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The KGB’s secret war on the west

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The KGB's Playbook for Disinformation and Deception

KGB agents were trained to deploy disinformation tactics in the West. They would plant a false story, usually in an obscure newspaper and then tip off mainstream media. A second thing they did was just fabricate documents about whatever it is. The KGB also employed female spies who were very professionally trained to honey trap gullible Western men.

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