The British MI6 and the American CIA found an ordinary British businessman, Greville Wayne, who came to Moscow to do business as a messenger and was responsible for delivering information.
Oleg Pankowski, chairman of a Soviet industrial committee, was planning to defect with his wife and daughter at next month's London trade fair. But being targeted by the KGB, the plan to go abroad was cancelled. Wayne had already been withdrawn by MI6. But in order to rescue Pankowski, he volunteered to go to Moscow to bring back the latest intelligence on the Cuban missile crisis.
In 1962, since the nuclear missiles deployed by the United States in Turkey were aimed at the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union also planned to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba aimed at the United States. A nuclear war is imminent.
And Khrushchev is a chaotic and impulsive idiot who is bent on finding opportunities for conflict with the United States. How scary it would be to have someone like that in charge of nuclear commands.
Although Pankowski was in a high position, he was against war. He hopes that through the information he provides, the world can be kept at peace.
It is precisely because of the information provided by Pankowski that American reconnaissance planes found the missile bases being built in Cuba. After various diplomatic good offices, the Soviet Union was forced to withdraw its missiles in Cuba, ultimately averting a nuclear crisis.
Nuclear war was avoided, but neither of them escaped arrest for espionage.
Pankowski was such a big official, but when he was arrested, he could not say goodbye to his wife and daughter with dignity.
In a totalitarian state, he must end up being shot like a dog.
Wayne was released in exchange for spies after two years in prison.
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