A Man in the Spotlight: Oleg Penkovsky and His Allegiance to the West

Prior to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, a GRU officer named Oleg Penkovsky attempted to contact the West multiple times. He did it to such an extent that initially he was regarded as a provocateur. After his recruitment, Penkovsky was handled by a joint team of CIA-MI6 team and provided informati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alin DREPTATE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ovidius University Press 2021-02-01
Series:Annals of the "Ovidius" University of Constanţa. Political Science Series
Subjects:
gru
kgb
Online Access:http://annals-politics.univ-ovidius.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/7.-AUOC-PolSci-Vol.-9-2020-149-164-Dreptate.pdf