When Soviet leaders Allowed US intelligence To Eavesdrop On their Communication Lines- Operation Gold

In the Cold War era, US intelligence tapped into the USSR’s communication lines, but Soviet leaders didn’t care about it.

Karthick Nambi
Lessons from History
4 min readFeb 12, 2024

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It was the peak of the Cold War, and tensions between the USSR and the USA were at their…

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