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| Among other things, Golitsyn claimed that the ] had long range plans to take over the USA that included taking down the ], faking the end of ] and lulling the USA into a false sense of security. He wrote his views in his books '']'' and '']'' which were published in 1984 and 1995 respectively. Perhaps Golitsyn's most notorious claim was that the Rt Hon. ] (then ]) was a KGB agent. | Among other things, Golitsyn claimed that the ] had long range plans to take over the USA that included taking down the ], faking the end of ] and lulling the USA into a false sense of security. He wrote his views in his books '']'' and '']'' which were published in 1984 and 1995 respectively. Perhaps Golitsyn's most notorious claim was that the Rt Hon. ] (then ]) was a KGB agent. | ||
| Author Mark Riebling stated that of 194 predictions made in ''New Lies For Old'', 139 had been fulfilled by 1993, 9 seemed 'clearly wrong', and the other 46 were 'not soon ]'. | |||
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Anatoliy Mikhaylovich Golitsyn (b. August 25, 1926 in Piryatin) was a high level KGB spy who defected to the United States via Helsinki in 1961.
Golitsyn was a figure of considerable controversy within the Western intelligence community, with a small faction (most prominently James Jesus Angleton) believing him to be a genuine defector but with others concluding that he was a disinformation agent. A few years after Golitsyn defected, Yuri Nosenko also defected, and the information provided by Nosenko contradicted Golitsyn on many points. Not surprisingly, those who believed Golitsyn to be genuine, believed Nosenko to be the fake; and vice versa.
Among other things, Golitsyn claimed that the USSR had long range plans to take over the USA that included taking down the Berlin Wall, faking the end of communism and lulling the USA into a false sense of security. He wrote his views in his books New Lies For Old and The Perestroika Deception which were published in 1984 and 1995 respectively. Perhaps Golitsyn's most notorious claim was that the Rt Hon. Harold Wilson (then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) was a KGB agent.
Author Mark Riebling stated that of 194 predictions made in New Lies For Old, 139 had been fulfilled by 1993, 9 seemed 'clearly wrong', and the other 46 were 'not soon falsifiable'.
External links
The New American interview with Christopher Story, editor of The Perestroika Deception; part I, part II, part III
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