“The White Paper” of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine

UNVEILED HISTORY

Volodymyr Stakhiv. “Do Not Look for Allies at Any Cost, Even the Highest”

After the split in the OUN ranks, the nkvd/mgb bodies of the ussr closely watched those figures who were distinguished by a fundamentally irreconcilable and unyielding position towards their opponents, were not afraid to object to leaders in their own circle, and openly expressed their opinions, even if they went against the generally accepted ones. Such people were actively cultivated in order to use their ambitions in chekists’ interests or to encourage them to take actions that would lead to an even greater split, discord, weakening, and eventually destruction of the national liberation movement. One of those who was subject to special attention in the 1940s was Volodymyr Stakhiv.