Oleg Penkovsky person
also: Col Oleg Penkovsky, Colonel Oleg Penkovsky, Penkovsky, Peskovsky
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Claims (4)
Oleg Penkovsky spied_on
Soviet Union documented
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“Reports from Col Oleg Penkovsky the U.S agent in the Kremlin kept the United States abreast of the Soviet military response to the crisis…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.34
Oleg Penkovsky worked_for
United States documented
document
“Of course a single penetration can be worth an intelligence gold mine as were Kim Philby for the Soviet Union and Col Oleg Penkovsky for the United States…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.175
Oleg Penkovsky worked_for
Soviet Union documented
document
“Well placed in Soviet military circles Penkovsky turned over a number of classified documents relating to Soviet strategic planning and capabilities…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.64
CIA recruited
Oleg Penkovsky documented
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“Having an agent in place i.e. a Soviet official who was providing information from within the Soviet Government represented the ultimate achievement in the Agency's clandestine collection mission…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.64
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used to speak at length in his debriefing sessions about the injustice of the Soviet system and his wish that Russian people might someday enjoy the many freedoms taken for granted in the West. When he was arrested and executed in 1963, the…