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The end of "Operation Gold" (3 photos)
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In mid-April 1956 in Berlin, charged heavy rains. City lines of communication, including and especially important - GSVG connecting the headquarters with the Embassy of the USSR and the GDR government - apparently Podmokly and go haywire. The telephone throwing "makeshift" and shifted kilometers of cable.
However, in one case, the work of communicators was mysteriously lightened: near altglienicke district Treptow location of intended breakage pinpoint the "top". On the night of April 22, which lies at a depth of 47 centimeters below the bridge cable channel has been opened by the Soviet and GDR signalers, discovered in the predicted point of "extra" wires connected to cables laid and care down somewhere.
Soldiers took up shovels, and soon the world press was presented to the then equipped with the last word intelligence technology tunnel, leaving on a six-meter depth in the American sector of West Berlin. Former allies in the war, was charged with violation of international law, which is very difficult to deny.
German and foreign journalists visiting the detected connection cable channel after the evening held a press conference 04.23.1956. Photo: Peter-Heinz Jung, the German Federal Archives.
CIA and SIS a few years was considered "Operation Gold" to its great success. Suppose for laying and fitting the tunnel length of 450 m left a lot of money. Perhaps even more money spent on translation and analysis of the collected data. But still: the center of the processing of telephone calls, staffed by up to 317 people were treated 20 000 (twenty thousand) two-hour reels of magnetic tape containing the 368,000 Soviet overheard telephone conversations, each of which was recorded on paper. In addition, the center has received 13 500 two-hour reels with recordings of conversations of the Germans. These attitudes were not so scrupulous: processed "only" 5,500 reels, contained 75,000 calls, of which record on paper awarded 17 000.
According to Stakhanov worked telegraph information processing center. Here 350 people were treated daily (in terms of) more than a kilometer tickertape. They are fully processed and transferred to the paper contents of 18,000 six-hour reels Soviet telegrams partially encrypted, and 11 000 - German. Each of these reels can record up to 216 hours of telegraph transmissions.
A Soviet officer drew the attention of the press in the English-language inscriptions on the equipment installed in the tunnel. Photo: Peter-Heinz Jung, the German Federal Archives.
Work on deciphering the information gathered was conducted more than two years after the discovery of the tunnel, to September 30, 1958. Recce "exhaust" get rich: "upstairs" took 1750 reports, accompanied by 90 000 translated conversations and messages.
In conceived in 1953 for a total ease of operation were spent 6 to 7 million. Since more dollars; at current exchange rate is about 60 million. Sam tunnel in compliance with all precautionary measures dug from August 1954 to the end of February 1955 and before that in the right place at the border with East Berlin was built the building "radar installation».
Nevertheless, the end of the controversial "Operation Gold" a negative impact on the career of CIA Director Allen Dulles, and along with his brother John Foster Dulles, at that time Secretary of State.
But it was more flowers. In 1961, as a result of the processing of information transmitted by the Polish spy-traitor Michal Golenevskim (it turned out later, "Tsarevich Alexei," and was trying to find in the States, one of his sisters miraculously escaped, which greatly reduced his career at the new duty station) in the ranks of British intelligence MI- 6 was detected Soviet "mole" - George Blake.
And the action "Operation Gold" finally collapsed: George Blake in December 1953 was one of the representatives of British intelligence in the meeting held in London with the CIA, on which the decision to dig "the Berlin tunnel." Alas, but the top-secret operation was carried out from the outset under the unobtrusive but attentive control of the Soviet counterintelligence.
I think trying to understand, chto of materials collected was reliable information, deliberately "missed" our intelligence to the West, and that - "misinformation" More swallowed a lot of effort, time and money overseas "competent authorities».
According to the results of the investigation as early as May 1961, George Blake was sentenced to 42 years in prison, which is not much different from a life sentence. However, the October 22, 1966 by a group of friends, he escaped from prison Her Majesty HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, and after some time was in Moscow.
