July 8, 2014

KGB Agents in America Revealed


[From article]
The newly released papers include a list of KGB agents in America over several decades. It runs to 40 pages and about 1,000 names.
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Andrew said Mitrokhin took huge risks, knowing that 'a single bullet in the back of the head' would be his fate if he was caught.
'The material mattered to him so desperately that he was prepared to put his life on the line for it,' Andrew said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2682926/Whos-list-KGB-spies-helped-inspire-The-Americans-TV-series-finally-public-20-years-smuggled-Russian.html

Who's who list of KGB spies that helped inspire The Americans TV series finally made public 20 years after it was smuggled out of Russian
Original documents from one of the biggest intelligence leaks in history were released on Monday after being held in secret for two decades
The files were smuggled out of Russia in 1992 by senior KGB official Vasili Mitrokhin
They include hundreds of names of undercover agents - the real-life inspiration for the fictional Soviet moles in The Americans TV series
By ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTER
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 01:04 EST, 7 July 2014 | UPDATED: 01:53 EST, 7 July 2014

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