KGB Candidate Vetting Process Revealed

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A recently released #KGB document from the 1980s reveals the steps the KGB took to vet a candidate for employment. 🧵⬇️ 1. Initial meeting. Establishing the candidate's motivation for the job. 2. Medical exam. 3. Establishing the candidate's views on domestic & foreign issues

while meeting at least once every two months & documenting the meetings with written reports. 4. Obtaining official data on the candidate from educational institutions (high school, university), places of employment (office, factory, etc.), places of military service.

5. Collecting information about the candidate and his family (his wife, his parents) from the existing agents and confidential contacts. Obtaining official data on the candidate's wife.

6. Collecting information about the candidate from the Communist Party and Komsomol members who have known him for more than one year. 7. Collecting information about the candidate from the director of the educational institution or the place of employment.

8. Recommending to the candidate to read "books on Chekist themes reflecting the heroic history of VChK-KGB and its fight against the enemies of Soviet government and also the fundamental works of the Soviet ComParty and govt, including the works of L. I. Brezhnev."

9. Organizing meetings between the candidate and the active KGB officers, including the leadership of the local KGB branch. 10. Asking the candidate to write a paper on the topic related to his potential KGB specialization.

11. Organizing a meeting with the candidate's family (wife, parents) and learning about their family relations, daily life, habits, hobbies, health status, attitudes toward state security personnel.