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The KGB prepared the Red Army's route by infiltrating Czechoslovakia with many illegal residents disguised as Western tourists. They were to gain the trust of and spy upon the most outspoken proponents of Alexander Dubček 's new government.
State Security (Czech: Státní bezpečnost, Slovak: Štátna bezpečnosť), or StB / ŠtB, was the secret police force in communist Czechoslovakia from 1945 to its dissolution in 1990. Serving as an intelligence and counter-intelligence agency, it dealt with any activity that was considered opposition to the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ...
Left his KGB station in India disguised as a hippie, traveled to Greece, was debriefed in the U.S., but refused to stay in the country because of KGB infiltration of the CIA; later granted asylum in Canada Oleg Lyalin: KGB agent: Russia: 1971: Defected in London after being arrested there; exposed dozens of KGB agents in the city Vasek Matousek
On February 15, 1985, FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. For 40 years, the chess ...
The KGB and Soviet Disinformation The Deception Game Lawrence Martin-Bittman (14 February 1931 – 18 September 2018), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] formerly known as Ladislav Bittman , was an American artist, author, and retired professor of disinformation at Boston University . [ 3 ]
KGB chairman Kryuchkov agreed, and so did the prosecutor's office, concerned about the embarrassing chance of an acquittal. [d] Koecher pleaded guilty on charges of conspiracy to commit espionage for Czechoslovakia, [18] and was sentenced to life in prison, [19] which was reduced to time served provided he left the US and never returned. [22]
The KGB and Soviet Disinformation: An Insider's View is a 1983 non-fiction book by Lawrence Martin-Bittman (then known as Ladislav Bittman), a former intelligence officer specializing in disinformation for the Czech Intelligence Service and retired professor of disinformation at Boston University.
The chairman of the KGB was the head of the Committee for State Security , the main security agency of the Soviet Union in 1954–1991. He was assisted by one or two first deputy chairmen, and four to six deputy chairmen.