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They pertain to the period from about 1918 to 1992. Click download or read online button to get the mitrokhin archive ii book now. For years kgb operative vasili mitrokhin risked his life hiding topsecret material from russian secret service archives beneath his family dacha. Vasily mitrokhin was retired kgb officer who allegedly worked as an archive supervisor and handcopied classified data for future leak during his 36 years of service. This book is based on unprecedented and unrestricted access to one of the worlds most secret and closely guarded. The british intelligence historian christopher andrew wrote two books, sword and the shield 1992. What does mitrokhin archive tells about india which the. When former kgb man vasili mitrokhin defected to the uk he took with him the most extensive archive of intelligence received from any source ever.
Ruffley on andrew and mitrokhin, the sword and the shield hnet. The fbi later described his trove of documents as the most complete and extensive intelligence ever achieved from any source. Vasili mitrokhin and christopher andrew, the sword and the shield. The mitrokhin archive was an amazing intelligence coup for the west. This archive resulted in many prosecutions, some of which are still ongoing. The mitrokhin archive and the secret history of the kgb, basic books 1999, hardcover, isbn 0465003109.
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