1985 ⟶ John Anthony Walker Arrested for Espionage
John Anthony Walker is arrested by the FBI.
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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
📰 William Oatis Arrested in Czechoslovakia
American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested in Czechoslovakia for alleged espionage.⟶
EspionageCzechoslovakiaCold WarJournalistUSSRAprilPropagandaEastern Europe
🕵️ Soviet Spy Dieter Gerhardt Arrested
Soviet spy Dieter Gerhardt is arrested in New York.⟶
EspionageSoviet UnionCold WarIntelligenceUSGerhardt
🕵️ John Anthony Walker Arrested for Espionage
John Anthony Walker is arrested by the FBI.⟶
United StatesEspionageCold WarSpyingWalkerNational SecurityIntelligenceFBI
🛡️ Reagan Doctrine: US Supports Anti-Communist Insurgencies
The Reagan Doctrine commits the United States of America to supporting anti-Communist insurgencies in the Third World.⟶
United StatesReaganCold WarInterventionismThird WorldAnti-CommunismGeopoliticsForeign Policy
🪦 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