General Intelligence Agency of Mongolia

The General Intelligence Agency or General Intelligence Directorate (GIA; Mongolian: ТЕГ, Тагнуулын ерөнхий газар, romanized: Tagnuulyn yurönkhii gazar) is the intelligence agency of the Government of Mongolia, under the direct control of the Prime Minister of Mongolia. Its headquarters is in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. The GIA employs several hundred people and acts as an early warning system to alert the Mongolian government of national security threats. It collects and evaluates information on a variety of areas such as international terrorism, organized crime, weapons and drug trafficking, money laundering, illegal migration, and information warfare.

Founded in 1922 with Soviet assistance, Mongolian intelligence performed well against both Imperial Japanese and Republican Chinese services during the 1930s and 1940s, while providing assistance to Soviet forces and Chinese Communists. Later, after the Sino-Soviet split and the Cultural revolution in the 1960s and 1970s, Mongolian intelligence confronted Mao's intelligence agencies in close collaboration with the Soviet KGB.