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Answer for the clue "Counterintelligence grp. in 007 novels ", 6 letters:
smersh

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SMERSH is a fictional Soviet counterintelligence agency featured in Ian Fleming 's early James Bond novels as agent 007's nemesis. SMERSH is the acronym of Spetsialnye MEtody Razoblacheniya SHpionov , meaning "Special Methods of Spy Detection", (in Russian ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Soviet Army counter-espionage organization begun during World War II, 1953, from Russian abbreviation of smert' shpionam "death to spies." Introduced in English by "James Bond" author Ian Fleming.