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| Name | Footage of Dmitri Polyakov's arrest by the KGB |
| Video Uploader | Video From Peter Staal |
| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 03-01-2011 22:34:11 |
| Video Discription | Dmitri Fyodorovich Polyakov (Russian: Дмитрий Фёдорович Поляков) (July 6, 1921 - March 15, 1988) was a Soviet Major General, a high-ranking GRU officer, and a prominent Cold War spy who revealed Soviet secrets to the Central Intelligence Agency. In the CIA he was known by code names BOURBON and ROAM, while the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) knew him as TOPHAT. On his second assignment there, in 1959-1961, he approached FBI counterintelligence agents to offer his services as an informant. Some in the CIA feel that Polyakov became a mole because he was disgusted with the corruption of the Soviet Party elite. For 25 years, he remained a CIA informant as he rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a General. CIA officers speak in superlatives about the kind of information he provided. Sandy Grimes said of him, "Polyakov was our crown jewel,... the best source at least to my knowledge that American intelligence has ever had and I would submit, although I certainly can't be certain, but the best source that any intelligence service has ever had. Among the important information Polyakov provided: - Evidence of the growing rift between the Soviet Union and China. This information played a crucial role in President Richard Nixon's decision to open diplomatic relations with China in 1972. - Technical data on Soviet-made antitank missiles. While the US never fought the Soviet Union directly, knowledge of these weapons proved invaluable when Iraq employed them in the second Gulf War. - Proof of spying done by Frank Bossard for the USSR. In 1980 Polyakov retired, and as an avid sportsman, wrote articles for a Soviet hunting magazine. In 1986 Polyakov was arrested by the KGB and strip-searched. His head was held in an armlock to prevent him taking poison. His contacts at the CIA had no information about what might have happened to him. Betrayed by CIA mole Aldrich Ames, he was arrested in July 1986 and sentenced to death for treason and finally executed with a bullet in the back of the head, then buried in an unmarked grave. This came from the CNN documentary series called "Cold War", from the episode "Spies". I'm not the owner of this footage. [w0-1ogBb6kg] |
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