THE RED WEB: MI6 AND THE KGB MASTER COUP

Author: Tom Bower

Publisher: Aurum Press

Year published: 1989

Pagination: x + 214pp, 42 photos

Condition: Unread, slight shelfwear.

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The extraordinary story of how the MI6 network from the Baltic to Siberia was penetrated and eventually controlled by the KGB. A portrayal of a complete espionage operation as seen from both sides. Between 1944 and 1955 over 40 agents were dropped by boat on the Soviet coast. In 1956 the mastermind of the operation, MI6's Head of Northern Area, discovered that the whole of his network was part of a deception organised by the KGB. Some of the agents were in fact KGB officers sent to London. True to form, MI6 abandoned their agents and tried to blame Philby.