About this episode

A Kiwi working for the CIA describes his operation against Russian military intelligence during the Cold War.

A Kiwi working for CIA describes the operation he ran against Russian military intelligence at the height of the Cold War. Hosted, written and produced by Guyon Espiner from RNZ and John Daniell from Bird of Paradise Productions. You can also listen to The Service , from RNZ and Bird of Paradise Productions on the RNZ website. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

People in this episode

Hosts: Guyon Espiner, John Daniell

Topics covered

• Cold War
• CIA operations
• military intelligence
• New Zealand
• history
• espionage

Keywords

• CIA
• Cold War
• espionage
• military intelligence
• New Zealand
• Guyon Espiner
• John Daniell

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA, Russian military intelligence, RNZ, Bird of Paradise Productions

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