Summary

Gordievsky and his family were quickly settling into life in Britain. At the office in London, there were only three people with higher clearance. The first was General Arkadi Vasilyevich Guk, a quintessential Russian man who refused to assimilate to English life, and was also the KGB rezident. He was not fond of the Soviet Ambassador, Viktor Popov, and tried to undermine him whenever possible. The second was Leonid Yefremovitch Nikitenko, Guk's righthand man and a deviously skilled counter-intelligence officer. And last was Igor Fyodorovich Titov, a man who saw Gordievsky as competition.

On July 4th, 1982, Gordievsky called the number that M16 gave him years earlier. Guscott answered, and proposed they meet at 3 p.m. the following day. Along with Price, the three of them met in the new safe house dedicated specifically for the operation. After pleasantries exchanged, Gordievsky...