The Gouzenko affair
Moscow’s Cipher Clerk Brought His Secrets to a Newspaper. The Paper Sent Him Away.
Igor Gouzenko’s 1945 defection exposed a Soviet network in Canada. His first problem was persuading anyone to listen.
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