Escape from the CIA: How the CIA Won and Lost the Most Important KGB Spy Ever to Defect the U. S.
Publisher: Diane Publishing Company
Published: 2001
Place of publication: S.l
Language: eng
Description: The story of Soviet spy Vitaly S. Yurchenko, who was the biggest catch in the history of the (CIA. As chief of security at the Soviet embassy in Wash., he reported directly to Amb. Dobrynin & to the KGB resident, who headed the KGB contingent at the embassy. Just before his defection in the 1980s, Yurchenko had been in training to be a gen. in the KGB. He defected to the U.S. in Rome & was in the custody of the CIA. However, in Wash., he walked out on his CIA handlers & disap.