Talk:Vladimir Vetrov
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[edit] Organization?
I thought Vetrov was GRU? nobs 19:21, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
- Both "Storm Birds" and "Mitrokhin Archive" have him as KGB (FCD). I'll keep an eye out, though. Noel (talk) 05:33, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Date of execution
Both Gordievsky (KGB) and Brook-Shepherd agree that he was executed in '83, although Gordievsky has a bit of uncertainty, and says that news of his execution was not made widely known in the KGB until '85. Noel (talk) 06:31, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
This is gonna be an interesting article. Next year is 20 yesrs since Chernobyl, and there will be further declassification of documents. I'd like to work on it, but when I started the Venona project, I thought it would take 2 or 3 months; now it looks more like 2 or 3 years (minimum). nobs 17:12, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
What is "Line X"?
- Let me restate the question: "What is GRU Line X?"; I beleive "technical line", but it may also be refered to as "scientific technical". Also one must pay attention to the date of sourcing and the context of the timeframe it references etc. nobs 16:57, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Another source to mine for this article
Here's another source to mine; I may get to it, but in case I don't anyone should feel free to have at it. It also cites a book that I intend to look for at the library that will undoubtedly provide a lot more information for this article.
It's an MSNBC article from the Washington Post: CIA slipped bugs to Soviets
