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 In winter 1982 Gary made a trip to the Soviet City of Leningrad to share the
latest news from the 'West' with a random selection of citizens kept in the dark by their totalitarian Government. Read his story here...and add comment below...
10 Comments
Stephen
27/6/2013 07:09:14
I was interested to read about Professor Paul Wilkinson in this piece. He taught me later at St Andrews University and was a great guy. You're right he really was ahead of his time putting terrorism studies on the map!
screaming in Alepo
27/6/2013 09:05:00
Can't say that I think your 'new revolutionary credo' will be much welcomed in Syria where the Free Syrian Army are fighting against a Russian backed fascist regime. The changes that you write about may be beneficial from the point of view of people living in the old Soviet Union but the Russians are still pusuing an militaristic foreign policy. No change there....
The Pronosticator
27/6/2013 13:37:46
Fascinating. The"snitch" is probably an oligarch going on and on about how he was persecuted in Soviet days and your good honest friend is probably an alcoholic who dined out of dustbins in the Yeltsin years. The Chicago School have a lot to answer for.
P Floyd
28/6/2013 08:03:37
Fantastic reading here. Love the Pink Floyd (big fan). Cant imagine trying that today, you would never get through customs this end (but probably easier the other end)!
Sarah Ward
28/6/2013 08:44:32
Glad to see that you haven't lost your smile of yesteryear Gary! A happy disposition goes along way to disarming the 'gits' of the world. Your whole site demonstrates comment bourne from experience. How many senior British politicians these days have military experience and have been a secret agent!
Bill
9/7/2013 06:59:38
Have never seen " postie " in your CV. 21/5/2014 12:20:02
Mr. Ling,
Gary Ling
21/5/2014 12:36:28
Wow, thanks for this Dan. By his age I guess that Putin was only just a few years older than the dorm snitch. Maybe he was a guy who co-ordinated all the intell from people like this. I wonder if the KGB was sector based in intelligence gathering (i.e. by geographic area) or they ran verticals (i.e. universities, space, manufacturing, whatever) in those days? Thanks for taking the trouble to comment! Leave a Reply. |
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