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Russia
The Spy Who Started the Cold War
CLOAK AND DAGGER
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos by Getty
Igor Gouzenko was a lowly Soviet cipher clerk when he turned the world order upside down in 1945. Nobody could have predicted the espionage hysteria his defection would unleash.
Christopher Dickey
World News Editor
Published
May 11 2019
10:26PM EDT
Christopher Dickey
World News Editor
christopher.dickey@thedailybeast.com
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