕 Some Italian ministers said that the archive "is not a dossier from the KGB but one about the KGB constructed by British counter-espionage agents based on the confession of an ex-agent, if there is one, and 'Mitrokhin' is just a codename for an MI5 operation". In India, a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, L. K. Advani, requested the Government a white paper to file defamation suits against Christopher Andrew. 〔("Advani seeks white paper on KGB charges" ), ''The Hindu,'' October 3, 2005.〕 The spokesperson of the Indian Congress party referred to the book as "pure sensationalism not even remotely based on facts or records" and pointed that the book is not based on official records from the Soviet Union.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/sep/18kgb.htm )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mitrokhin Archive」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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