The Madrid Residency. The Hungarian Intelligence Service in Spain from the peak of détente to the end of the Little Cold War, 1976–1984
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Abstract
Shortly after the culmination of the détente the Hungarian People’s Republic and the Kingdom of Spain had established diplomatic relations and an intelligence section consisting of a commissioned officer and half a dozen co-optees came to existence at the Hungarian Embassy in Madrid. The so-called residency was concentrating on the protection of the foreign representations of Hungary, but at the same time, it endeavored to carry out operations against the leading NATO-powers on a third-country basis. Based on our present knowledge, these experiments were taking place without proper success.