Soviet spying legend Gevork Vartanian dies at 87

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Noteworthy:

Soviet spying legend Gevork Vartanian dies at 87
January 11, 2012 | BBC

'Operating in Tehran during World War II, he tracked German commandoes who had arrived to attack a summit attended by Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill.


Photo: Gevork Vartanian

Realising they were being followed, the Germans called off the attack. He also managed to infiltrate British intelligence, exposing a network of secret agents in the USSR. Vartanian did so by getting accepted on a British training course for spies in Tehran.

His wife was a Soviet spy, too, and after the war they worked as a team for the next 30 years.'

[Big Boss]

Interesting. I don't think I've ever come across this guy. Thanks for the info SPF.