COUNCIL FOR AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000500330003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 22, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL ! T LUUG GROUP
INTELLIGENCE E =PORT
SUBJECT Council for Affairs of the
Russian Orthodox Church
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Within t Soviet Government there exists a "Cov cil f,ra? the Affairs
of the Russian Orthodox C ch",g, headed by (o G0 ?..; rpov. The Council
is atta hed to the Council of Ministers of the USSR.
2 Thera is no information available which would lead to the belief that
thsa Council has been tra,nfsf'or?r d into a "Ministry of Cults", r ntioued
in previous reprrtc? and recent isates of the Journal of the Moscow
P ttri&,rohate give no reason to bolisve that any such ra mf;ure is being
conide red o
3 All niittters pertaining to tho Russifan Church are subordinated to thy,
Co tci1 for tho Affairs of the Rusaiwa Orthodox Churoh.
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