title: 7 War and Dénouement
abstract: The events leading up to the beginning of World War II in Europe are well known, and yet much remains to be uncovered and analyzed. Japan's clandestine activity in Europe and the Caucasus is one example. Another is the conduct of the Soviet intelligence and counterintelligence network. These and other subjects remain to be elucidated precisely because the materials on them were either destroyed or are still held in con dence from researchers. Nevertheless, certain outlines of the hidden world of