Washington Station: My Life As a KGB Spy in America

by Yuri B. Shvets

In 1985, Yuri B. Shvets, an idealistic young KGB officer, reported to the Soviet embassy in Wash., DC. His mission: to try to recruit Americans with access to important political offices. Under cover as a reporter for TASS, the Soviet news agency, he recruited a journalist & former White House advisor � code-named Socrates. This is a riveting account of his experiences spying against the U.S. & details the daily activities of Soviet spies in D.C., including the games of cat & mouse between KGB officers & FBI agents. Paints a devastating portrait of the KGB in the final years of the USSR, when it & the Soviet Union were collapsing.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Espionage, Russia

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Thad Kielch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Authored by an ex KGB agent stationed in Washington. The author details that cat and mouse game played by KGB and FBI agents during the cold war and how bureaucracy and fear helped limit effectiveness of KGB agents.

[Vera VB · Rating 2 out of 5]

Verhaal van een jonge, ambitieuze Rus die in Washington tewerkgesteld werd waar hij moest proberen Amerikanen te recruteren die belangrijke informatie over politiek, militaire en buitenlandse politiek van Amerika zouden willen overhandigen. Het gestuntel van de bureaucratie van de Russen is hemeltergend. Het is een wonder dat ze hier en daar nog een spion hebben kunnen recruteren. Hoe hoger in de top, hoe incomptenter, meer op macht belust en uit op materialisme.
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