The spy and the traitor : the greatest espionage story of the Cold War
by Macintyre, Ben, 1963- (Author)
Summary
A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the heart of Moscow, holding a plastic carrier bag. In his grey suit and tie, he looked like any other Soviet citiz... Full description
- Introduction: 19 May 1985
- The KGB
- Uncle Gormsson
- SUNBEAM
- Green ink and microfilm
- A plastic bag and a Mars bar
- Agent boot
- The safe house
- Operation RYAN
- Koba
- Mr Collins and Mrs Thatcher
- Russian roulette
- Cat and mouse
- The dry-cleaner
- Friday, 19 July
- Finlandia
- Passport for Pimlico
- Codenames and aliases
- Acknowledgements.