Anatoliy Mikhaylovich Golitsyn was a Soviet KGB defector and author. Born in Soviet Ukraine, he became a major in the KGB before defecting in 1961.
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Anatoliy Mikhaylovich Golitsyn was a Soviet KGB defector and author. Born in Soviet Ukraine, he became a major in the KGB before defecting in 1961. While most of Golitsyn's information was "tantalizingly imprecise", it nonetheless proved a "treasure trove" for Western intelligence agencies investigating KGB operations and infiltrations in the west. Golitsyn's information was particularly prized by CIA counterintelligence director James Angleton, with whom he formed a close, collaborative relationship.
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