Pavel Sudoplatov was a member of the intelligence services of the Soviet Union who rose to the rank of lieutenant general. He was involved in several famous incidents of the early Cold War, including the assassination of Leon Trotsky, and the Soviet espionage program which obtained information about the atomic bomb from the Manhattan Project. His autobiography, "Special Tasks", made him well-known outside Russia, … Wikipedia
MOSCOW (AP) -- Pavel Sudoplatov, the Soviet spymaster who stole the secret of the atomic bomb and plotted the assassination of Leon Trotsky, has died in Moscow at age 89, newspapers reported Thursday. www.chron.com/content/chronicle/world/96/09/27/soviet.html
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