Anatoliy Golitsyn

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Anatoliy Mikhaylovich Golitsyn CBE (Russian: Anatolij Mihajlovich Golitsyn; born August 25, 1926) is a Soviet KGB defector and author of two books about the long-term deception strategy of the KGB leadership. He was born in Piryatin, Ukrainian SSR. He provided a wide range of intelligence to the CIA on the operations of most of the 'Lines' (departments) at the Helsinki and other residencies, as well as KGB methods of recruiting and running agents. He is an Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and, as late as 1984, was an American citizen.