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1 i : \ \ The KGB: ‘ours is the best intelligence ser vice there has ever been, Some Teally tremendous triumphs. We have of course many adval .. We have 2 tradition ‘of foresight and patience Jail down by that Feliks Dzerzinsky (who founded “ Undoubtedly brilliant man the Cheka, forerunner of the KGB). When { first started to Fork for the Soviet Union, for example, ] used to meet my con- tact once & x for two whole years when absolutely nothing: happened at al. fe were patiently waiting for an oppor: tunity.” Africa. “ One days, of my life was the fat of the happiest of Kwame ‘Nkrumah—not that Sf igre. anything against the poor chap personally, but think we made mistakes there. TL was asked Ui on the African situation mencrally soon efter J arrived jn Moscow—one some serious o write a paper ‘of my first jobs for the KGB here, as a matter of fact. J took @ generally cautious line. By all means give these new African states & reasonable amount of financial aid on real projects. But sg warned, dont get deeply involved... Well, we did. Millions: of roubles down the was sorry to sce drain. Nkrumah followed ty"the people wno ate in there now, but_at anv rate I was proved right. Our policy in Africa help but no deep involvements. jncidentally, the to have done even worse ‘than we did.” now is watch, Chinese seem