Today, the Russian Foreign Intelligence colonel, holder of the Order of Lenin, Red Banner, World War I level, "For personal courage" Friendship, honorary member of the KGB and the owner of the sign "For Service in intelligence» №1, ideological anti-fascists and communists George Blake celebrates 90 years
However, in one case, the work of communicators was mysteriously lightened: near altglienicke district Treptow location of intended breakage pinpoint the "top". On the night of April 22, which lies at a depth of 47 centimeters below the bridge cable channel has been opened by the Soviet and GDR signalers, discovered in the predicted point of "extra" wires connected to cables laid and care down somewhere.
Soldiers took up shovels, and soon the world press was presented to the then equipped with the last word intelligence technology tunnel, leaving on a six-meter depth in the American sector of West Berlin. Former allies in the war, was charged with violation of international law, which is very difficult to deny.
German and foreign journalists visiting the detected connection cable channel after the evening held a press conference 04.23.1956. Photo: Peter-Heinz Jung, the German Federal Archives.
CIA and SIS a few years was considered "Operation Gold" to its great success. Suppose for laying and fitting the tunnel length of 450 m left a lot of money. Perhaps even more money spent on translation and analysis of the collected data. But still: the center of the processing of telephone calls, staffed by up to 317 people were treated 20 000 (twenty thousand) two-hour reels of magnetic tape containing the 368,000 Soviet overheard telephone conversations, each of which was recorded on paper. In addition, the center has received 13 500 two-hour reels with recordings of conversations of the Germans. These attitudes were not so scrupulous: processed "only" 5,500 reels, contained 75,000 calls, of which record on paper awarded 17 000.
According to Stakhanov worked telegraph information processing center. Here 350 people were treated daily (in terms of) more than a kilometer tickertape. They are fully processed and transferred to the paper contents of 18,000 six-hour reels Soviet telegrams partially encrypted, and 11 000 - German. Each of these reels can record up to 216 hours of telegraph transmissions.
A Soviet officer drew the attention of the press in the English-language inscriptions on the equipment installed in the tunnel. Photo: Peter-Heinz Jung, the German Federal Archives.
Work on deciphering the information gathered was conducted more than two years after the discovery of the tunnel, to September 30, 1958. Recce "exhaust" get rich: "upstairs" took 1750 reports, accompanied by 90 000 translated conversations and messages.
In conceived in 1953 for a total ease of operation were spent 6 to 7 million. Since more dollars; at current exchange rate is about 60 million. Sam tunnel in compliance with all precautionary measures dug from August 1954 to the end of February 1955 and before that in the right place at the border with East Berlin was built the building "radar installation».
Nevertheless, the end of the controversial "Operation Gold" a negative impact on the career of CIA Director Allen Dulles, and along with his brother John Foster Dulles, at that time Secretary of State.
But it was more flowers. In 1961, as a result of the processing of information transmitted by the Polish spy-traitor Michal Golenevskim (it turned out later, "Tsarevich Alexei," and was trying to find in the States, one of his sisters miraculously escaped, which greatly reduced his career at the new duty station) in the ranks of British intelligence MI- 6 was detected Soviet "mole" - George Blake.
And the action "Operation Gold" finally collapsed: George Blake in December 1953 was one of the representatives of British intelligence in the meeting held in London with the CIA, on which the decision to dig "the Berlin tunnel." Alas, but the top-secret operation was carried out from the outset under the unobtrusive but attentive control of the Soviet counterintelligence.
I think trying to understand, chto of materials collected was reliable information, deliberately "missed" our intelligence to the West, and that - "misinformation" More swallowed a lot of effort, time and money overseas "competent authorities».
According to the results of the investigation as early as May 1961, George Blake was sentenced to 42 years in prison, which is not much different from a life sentence. However, the October 22, 1966 by a group of friends, he escaped from prison Her Majesty HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, and after some time was in Moscow.
Today, the Russian Foreign Intelligence colonel, holder of the Order of Lenin, Red Banner, World War I level, "For personal courage" Friendship, honorary member of the KGB and the owner of the sign "For Service in intelligence» №1, ideological anti-fascists and communists George Blake celebrates 90 years
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