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9781557507648
High Drama & Deep Secrets from the Nerve Center of the KGB. TOWER OF SECRETS: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE INTELLIGENCE COUP OF THE COLD WAR by Victor Sheymov. Responsible for KGB cipher communications all over the world, Victor Sheymov had the most sensitive position of any KGB officer ever to defect to the West. For years one of the best-kept secrets in the American Intelligence Community, he is now ready to tell his story - a story that rivals the best of Le Carre & Ludlum, yet it's all true. His life in the KGB, his conflict with the system, & his daring escape from Moscow with his wife & young daughter - a CIA coup that convinced Soviet authorities he had been murdered - are all revealed in this thrilling book. Though it has all the elements of a spy novel, the story is more spellbinding than a work of fiction could ever be. This is the real world of intelligence played like a chess match & described by a master of the game.Victor Sheymov is the author of 'Tower of Secrets: A Real Life Spy Thriller' with ISBN 9781557507648 and ISBN 1557507643.
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