Memoirs of the former secretary of the USSR KGB board F.L. Zhorin concerns primarily the secret war of the intelligence services of the United States and NATO countries, who implemented the project for the collapse of the Soviet Union and continue their subversive activities against the countries of the former socialist camp. The author also openly states the facts known to him of the betrayal of some functionaries from among the leaders of the former USSR and the CPSU, officers of the Armed Forces forces, intelligence officers, diplomats - the legendary “Confession of a Chekist” takes on the sound of a guilty verdict.