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cs FO. ee ee wae The KGB “ Undoubtedly ours is the best intelligence sere vice there has ever been. Some really tremendous triumphs. We have of course many advan- tapes. .-- We have @ tradition of foresight and patience jai down by that brilliant man Feliks Drerzinsky (who founded the Cheka, forerunner of the KGB). When 1 first started to work for the Soviet Union, for example, I ysed to meet my con- tact once & week for two whole : years when absolutely nothing happened at al. We were ‘ _ patiently waiting for an Oppor- 3 tunity.” ; . Africa. “ One. of the happiest ~ : _. days of my life was the fal! of Kwame Nkrumah—not that 1 have anything against the poor chap personally, but I think we matie some serious mistakes there. 1 was asked to write a papcr on the African situation generally soon after J arrived jn Moscow—one of my first jobs for the KGB here, as 2 matter of fact. J took a generally cautious line. By all means give these new African siates & reasonable amount of financial cite ee Re ee Ae ee involved... - Well, we did. Millions of roubles down the drain. I was sorry to see Nkrumah followed bythe people wno are in there now, but at anv rate ] was proved right. Our policy in Atrica now is watch, help but no deep involvements. Incidentally, the Chinese seem . { to have done even worse than \"s did.” é * ET eae —_——ae ee —_—— -—— . em et a et Kee . _ - a ™ : “"T “ = eo igh gummmmener ecm ce Ta \ | T dete meee