Aleksandr Mikhailovich Sakharovsky (Russian: Александр Михайлович Сахаровский; 3 September 1909 – 12 November 1983) was a Soviet General who was head of the First Chief Directorate (foreign intelligence) of the KGB[1] from 1955 to 1971. Sakharovsky oversaw the KGB foreign intelligence division during some of the key events of the Cold War, including the Hungarian uprising, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the height of the Vietnam War.
Highly respected by both KGB staff and allied services such as those of East Germany, Sakharovsky had experience himself in performing intelligence missions.[2]
^"Aleksandr Feklisov: Spy handler for the KGB". Independent.co.uk. 8 December 2007. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29.
^Markus Wolf, Anne McElvoy, Man Without a Face: The Autobiography of Communism's Greatest Spymaster, p. 209, 1997, Jonathan Cape Ltd
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