1. By: Dominique Christiansen, Hannah Moskowitz, and Alex Slivon
Secret Operations
By: Dominique Christiansen, Hannah Moskowitz, and Alex Slivon

2. USA vs. USSR
During the Cold War the mounting tensions rose between the United States and the USSR.
Espionage was considered the “Invisible Front to the Cold War”
The country with the best secret service and special police had upper hand in:
Space travel
Internal communication
Military strength and strategy
International communication
The United States- CIA
The USSR- KGB

3. THE IRON CURTAIN

5. CIA Central Intelligence Agency
Created in 1947 when President Truman moved to pass the National Security Act
Used to obtain information about foreign powers, governments, terrorists, and corporations.
Headquarters- Langley, Virginia

6. KGB КГБ –Russian abbreviation for State Security Committee
Similar to CIA in goals for the country
The Cheka of Lenin’s time was an inspiration for the formation of the KGB
Became successful through usage of
Moles
Assassins
Codenames
Double Agents

7. Assassinations Most assassinations committed in the Soviet Union
punishment of treason
used to silence double agents from leaking information.
There is no documentation that the CIA has ever actually assassinated anyone, but there were definite plots and attempts.
Example: “Operation Mongoose” to assassinate Fidel Castro using poisoned cigars, exploding seashells, and a toxic diving suit. The operation obviously failed, but not for a lack of trying.
-Example: The KGB targeted Georgi Okolovich, a member of the Popular Labor Alliance. He died when an agent stuck a poisonous umbrella tip into his leg on a bus.

8. Moles
Used by both governments to get information of an opposing side by using false identities.
Example-
The Cambridge Five- British spies that passed information regarding the United States on the Soviet Union
Kim Philby
Donald Duart Maclean
Guy Burgess
Anthony Blunt

9. Cold War Technology Intercontinental ballistic missiles Space stations
Sputnik- comes from the Russian- “fellow traveler”, Russians launched a series of orbit satellites that sparked a frenzy in the US.
August 12th, NASA launched the fist communication satellite- Echo 1
“Corona” Spy Satellite- given the code name- “Discoverer” which took pictures of Soviet territory

10. Spy Technology Silencers on firearms Cigarette Case Weapons
Keychain guns
Suicide weapons (used to avoid treason during an interrogation)
Hidden knives
Poison-pellet weapons
The “Stinger” and Single-shot pistol

11. MI5
Responsible for protecting the UK against national security threats
Echlon- US and UK information sharing program created during WWII and used against the USSR and China
United Kingdom, United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada became alliances-finalized by the UKUSA security agreement of 1948

12. U-2 Incident USSR did not agree to an “Open Skies” policy until 1955
By 1960, the US had a few successful flights over USSR territory, which were inspired by mistrust
May 1st, 1960 a U-2 spy plane went down in Svedlovsk (USSR territory)

13. The Espionage Conflict Today
The US still uses the CIA, but focuses more on national security and safety than combating communism
The USSR- now the Russian Federation no longer uses the KBG
Tensions have decreased, but secret intelligences have increased

14. Bibliography
Patterson, James T. "The Enemy Within" review article in the October 1998 online The Atlantic Monthly
Sudoplatov, Pavel AnatolievichAtomic Secrets: A KGB Spymaster's Tale of How the Soviets Got the Bomb
Zubok, Vladislav. "Soviet Intelligence and the Cold War: The 'Small' Committee of Information, ," in Diplomatic History 19 (Summer 1995).