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Gordievsky's Exfiltration This is a description of Gordievsky's Exfiltration from memory of "SpyTek" by Discovery Channel (Possibly before being owned by Bell Globalmedia) (2 VHS cassettes). I believe the show said that he first signaled for his exfiltration by holding a plastic bag in a certain corner. British intelligence and Gordievsky has previous established the signal in case he was called back. He then followed his jogging routine, and when he's hidden from view of the guards, doubled back, confused them, and was able to escape. The reenactment shows Gordievsky jogged into a tunnel, doubled back. He may have changed his clothing when hidden from view. He boarded a train (perhaps to Finland), then was picked up on a road. He was put into the back of the trunk, with a special thermo blanket that would prevent boarder guards with IR systems from easily detecting the person at the back of the trunk. In a different show, it may have mentioned that the boarder also had a guard dog, and they were about to detect Gordievsky when the British female operative drop a sandwich in front of the dog, distracting the dog long enough for the car to pass.
None of this is confirmed, given the nature of the material.
Is this the guy reported to be the inspiration of the character in Tom Clancy's book "The Cardinal of the Kremlin"?Jlujan69 23:34, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Police probe 'new KGB poison attack' as defector Gordievsky is found unconscious in Surrey home, Daily Mail, 6th April 2008 --84.234.60.154 (talk) 20:49, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
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There is no link to the full text of Gordievsky's letter to the Telegraph saying that the BBC is a "red service", nor a footnote for the quote presented here. Looking around, I have yet to find a full version of this letter online. Not saying he didn't say it, but there doesn't seem to be any verifiable source?2603:9000:CF0A:5F00:E0CE:1464:5D72:4320 (talk) 11:19, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
It states in the Career section that "MI6 encouraged him to go" to Moscow in 1985, but the Escape from the USSR subsection claims "he was advised by MI6 to defect and stay in London". So which is it? Clarityfiend (talk) 07:29, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
that in the context of presumably not wanting to attract attention, the plan was initiated by two guys wandering around Moscow carrying obscure British supermarket carrier bags, famous British department store carrier bags, and eating mars bars! SN54129 17:10, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
I think he's a false defector because he insists Yuri Nosenko, Igor Kochnov and Vitaly Yurchenko were true defectors. In his 2007 Yale University Press book, "Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries and Deadly Games," former high-level CIA officer Tennent H. Bagley says they weren't. Was Kisevalter Nash? (talk) 07:44, 9 January 2024 (UTC)