Experiences with the CIA 1950's Berlin Spy Tunnel /
This book covers the history of the Berlin Tunnel Operation, which was an effort in the mid-1950s to tap into Soviet communications through a tunnel constructed in the Soviet sector of Berlin. The operation was famously compromised by a Soviet mole in the MI6 British intelligence before the tunnel...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Sierra Vista, AZ :
Robert T. Browne,
2009.
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| Summary: | This book covers the history of the Berlin Tunnel Operation, which was an effort in the mid-1950s to tap into Soviet communications through a tunnel constructed in the Soviet sector of Berlin. The operation was famously compromised by a Soviet mole in the MI6 British intelligence before the tunnel was even begun. |
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| Item Description: | The epilogue provides biographical information on some of the Operation Gold crew. The appendix entitled, Site operations and tunnel discovery, provides information on the experiences of and comments by Russell Knapp, John Quirk, and Eugene Kregg/Kovalenko. |
| Physical Description: | ii, 68 leaves : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaf 25). |