LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Former Russian agent’s family to rejoin him in UK

Genre

Interview

TX Date

30 Aug 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:11:52

Description

Interview from the radio car with former Soviet spy Oleg Gordievsky who defected to the West. On the upcoming reunion with his family who had been under strict surveillance and prevented from leaving the USSR by the KGB, and explains events up to this point. New KGB chief Vadim Bakatin announced today they would be allowed to leave. Mike Carlton interviews.

Contributors

Mike Carlton; Oleg Gordievsky

Keywords

UK; USSR; Spies; Intelligence service; Family; KGB; Oleg Gordievsky; Vadim Bakatin

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