E63: Mildred Fish-Harnack, part 1
Working Class History
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The Great Purge in Russia
Arvid was given a code name at this point, a balt. And he was rather resistant to the idea of being a spy. He would insist over and over again that he was an anti fascist. But despite harvi's reluctance, he was getting hold of extremely high value intelligence. The n k v d was responsible for both internal security within the soviet union and espionage abroad. It was thrown into complete chaos by the great purge in russia. So stalens purge is basically wiped out therussian embassy in berlin. Among arvid's contacts there, he had about nine contacts there. Five of them were executed, including his control officer at the n k vd
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