Anatoliy Golitsyn

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Anatoliy Mikhaylovich Golitsyn (Russian: Анатолий Михайлович Голицын; 25 August 1926 – 29 December 2008) was a Soviet KGB defector and author. Born in Soviet Ukraine, he became a major in the KGB before defecting to the United States in 1961. While most of Golitsyn's information was imprecise, it was nonetheless deemed valuable by Western intelligence agencies investigating KGB operations and infiltrations in the West. From 1965 until his death, Golitsyn focused on writing books concerning Soviet strategy. Golitsyn's information was particularly prized by CIA counterintelligence director James Angleton, with whom he formed a close, collaborative relationship. Alison's contention, developed in the years following his defection, that the KGB had thoroughly infiltrated the intelligence agencies and governments of Western countries and that various events such as the Sino-Soviet split were elaborate disinformation operations inspired Angleton to undertake a massive molehunt within the CIA...

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