Word: kgb
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...KGB agent need fear again dire consequences if caught in the act. The principle has been established: if the U.S. arrests a Soviet spy, the Soviets can retaliate and create a crisis situation. Unlike some of his predecessors, including--gasp!--Jimmy Carter, this president does not believe in the principle of not trading innocent Americans for foreign spies...
When Nicholas Daniloff was ensnared four weeks ago in a KGB trap, it was thought the tense game of pawns that ensued would prevent any progress on arms control or toward a Soviet-American summit. Instead, something quite different occurred. Movement on arms control increased, and so did hopes for a year-end meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. As a result, the dog seemed to wag the tail for a change: the desire to reach an accord on the major issues dividing the superpowers created an eagerness to resolve, as quickly as face-saving maneuvers would allow...
...notch comedy, tune in to Laverne and Svetlana, which depicts the hilarious mishaps of two clumsy but endearing roommates who toil endlessly in a chemical weapons factory. A classic episode has Laverne turn Svetlana in to the KGB for questioning when she begins to suspect her of sabotage. The program ends with the two reunited, raising clenched fists and singing patriotic songs...
...MISCONCEPTION you might have about the dullness of Soviet life will be dispelled after viewing Red Square Blues, a continuing series about an overworked KGB precinct station. A typical episode has Captain Furrihatski interrogating black market hair-mousse purveyors and agonizing over his rocky affair with People's Defender Ida Konvictya...
...with the imprisonment of Nicholas Daniloff, which jeopardized the prospect of a summit meeting between President Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. The cause seemed absurdly disproportionate to the possible effects: the FBI arrested a Soviet scientist who almost unquestionably was engaged in espionage, and the KGB retaliated by entrapping a U.S. journalist in Moscow who just as unquestionably...