1971 ⟶ 105 Soviet Officials Expelled from Great Britain
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🕵️ Gouzenko Defection Exposes Soviet Spying
Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet agent working in the Soviet embassy in Canada, defects and provides proof to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police of a Soviet spy ring operating in Canada and the U.S. The revelations help change perceptions of the Soviet Union from an ally to a foe.⟶
USSRSoviet UnionSpyingCanadaUnited StatesCold WarIntelligenceEspionageDefection
🇷🇺 Gromyko Becomes Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko begins his long tenure as Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union.⟶
Soviet UnionUSSRForeign MinisterDiplomacyCold WarGromykoPolitics
🤝 Soviet Union and West Germany Sign Treaty of Moscow
The Soviet Union and West Germany sign the Treaty of Moscow.⟶
Soviet UnionWest GermanytreatyMoscowEastern BlocEuropeCold Wardiplomacypolitics
🇬🇧 105 Soviet Officials Expelled from Great Britain
105 Soviet officials expelled from Great Britain by Prime Minister Edward Heath in Operation FOOT.⟶
UKUSSREspionageCold WarDiplomacyPoliticsEuropeIntelligence
🕵️ Soviet Spy Dieter Gerhardt Arrested
Soviet spy Dieter Gerhardt is arrested in New York.⟶
EspionageSoviet UnionCold WarIntelligenceUSGerhardt
🪦 Kim Philby's Death in Moscow
Kim Philby (Harold Adrian Russell Philby), the high-ranking UK intelligence officer who defected to the Soviet Union, dies in Moscow.⟶
espionageintelligencedefectionSoviet UnionCold WarUKMI6KGB