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Air force adolf tolkachev is shown here on vacation near the baltic sea in the early 1970s. Every meeting, whether between tolkachev or another of the spies featured in the book is supplemented by the exact right amount of background information. Jul 06, 2015 the title the billion dollar spy refers to the research and manufacturing costs saved by the united states as a result of mr. David hoffman, author of the billion dollar spy initially, the cia was suspicious of soviet aviation expert adolf tolkachev. A true story of cold war espionage and betrayal by david e hoffman americas most successful spy in moscow paid with his. A washington post notable book of the year it was the height of the cold war, and a dangerous time to be stationed in the soviet. The film s writer benjamin august last wrote remember and power down. The billion dollar spy quotes showing of 45 the one thing that proved to me you were cia and not kgb is when you gave me those medicines to test on my daughter. He provided a road map to the united states for compromising and defeating two critical soviet weapons systems. The title the billion dollar spy refers to the research and manufacturing costs saved by the united states as a result of mr. A look at the the billion dollar spy behindthescenes crew and production team. The billion dollar spy is the fascinating true story of adolf tolkachev, a soviet engineer who for personal reasons wanted to pass critical engineering secrets to the united states.
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