Escape from the CIA: How the CIA Won and Lost the Most Important KGB Spy Ever to Defect to the U.S

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 & disappeared. The book continues the story about the highest-level KGB defector ever to come to Amer,, someone whose knowledge of the Soviet intell. agency's operations against the U.S. would be hard to match. Photos.Ronald Kessler is the author of 'Escape from the CIA: How the CIA Won and Lost the Most Important KGB Spy Ever to Defect to the U.S' with ISBN 9780756750602 and ISBN 0756750601.