Departmental Overview
The novel Casino Royale breaks SMERSH down into five departments or отделы (оtdyels):
- Department I: In charge of counterintelligence among Soviet organisations at home and abroad.
- Department II: Operations, including executions.
- Department III: Administration and finance.
- Department IV: Investigations and legal work. Personnel.
- Department V: Prosecutions — the section which passes final judgment on all victims.
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