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Oleg Gordievsky - MI6's most valuable Cold War Spy
Season 2 · Episode 10

Oleg Gordievsky - MI6's most valuable Cold War Spy

With Ian Sanders of the Cold War Conversations Podcast

History Dispatches

October 24, 202544m 57s

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Show Notes

In 1983, the Kremlin became convinced NATO was preparing to strike first with nuclear weapons. However, British Intelligence had a man inside London’s Soviet Embassy who discovered just how dangerously close the world was to nuclear war. His warnings to MI6 and Washington may be the only reason the Cold War didn’t go hot. This is the story of Oleg Gordievsky - MI6's most valuable Cold War Spy. Presented by Ian Sanders of the Cold War Conversations Podcast.


Sources


Cold War Conversation by Ian Sanders - https://coldwarconversations.com


Select Podcast Episodes

1983 - the year the Cold War almost turned hot: https://coldwarconversations.com/episode316/

Fred Haise Conversation: https://coldwarconversations.com/episode254/

Codename Sunbeam – The story of MI6’s greatest Cold War spy: https://coldwarconversations.com/episode418/

Shooting down of KAL 007 - https://coldwarconversations.com/episode229/


Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Reagan_and_Gordievsky.jpg


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