The secret archive of the Soviet intelligence officer-illegal

You are in front of you recently declassified archive of the legendary Soviet intelligence officer William Fisher, better known as Colonel Abel.

in 1957, as a result of betrayal, the outstanding Soviet intelligence officer Villam Genrichovich Fisher was captured by American counterintelligence and convicted of Long time period of imprisonment. During the arrest, he did not give genuine data, calling the name of his friend, the veteran of the special services of Rudolf Abel, who at that time was no longer alive. In 1962, the whole world learned about Colonel Abel, when his exchange for the pilot Harry Powers and two other spies, which was shot down over the USSR, occurred. Soon this story formed the basis of the film “The Dead Season”, and in 2015, director Stephen Spielberg filmed the plot, releasing the film “Spy Bridge”, marked by the Oscar. G. Fisher) their relatives from the American prison remained classified. The book, in addition to these letters, included the memories of his associates.