General Postal Union. See Universal Postal Union .
/gay"pay'ooh", jee"pee'yooh"/
(in the Soviet Union) the secret-police organization (1922-23) functioning under the NKVD. Also, G.P.U. Cf. Cheka, NKVD .
[ G ( osudárstvennoe ) p ( olitícheskoe ) u ( pravlénie ) state political directorate ]