The Billion Dollar Spy

Description

While driving out of the American international safe haven in Moscow on the night of

February 16, 1978, the head of the CIA’s Moscow station heard a thump on his

vehicle window. He was given an envelope by a man on the check. Its substance

staggered the Americans: subtleties of highly confidential Soviet examination and improvements in

military innovation that was absolutely obscure to the United States.

In the years that followed, that man, a Russian specialist named Adolf

Tolkachev aired out the mystery Soviet military exploration foundation. He

utilized his entrance to hand more than countless pages of material about the

most recent advances in flight and radar innovation, accordingly cautioning the Americans

to potential advancements far later on. He was one of the most profitable

what’s more, significant government operatives to work for the United States in the four many years of worldwide

encounter with the Soviet Union. Tolkachev faced gigantic individual challenges—

in any case, so did his CIA handlers. Moscow station was a risky presenting on the

KGB’s lawn. The CIA had since quite a while ago battled to enlist and run specialists in

Moscow and Tolkachev turned into a particular advancement. Utilizing spy cameras

furthermore, mystery codes just as an eye to eye gatherings in parks and on city intersections,

Tolkachev and the CIA attempted to escape the dreaded KGB.