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The Spy Who Saved MI5 | The Spider and the Fly | 1

2024/3/26
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Raza Jafri: 本播客讲述了克格勃间谍Oleg Lyalin的故事,他的被捕导致了历史上最大规模的间谍驱逐行动。该事件揭示了冷战时期英国面临的苏联间谍威胁,以及MI5在应对这一威胁时的困境和最终的反击。 Oleg Lyalin: 作为克格勃特工,Oleg Lyalin的任务是寻找摧毁英国核防御系统的方法,主要目标是RAF Fylingdales雷达站。他利用各种手段收集情报,包括发展线人,进行实地侦察等。他的行动体现了苏联在冷战时期对英国的渗透和威胁。 MI5监控人员: MI5监控人员在追踪克格勃间谍的过程中,展现了其在技术和策略上的不足,也体现了在与苏联间谍的对抗中所面临的巨大挑战。他们与克格勃间谍斗智斗勇,但由于人手不足和情报劣势,常常处于被动地位。 Sir Martin Furnival Jones: MI5负责人Sir Martin Furnival Jones意识到MI5面临的严峻挑战,他强调了在克格勃内部安插特工的重要性,以及清除苏联间谍的必要性。他指出MI5人手不足,声誉受损,需要采取新的策略来应对苏联的威胁。 Vlad & Siroj Abdul Khadir: Vlad和Siraj Abdul Khadir的互动展现了克格勃如何利用线人进行情报收集和传递,以及他们如何利用各种手段来隐藏自己的身份和行动。Siraj Abdul Khadir的角色体现了克格勃如何利用各种社会关系来达到其目的。 Sir Alec Douglas-Home: 英国外交大臣Sir Alec Douglas-Home意识到苏联间谍问题,但他由于政治因素和力量对比,在驱逐间谍的行动上受到限制。他面临着两难的局面,一方面要维护国家安全,另一方面又要避免与苏联发生直接冲突。 Irina Tepliakova: Irina Tepliakova与Oleg Lyalin的婚外情为剧情增添了戏剧性色彩,也从侧面反映了冷战时期国际政治环境的复杂性和个人命运的无奈。他们的关系也为MI5提供了重要的情报线索。

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Oleg Lyalin, a KGB operative, is arrested in London under suspicion of being drunk but claims to be KGB, leading to a tense situation as Special Branch is notified.

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MI5 is on its knees at the dawn of the 1970s: Soviet spies are running free around the country and the government won’t boot them out for fear of upsetting Moscow. But the danger from inaction is growing because a spy from the KGB’s most-secret department has just been posted to London. His name is Oleg Lyalin and he’s on a mission to take down Britain’s nuclear defences.

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