[0398-2222] THE MOLE IN THE GRU – Companion Dossier (PDF)

Description

On a freezing November morning in Moscow’s Sokolniki Park, KGB counterintelligence operatives recovered Exhibit K-8119: a hollowed, painted granite stone concealing a brass cylinder packed with high-grade microfilm. Inside lay technical schematics for Warsaw Pact tactical communications, intercepted NSA signals, and the operational names of decorated Soviet intelligence officers. The origin of the leak traced back to one of the most senior figures in the General Staff: Major General Dmitri Fedorovich Polyakov. Operating under the covers of BOURBON and TOPHAT, Polyakov spent a quarter-century dismantling the secrets of Soviet military intelligence from within. This companion dossier compiles forensic audit materials, declassified FBI surveillance logs from his diplomatic postings in New York, and reconstructed operational timelines spanning from his 1962 recruitment to his eventual betrayal. Designed for intelligence historians and operational analysts, this dossier presents primary-source documentation, technical surveillance blueprints, and detailed counterintelligence post-mortems that expose the tradecraft of the Cold War’s longest-running and most consequential military mole.