Red Spies in the UN
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1965. Hardcover. 287, illus., index, boards slightly scuffed, small stain on spine. No dust jacket present. This book is about Soviet Spies Operating Under The Cloak Of Diplomatic Immunity-And The FBI's War Against Them-In Some Of The Most Ruthless Cases Of Espionage On Record. Pierre John Huss (1 May 1901–22 March 1966) was a journalist and author, best known as a war correspondent during World War II. He was part of an overseas reporting staff assembled by Edward R. Murrow in March 1938 for what was the first in what became the daily CBS World News Roundup broadcasts. He interviewed Adolf Hitler multiple times during the 1930s and 1940s, and wrote Heil! And Farewell: The Foe We Face in 1942, the same year he won a National Headliner Award. George Carpozi Jr. (November 25, 1920 – May 14, 2000) was an American journalist, biographer and non-fiction author. Carpozi worked as a journalist for more than fifty years. In 1953 he joined the New York Journal-American as a reporter, night city editor and chief assistant city editor. In 1965 he left to join the New York Post. Upon his retirement from the latter, he became News Department Editor on Rupert Murdoch's Star. Carpozi received 30 awards for journalistic excellence including the New York Press Club's Gold Typewriter Award for his part in bringing to justice George Metesky, New York's Mad Bomber. He also received 12 Hearst Newspapers writing awards. The Los Angeles Times said of him, "Carpozi is the archetypal police reporter, tough... knowledgeable about police procedure and courtroom strategy,..." This authentic and compelling book is the first to reveal the real stories behind the brilliant and dramatic work of the F. B. I. in tracking down agents who have stolen highly confidential files of F.B>I. reports on the Red conspiracy in the U.S.; gathered data and secrets of American military and seaport facilities; stolen top-secret information on missile and rocker launching sites and bases in the U.S>; plotted a master plan to blow up the nation's Eastern Seaboard; paid for a political candidates campaign for office to get a beachhead in American politics, and seized aerial photographs and maps of key military installations. Condition: good.
Keywords: Cold War, Spies, United Nations, Espionage, Valentin Gubitchev, Sperry Bombsight, Satellite Reconnaissance, Saboteurs, Fred Timsford, Judith Coplon, Joy Ann Balch, Robert Balch
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