Feb. 2, 2022
Gordievsky - The Spy and the Traitor - 4
Summary n4.
DISCLAIMER: REAL STORY - NONE OF THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS STORY ARE MINE - BOOK: “THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR”.
The KGB planted “illegals” all over the world, posing as ordinary citizens. Like “legal spies”, they could gather intelligence, recruit agents, cultivate prominent people and so on. Some “illegals” could also remain inactive for long periods. Among these were also fifth columnists, poised to go into battle should war erupt between the East and West. Each Soviet embassy contained a KGB station. Western counter-intelligence agencies had to work out which Soviet diplomats were really bureaucrats, and which ones were KGB. Tracking down the “illegals” was far harder. The First Chief Directorate was the KGB department for foreign intelligence. Within this, Directorate S was responsible for the “illegals”.
Oleg’s brother, Vasili, told his bosses at Directorate S that his younger brother might be interested to “join”. In early 1961, Oleg was summoned to a building near the KGB’s HQ. He was interviewed in German by a middle-aged woman. From that moment on, Oleg was part of the system. In August 1961, the FCD despatched Oleg to work as a translator at the Russian embassy in East Berlin, which was a Soviet satellite. Over the previous months some 3-5 millions East Germans had fled to the West. The very next day after Oleg’s arrival in Berlin, the construction of the immense and gloomy Berlin Wall started. Oleg watched in horrified awe.
Anyway, Vasili was also in East Germany, but working as an “illegal”. The two brothers kept secrets from one another. Oleg had no idea what Vasili was really doing, and Vasili had no idea what Oleg was really feeling. It is important to pin down why Oleg joined an organization whose ideology he had already started to question. The truth is, Oleg was—like every spy throughout history all over the world—not above the sedution of secrecy. Secrecy was a tight club whose membership was craved as nothing else. Besides, it offered a taste of that Western culture Oleg had long looked forward to.
Gordievsky - The Spy and the Traitor - 4
Summary n4.
DISCLAIMER: REAL STORY - NONE OF THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS STORY ARE MINE - BOOK: “THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR”.
The KGB planted “illegals” all over the world, posing as ordinary citizens.
Like “legal spies”, they could gather intelligence, recruit agents, cultivate prominent people and so on.
Some “illegals” could also remain inactive for long periods.
Among these were also fifth columnists, poised to go into battle should war erupt between the East and West.
Each Soviet embassy contained a KGB station.
Western counter-intelligence agencies had to work out which Soviet diplomats were really bureaucrats, and which ones were KGB.
Tracking down the “illegals” was far harder.
The First Chief Directorate was the KGB department for foreign intelligence.
Within this, Directorate S was responsible for the “illegals”.
Oleg’s brother, Vasili, told his bosses at Directorate S that his younger brother might be interested to “join”.
In early 1961, Oleg was summoned to a building near the KGB’s HQ.
He was interviewed in German by a middle-aged woman.
From that moment on, Oleg was part of the system.
In August 1961, the FCD despatched Oleg to work as a translator at the Russian embassy in East Berlin, which was a Soviet satellite.
Over the previous months, some 3-5 millions East Germans had fled to the West.
The very next day after Oleg’s arrival in Berlin, the construction of the immense and gloomy Berlin Wall started.
Oleg watched in horrified awe.
Anyway, Vasili was also in East Germany, but working as an “illegal”.
The two brothers kept secrets from one another.
Oleg had no idea what Vasili was really doing, and Vasili had no idea what Oleg was really feeling.
It is important to pin down why Oleg joined an organization whose ideology he had already started to question.
The truth is, Oleg was—like every spy throughout history all over the world—not above the sedution of secrecy.
not necessary to add, it makes the phrase awkward, and it is inferred
Secrecy was a tight club whose membership was craved aslike nothing else.
Besides, it offered a taste of that Western culture Oleg had long looked forward to.
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DISCLAIMER: REAL STORY - NONE OF THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS STORY ARE MINE - BOOK: “THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR”. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Like “legal spies”, they could gather intelligence, recruit agents, cultivate prominent people and so on. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Some “illegals” could also remain inactive for long periods. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Among these were also fifth columnists, poised to go into battle should war erupt between the East and West. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Western counter-intelligence agencies had to work out which Soviet diplomats were really bureaucrats, and which ones were KGB. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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From that moment on, Oleg was part of the system. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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In August 1961, the FCD despatched Oleg to work as a translator at the Russian embassy in East Berlin, which was a Soviet satellite. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Over the previous months some 3-5 millions East Germans had fled to the West. Over the previous months, some 3-5 millions East Germans had fled to the West. |
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The very next day after Oleg’s arrival in Berlin, the construction of the immense and gloomy Berlin Wall started. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Oleg watched in horrified awe. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Anyway, Vasili was also in East Germany, but working as an “illegal”. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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The two brothers kept secrets from one another. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Oleg had no idea what Vasili was really doing, and Vasili had no idea what Oleg was really feeling. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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It is important to pin down why Oleg joined an organization whose ideology he had already started to question. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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The truth is, Oleg was—like every spy throughout history all over the world—not above the sedution of secrecy. The truth is, Oleg was—like every spy throughout history not necessary to add, it makes the phrase awkward, and it is inferred |
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Secrecy was a tight club whose membership was craved as nothing else. Secrecy was a tight club whose membership was craved |
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Besides, it offered a taste of that Western culture Oleg had long looked forward to. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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