Gordievsky

Luck: who knows what would have happened if Brzezinski had not hesitated, if it had been someone other than Petrov on duty, or if Gordievsky had not spoken up.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

A British mole in the KGB, Oleg Gordievsky, was able to convince his British intelligence contacts that the Kremlin believed an upcoming NATO exercise in the fall of 1983, known as Operation Able Archer was some kind of cover for a surprise attack against the U.S.S.R.—and that the Kremlin was making preparations for a preemptive nuclear attack to get the jump on the West.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

A British mole in the KGB, Oleg Gordievsky, was able to convince his British intelligence contacts that the Kremlin believed an upcoming NATO exercise in the fall of 1983, known as Operation Able Archer was some kind of cover for a surprise attack against the U.S.S.R.—and that the Kremlin was making preparations for a preemptive nuclear attack to get the jump on the West.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

The British KGB mole, Gordievsky, Hoffman reports, claimed that some in the Kremlin believed this “marked the start of preparations for a nuclear first strike.”

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB officer in the Soviet Embassy in London, reports that Andropov and others were so concerned about a possible preemptive nuclear strike that they had their spies count how many windows were lit at night in British government buildings.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

Luck: who knows what would have happened if Brzezinski had not hesitated, if it had been someone other than Petrov on duty, or if Gordievsky had not spoken up.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB officer in the Soviet Embassy in London, reports that Andropov and others were so concerned about a possible preemptive nuclear strike that they had their spies count how many windows were lit at night in British government buildings.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB officer in the Soviet Embassy in London, reports that Andropov and others were so concerned about a possible preemptive nuclear strike that they had their spies count how many windows were lit at night in British government buildings.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

The British KGB mole, Gordievsky, Hoffman reports, claimed that some in the Kremlin believed this “marked the start of preparations for a nuclear first strike.”

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB officer in the Soviet Embassy in London, reports that Andropov and others were so concerned about a possible preemptive nuclear strike that they had their spies count how many windows were lit at night in British government buildings.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011