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message 1: by Feliks, Moderator (last edited May 12, 2015 09:06AM) (new)
May 12, 2015 09:04AM

Feliks (dzerzhinsky) | 887 comments Mod
For the research-minded!

A few historical cases I've been reading up on lately...

Judith Coplon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_C...

Colonel Rudolf Abel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_...

I'll add more as they occur to me

Just goes to show it's not funny anymore when someone loses an eye


message 2: by Feliks, Moderator (last edited May 12, 2015 08:42PM) (new)
May 12, 2015 09:19AM

Feliks (dzerzhinsky) | 887 comments Mod
*I kinda think Charles McCarry drew themes from the Judith Coplon case for one of the story threads in his classic
The Last Supper (Paul Christopher #5) by Charles McCarry


message 3: by Feliks, Moderator (last edited May 12, 2015 08:41PM) (new)
May 12, 2015 08:41PM

Feliks (dzerzhinsky) | 887 comments Mod
the sensational Soviet OGPU kidnapping of ex Tsarist General Kutepov - Paris, 1930

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...


message 4: by Feliks, Moderator (new)
May 12, 2015 08:44PM

Feliks (dzerzhinsky) | 887 comments Mod
the fate of Admiral Kolchak...

The Fate of Admiral Kolchak by Peter Fleming

written by Peter Fleming, legendary international hero and older brother to Ian Fleming of James Bond fame


message 5: by Feliks, Moderator (last edited May 12, 2015 09:11PM) (new)
May 12, 2015 09:10PM

Feliks (dzerzhinsky) | 887 comments Mod
the chase through the church in Poland, involving Kazimir Baransky
.. not found on the web, anywhere


Soviet use of a 'dummy bus' similar to the plot twist found in Hitchcock's 'Torn Curtain'


message 6: by Graeme (new)
May 13, 2015 02:27AM

Graeme Shimmin (shimbo) | 10 comments That Admiral Kolchak book fits with your 'book within a book' thread too because there's a novel Kolchak's Gold by Brian Garfield where the hero investigates the mystery in the Soviet archives.


message 7: by Feliks, Moderator (new)
May 13, 2015 08:00AM

Feliks (dzerzhinsky) | 887 comments Mod
Now that's an excellent tip. Garfield is a fine writer. Ty!


message 8: by Feliks, Moderator (new)
Jun 14, 2015 09:55PM

Feliks (dzerzhinsky) | 887 comments Mod
Dr. Allan Nunn May, traitor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Nu...


message 9: by Feliks, Moderator (new)
Jun 16, 2015 10:30AM

Feliks (dzerzhinsky) | 887 comments Mod
Kathleen Mary Willsher


message 10: by Feliks, Moderator (new)
Jun 16, 2015 10:31AM

Feliks (dzerzhinsky) | 887 comments Mod
Dr. Raymond Boyer


message 11: by Feliks, Moderator (last edited Jun 24, 2015 08:25AM) (new)
Jun 24, 2015 08:24AM

Feliks (dzerzhinsky) | 887 comments Mod
true incident which took place during WWII which reads like the basis of LeCarre's 'Tinker, Tailor': the disastrous 'Operation North Pole' undertaken by the SOE


message 12: by [deleted user] (new)
Jun 24, 2015 01:21PM

Do you have a link or preferred site?


message 13: by Feliks, Moderator (last edited Jun 24, 2015 06:48PM) (new)
Jun 24, 2015 06:48PM

Feliks (dzerzhinsky) | 887 comments Mod
Nope. I'm reading about it in a printed book. There's naturally a wikipedia article (I'm sure) but it can't do the topic justice.


message 14: by Feliks, Moderator (last edited Jun 25, 2015 10:19AM) (new)
Jun 25, 2015 10:19AM

Feliks (dzerzhinsky) | 887 comments Mod
WWII Reader's Group (GR) piped up with some titles

Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945

Inside North Pole: A Secret Agent's Story


message 15: by Feliks, Moderator (last edited Jun 25, 2015 09:03PM) (new)
Jun 25, 2015 09:03PM

Feliks (dzerzhinsky) | 887 comments Mod
The kidnapping of Aldo Moro by Italy's Red Brigade




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Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945 (other topics)
Inside North Pole: A Secret Agent's Story (other topics)
The Fate of Admiral Kolchak (other topics)
The Last Supper (other topics)