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Operation Gold The Berlin Tunnel the KGB Knew About
In the early Cold War, American and British intelligence officers built a secret tunnel beneath Berlin to tap Soviet and East German communications lines. The operation—codenamed GOLD by the CIA and known as STOPWATCH to MI6—collected a vast volume of intelligence. But the KGB knew about the plan before the tunnel was complete.This episode traces the operation from its conception and construction to its discovery in April 1956. At the center is George Blake, an MI6 officer secretly working for the KGB. His betrayal gave the Soviets advance warning, but they allowed the tunnel to operate while…
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