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The Spy Who Defused the Missile Crisis | Hero or Madman? | 2

2024/7/16
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Oleg Penkovsky, a Soviet military intelligence officer, meets with CIA and MI6 agents in London to provide critical intelligence that could prevent a nuclear war between the USSR and the USA.

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After months of missed opportunities, the CIA and MI6 are about to meet Penkovsky. But with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev squaring up to the US President John F. Kennedy over West Berlin, his information could have thermonuclear consequences.

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