Bb5a31f81ClaimBritish domestic intelligence agency MI5 conducted surveillance on British politician Nye Bevan over multiple decadesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimBen McIntyre first learned of the Redwood case, an intelligence operation involving a Soviet spy in Iran, from a former officer a decade before writing about itAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimBritish novelists Graham Greene, John Buchan, Ian Fleming, and John le Carré were all former spiesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimAuthor Ben McIntyre's books are based on declassified archives and interviews with living witnessesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimFor his book, Ben McIntyre interviewed Ian McCready, the MI6 handler for Vladimir KuzichkinAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimVladimir Kuzichkin's primary motivation for spying was to obtain Western medicine for his erectile dysfunction to save his marriageAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimJohn le Carré invented espionage terms that were later adopted by actual intelligence servicesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe high value of Vladimir Kuzichkin's initial intelligence, including a list of KGB officers in Iran, convinced MI6 that he was a genuine sourceAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimSome MI6 officers later regretted the decision to share intelligence on a Soviet plot with Iran due to the resulting slaughter and the strengthening of the Ayatollah's regimeAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimBy the late 1970s, MI6 was simultaneously running two high-level KGB officers: Vladimir Kuzichkin and Oleg GordievskyAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimVladimir Kuzichkin was the deputy head of the KGB's station (Residentura) in Tehran, its largest in the Middle EastAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe Redwood operation, which foiled a Soviet plot in Iran, was a massive humiliation for the KGB, giving the Soviet Union a reason to maintain secrecyAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimMI6 and the CIA kept the story of their role in the crackdown on Iranian communists secret due to the resulting bloodshed and failure to improve relations with IranAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe intelligence from Vladimir Kuzichkin exposed KGB spy rings and a Soviet plot to install a communist government in IranAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimVladimir Kuzichkin approached the British because the CIA station in Iran had been evacuated following the revolutionAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimKGB officer Vladimir Kuzichkin was a "walk-in" agent who volunteered his services at the British embassy in Tehran in 1981AgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimTo prove his authenticity, Vladimir Kuzichkin provided MI6 with a complete list of all active KGB and GRU officers in IranAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimAfter Vladimir Kuzichkin was exfiltrated to the West, MI6 and the CIA decided to share his intelligence with Iran's governmentAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimBen McIntyre is not authorized by MI6 to write his books and does not allow the agency to review his manuscriptsAgreeDisagree