"He was only 19 when he foiled an attempt by Nazi Germany to assassinate the Big Three allied leaders."
The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Vartanyan, legendary Soviet spy, dead
"The legendary Soviet spy, Gevork Vartanyan, who foiled Nazi Germany's plot to assassinate Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in Tehran in 1943, died"
He once said he spoke eight foreign languages and in five of them was “as fluent as in my native tongue,” but he would not name any of the languages because this would disclose “the geography of my undercover operations.” It was only several years ago that the Russian government revealed Mr.Vartanyan's role in the Tehran operation, but his lengthy track record remains classified.
He once said he spoke eight foreign languages and in five of them was “as fluent as in my native tongue,” but he would not name any of the languages because this would disclose “the geography of my undercover operations.” It was only several years ago that the Russian government revealed Mr.Vartanyan's role in the Tehran operation, but his lengthy track record remains classified.
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