Talk:Oleg Penkovsky

message: I think that this article should go more in depth with regard to the specific intelligence that Penkovsky passed on.  I know, for example, that a major focus of the intelligence was missile-related.  But as the article states, he brought a wealth of information which I believe we should include
68.106.99.114 03:19, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds like a mess of conspiracy theories to me. Shadowrun 21:46, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, exactly.Biophys (talk) 00:24, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It isn't. It's all documented, including CARNIVORE, which was (IIRC) on "the fifth estate"  (could've been "60 Minutes")  TREKphiler hit me ♠  02:50, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

text: Absolutely excellent breakdown. Thanks for this, Trekphiler! 2600:1700:9856:9740:DDF3:8A8:7679:A95F (talk) 14:21, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: More detail

message: In the "Aquarium" book written by GRU defector to Britain Vladimir Rezun, he said he saw a black and white film where Oleg Penkovsky was burned alive by pushing him into a cemetery crematorium while tied to a strecher. 213.178.109.36 11:57, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not very funny end for a spy. 

message: Right, this account comes from Aquarium, not Inside Soviet Military Intelligence. As such it is based on lurid rumors that circulated in Moscow after Penkovsky's public conviction and trial. Suvorov's claims that he's personally witnessed such sinister practices are not confirmed by other soviet intelligence defectors and there have been many. 216.99.34.131 (talk) 14:18, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  A fantasy, most likely 

message: I cannot find a source for the title "agent hero".  Has anyone else heard of this codename?--DizFreak  talk Contributions 19:49, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No.Biophys (talk) 00:24, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Agent Hero

message: Shouldn't his last name be transliterated "Penkovskiy", in Cyrillic ит ends with both an I and an I kratkoye? Okto8 (talk) 21:28, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transliteration of last name 

message: Shouldn't there be some mention in this article that Penkovsky is believed by some to have been a plant, feeding information to the US and UK on behalf of the KGB? I'm no expert on this, but Peter Wright (in Spycatcher, ch. 14) makes a good case for this. Robfuller (talk) 18:39, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Totally agree. 2600:1700:9856:9740:DDF3:8A8:7679:A95F (talk) 14:23, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  KGB plant? 

message: The article does not mention any trial of Penkovcly. However the TV documentary 'Secrets of War, The Cold War 05 Inside the KGB' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypuuxrxcVek)  mentions (at around 37:40) that he was put on public trial and sentenced to death.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sejtam (talk • contribs) 07:17, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Public Trial? 

message: The plot of the spy novel (1989) and movie (1990, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Sean Connery) "The Russia Househttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Russia_House" bears striking resemblances to the Penkovskiy case in my opinion: A highly informed russian individual taking initiative to put information on the (alledged) incapability of soviet missile systems into western hands, western secret services having differing opinions whether the source is genuine, efforts to establish contact in russia, the source being captured, manipulated and subsequently "vanished" by the KGB.--77.189.51.245 (talk) 21:56, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Why do people think that their opinions matter to Wikipedia? They don't. -- 72.205.126.89 (talk) 09:33, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portrayal in popular culture 

message: Why is it not mentioned ? --213.172.123.242 (talk) 16:00, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Place of execution / death ? 

message: GTranslate it or whatever. It contains interesting material and a different perspective. 93.34.80.151 (talk) 15:10, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Read the Russian article 

message: "Jacobs" is an orphaned name in the current version of this article. 2601:152:307:147C:8914:BE94:2D1B:40FE (talk) 07:09, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Richard “Dick” Jacobs, CIA. I had to look it up elsewhere. I don’t know the story well enough to expand it. -Location (talk) 10:20, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who is "Jacobs"?