Oleg Penkovsky, six breaths and world destruction May 31, 2010
Posted by Beachcombing in : Contemporary
Beachcombing has never quite known what to make of Oleg Penkovsky, the most important double agent run by MI6, indeed by any power in the Cold War. Was he self-seeking? A traitor? A hero? These are puerile questions: he was probably all three. But now for a curiosity that is more amenable to interpretation. Beachcombing [...]
