In 1961, Anatoliy Golitsyn, a major in the KGB, was assigned to the embassy in Helsinki, Finland, under the name "Ivan Klimov." On 15 December, he defected to the US, along with his wife and daughter, by riding the train to the Swedish border. Golitsyn's defection so alarmed the KGB that orders were sent out to cancel all meetings with field agents out of fear that they would be identified.[1]
Golitsyn was flown to the US and interviewed by David Murphy, the head of the CIA's Soviet Russia Division. After some time, Golitsyn began making increasing demands of the US and complaining about his treatment. Considering him to be unreliable, Murphy passed him on to James Jesus Angleton, the CIA's director of counterintelligence.[2] Golitsyn's description of a traitor in the CIA, whom he knew only as "Sasha", led Angleton to embark on a multiyear manhunt that accused many members of the CIA of being the spy. The entire affair is still highly controversial.[3]
Reparations
Under United States Public Law 96-450,[4][5] passed in 1980 and commonly known as the "Mole Relief Act", C.I.A. employees who have been accused unfairly of disloyalty (e.g. Sasha) and who have had their careers subsequently ruined were allowed to receive government compensation.
List of accused CIA employees
This is a partial list of CIA employees accused of being Sasha. All were later cleared.
Martin, David C. Wilderness of Mirrors: Intrigue, Deception, and the Secrets that Destroyed Two of the Cold War's Most Important Agents. New York: The Lyons Press, 2003. ISBN1-58574-824-2.
Wise, David.Molehunt: The Secret Search for Traitors That Shattered the CIA. New York: Random House, 1992. ISBN0-394-58514-3.
External links
by Cleveland Cram, Center for the Study of Intelligence, October 1993.
"C.I.A. Dug for Moles but Buried the Loyal" by David Johnston, The New York Times, March 8, 1992.
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sasha, espionage, sasha, alleged, soviet, mole, central, intelligence, agency, during, cold, contents, manhunt, reparations, list, accused, employees, popular, culture, footnotes, also, references, external, linksmanhunt, editin, 1961, anatoliy, golitsyn, majo. Sasha was an alleged Soviet mole in the Central Intelligence Agency during the Cold War Contents 1 Manhunt 2 Reparations 3 List of accused CIA employees 4 In popular culture 5 Footnotes 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksManhunt EditIn 1961 Anatoliy Golitsyn a major in the KGB was assigned to the embassy in Helsinki Finland under the name Ivan Klimov On 15 December he defected to the US along with his wife and daughter by riding the train to the Swedish border Golitsyn s defection so alarmed the KGB that orders were sent out to cancel all meetings with field agents out of fear that they would be identified 1 Golitsyn was flown to the US and interviewed by David Murphy the head of the CIA s Soviet Russia Division After some time Golitsyn began making increasing demands of the US and complaining about his treatment Considering him to be unreliable Murphy passed him on to James Jesus Angleton the CIA s director of counterintelligence 2 Golitsyn s description of a traitor in the CIA whom he knew only as Sasha led Angleton to embark on a multiyear manhunt that accused many members of the CIA of being the spy The entire affair is still highly controversial 3 Reparations EditUnder United States Public Law 96 450 4 5 passed in 1980 and commonly known as the Mole Relief Act C I A employees who have been accused unfairly of disloyalty e g Sasha and who have had their careers subsequently ruined were allowed to receive government compensation List of accused CIA employees EditThis is a partial list of CIA employees accused of being Sasha All were later cleared Serge Karlow Richard Kovich 6 Alexander Sasha Sogolow 7 Others CIA employees though not suspected to be Sasha were suspected to be moles in the course of the Sasha molehunt Paul Garbler 8 George Goldberg David Murphy Vasia C Gmirkin 7 In popular culture EditIn Robert Littell s novel The Company the alleged existence of Sasha is an important element of the plot Footnotes Edit Mitrokhin Vasili Andrew Christopher 2015 The Mitrokhin Archive The KGB in Europe and the West Penguin ISBN 978 0 14 196646 5 Richelson 1997 p 287 sfn error no target CITEREFRichelson1997 help Mason 2014 The Sapphire Affair sfn error no target CITEREFMason2014 help Public Law 96 450 Sec 405 a PDF Retrieved 2009 02 02 Public Law 96 450 1980 PDF Bernstein Adam February 27 2006 CIA Officer Richard Kovich Helped Notable Soviets Defect The Washington Post Retrieved 2009 02 02 a b David Wise Molehunt passim Bernstein Adam April 6 2006 CIA Cold Warrior Paul Garbler Won Payment Over Loyalty Slur The Washington Post Retrieved 2009 02 02 See also EditAleksander KopatzkyReferences EditMartin David C Wilderness of Mirrors Intrigue Deception and the Secrets that Destroyed Two of the Cold War s Most Important Agents New York The Lyons Press 2003 ISBN 1 58574 824 2 Wise David Molehunt The Secret Search for Traitors That Shattered the CIA New York Random House 1992 ISBN 0 394 58514 3 External links Edit Of Moles and Molehunters by Cleveland Cram Center for the Study of Intelligence October 1993 C I A Dug for Moles but Buried the Loyal by David Johnston The New York Times March 8 1992 This espionage related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sasha espionage amp oldid 1104508564, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
