Oleg Gordievsky and the 1983 KGB Order to Monitor Blood Banks
Kept secret for decades until published by a double agent, a 1983 Top Secret cable ordered the KGB to monitor blood banks to predict a nuclear first strike.
By Roy Castellano ·
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Major Komarevich and the Hunt for Karma in Kiev
Foreign students in the Soviet Union were monitored by the KGB as they speculated on the Chernobyl disaster, an operation that sought to name those who saw the explosion as divine punishment.
By Marcus Boone ·
Viktor Chebrikov and the 1983 Order for an Offensive KGB
Kept Top Secret for decades, a 1983 speech ordered Soviet intelligence to act "more decisively" to counter a nuclear threat the Kremlin feared it could not see coming.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Havana and the KGB's 1995 Malware Campaign
Kept under Secret//Noforn markings, this record details how Soviet and Cuban agents targeted American computer systems using malicious software to erode national security.
By Vera Kessler ·
Yuri Andropov and the 1981 Order Not to Miss a Nuclear Strike
A directive kept secret until 1991 shows the Soviet leadership gripped by a nuclear panic that nearly triggered a preemptive war.
By Roy Castellano ·
Mikhail Gorbachev and the Secret Bill for the 1988 Arms Cuts
Soviet military leaders were blindsided by unilateral arms cuts while the party leader blocked the disclosure of the regime's true defense costs to protect his image.
By Constance Bell ·
Georg Branting Leaked Swedish State Secrets to KGB Contact
A Swedish parliamentarian provided internal and commercial policy data to Soviet intelligence for six years, a betrayal noted in a Security Service file.
By Constance Bell ·
Klaus Fuchs Trade in Atom Secrets Ended in 1950 Confession
He handed over "detailed and damaging" nuclear data for years, yet his 14-year sentence rested entirely on a confession elicited by the Security Service after a US source spoke.
By Eleanor Voss ·
Klaus Fuchs surrendered atomic secrets to Soviet agents before 14-year sentence
He spent years in the heart of the Manhattan Project betraying allies to the KGB and GRU; his 1950 conviction relied on a confession because investigators found no evidence.
By Constance Bell ·
Klaus Fuchs Betrayed Atomic Secrets Before 1950 Prison Sentence
A British citizen lost his nationality after providing damaging nuclear data to the KGB and GRU, though the investigation that caught him produced no physical evidence of espionage.
By Roy Castellano ·
Klaus Fuchs Handed Over the Atom Bomb Without Leaving Evidence
He volunteered his services to the KGB in 1942 and passed damaging secrets until 1949, but his conviction rested entirely on his own words.
By Vera Kessler ·
Klaus Fuchs Served 14 Years After Confessing Atom Secrets to Russians
He traded the West's nuclear advantage for Soviet interests, a betrayal that stayed hidden until a sensitive American source pointed the finger in 1950.
By Roy Castellano ·
Klaus Fuchs Handed the KGB a Shortcut to the Atom Bomb
He volunteered for the Russians in 1942 and passed damaging secrets until 1949, though the British investigation found no evidence of his espionage.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Klaus Fuchs Traded the Atomic Bomb to Soviet Handlers
For seven years, a high-ranking physicist fed the KGB and GRU the blueprints of the atom bomb, leaving the West blind to the speed of the Soviet nuclear program.
By Constance Bell ·
British Security Service Processed Defectors Fleeing Russian Intelligence
Men like Franz Riemann were coerced into spying for Moscow before seeking sanctuary in a system that managed their escape through a rigid set of official procedures.
By Constance Bell ·
Klaus Fuchs Lost British Nationality After Betraying Atom Bomb Project
He volunteered his services to Moscow in 1942 and passed damaging data for seven years, yet the investigation that led to his arrest produced no evidence of his espionage.
By Roy Castellano ·