This article is about the Soviet general. For the tennis player, see Dimitri Poliakov.
Dmitri Polyakov Дмитрий Поляков
Born
(1921-07-06)6 July 1921
Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died
15 March 1988(1988-03-15) (aged 66)
Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Cause of death
Execution by shooting
Nationality
Soviet
Education
Frunze Military Academy
Children
3 (1 predeceased)
Espionage activity
Country
Soviet Union
Allegiance
United States
Agency
Red Army GRU
Active
1941–1946 (Red Army) 1951–1980 (GRU)
Rank
Major General
Codename
BOURBON, ROAM, TOPHAT
Dmitri Fyodorovich Polyakov (Russian: Дмитрий Фёдорович Поляков; 6 July 1921 – 15 March 1988) was a Major General in the Soviet GRU during the Cold War. According to former high-level KGB officer Sergey Kondrashev, Polyakov acted as a KGB disinformation agent at the FBI's New York City field office when he was posted at United Nations headquarters in 1962.[1] Kondrashev's post-Cold War friend, former high-level CIA counterintelligence officer Tennent H. Bagley, says Polyakov "flipped" and started spying for the CIA when he was reposted to Rangoon, Moscow, and New Delhi. Polyakov was suddenly recalled to Moscow in 1980, arrested, tried, and finally executed in 1988.[2][3]
In the CIA, Polyakov was known by code names BOURBON and ROAM, while the FBI he was referred to as TOPHAT.
^Bagley 2013, pp. 214–222.
^Bagley 2007, pp. 170–174.
^Bagley, Tennent H. (2014). "Ghosts of the Spy Wars: A Personal Reminder to Interested Parties". International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. 28: 1–37. doi:10.1080/08850607.2014.962362.
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