Cold War espionage

Cold War espionage pertains to intelligence gathering activities during the Cold War (1947-1991) between Western allies (primarily the United States) and the Eastern Bloc (primarily the Soviet Union and allied countries of the Warsaw Pact). Both relied on a wide variety of military and civilian agencies in this pursuit. Although the CIA and KGB became synonymous with Cold War espionage, their were many other agencies that played key roles in the collection and protection of information, involving spying and analysis, in a wide range of intelligence disciplines.

United States
Below, gives a representation of the intelligence community in the United States in 1955.