Polyakov Dmitry Fedorovich - the legendary intelligence officer of the GRU of the Soviet Union. He went from an artilleryman to an experienced staff officer. At the age of 65, being retired, he was arrested and sentenced to death for twenty-five years of cooperation with the US government.
Career start
Not much is known about this man's childhood. He is a native of Ukraine. His father was an accountant. After graduating from school, Dmitry Polyakov entered the First Artillery School. In 1941 he went to the front. He served as a platoon commander on the Western and Karelian fronts, during the two years of the war he became a battery commander. In 1943 he received the rank of artillery intelligence officer. For successful military operations and excellent service, he was awarded a large number of medals and orders. In 1945, he decided to enter the intelligence faculty of the Frunze Academy. Then he graduated from the General Staff Courses and was enlisted in the GRU staff.
Working in the USA
Almost immediately after completing the training and compiling the necessary legend, Dmitry Polyakov was sent to New York as an employee of the Soviet UN mission. True itoccupation was the cover and placement of illegal immigrants (agents) of the GRU in the United States. The first mission of the resident was successful, and already in 1959 he was again sent to the United States as an employee of the UN military headquarters. In the second mission, military intelligence assigned Polyakov the duties of a deputy resident. The Soviet agent did his job perfectly, clearly followed the instructions, obtained the required data, coordinated his intelligence agent.
In November 1961, Dmitry Polyakov continued to work in the New York agency of the GRU. At this time, the flu was raging in the States. His youngest son caught the virus, the disease gave a heart complication. An expensive operation was required to save the child. An experienced staff officer asked the leadership for financial assistance, he was denied money, and the child died.
Cooperation with the FBI and CIA
After interrogation of witnesses, American colleagues of the spy and his inner circle, it became clear that Polyakov came to betrayal deliberately. After the debunking of the cult of Stalin and the beginning of the "Khrushchev" thaw, the intelligence officer became disillusioned with the new leadership, believed that Stalin's ideals, those for which he fought on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, were completely lost. The Moscow elite is mired in corruption and political games. Polyakov Dmitry felt that he had lost faith in the political orientation of his country and its leaders. The death of his son was the catalyst that accelerated events. An embittered and defeated Soviet agent contacted a high-ranking American officer andoffered his services.
The leadership of the FBI took the betrayal of such an experienced intelligence officer from the USSR as a gift of fate, and did not lose. Polyakov Dmitry has established contact with an FBI recruiter who establishes contacts with traitors from the GRU and the KGB. The Soviet agent received the pseudonym Tophat.
In 1962, the head of the CIA turned to President Kennedy with a request to transfer his most valuable "mole" at the disposal of his department. Polyakov began working for the CIA and received the call sign Bourbon. The Central Administration considered him their "diamond".
In almost 25 years of cooperation with foreign intelligence agencies, the Soviet traitor managed to send 25 boxes of documents and photo reports to the United States. This number was counted by the American "colleagues" of the spy after his exposure. Dmitry Polyakov caused hundreds of millions of dollars of damage to his country. He passed on information regarding the development of secret weapons in the Union, thanks to him Reagan began to more closely control the sale of his military technologies, which the USSR bought and improved. On his tip, 19 Soviet residents, 7 contractors and more than 1,500 ordinary GRU staff officers who worked abroad were destroyed.
During the years of service, Polyakov managed to work in the USA, Burma, India and Moscow. Since 1961, he has been constantly collaborating with the CIA and the FBI. Having retired, the traitor did not stop his activities: he worked as a secretary of the party committee, had access to the personal files of illegal immigrants in the United States and willingly "shared" this information.information.
Exposure
In 1974, a Soviet intelligence officer was promoted. Since that time, General Polyakov Dmitry Fedorovich had full access to secret materials, diplomatic relations, developments and plans of his government.
Surprisingly, the first suspicions of Polyakov fell back in 1978, but his crystal clear reputation, excellent track record and patron in the person of General Izotov played their role - they did not conduct investigations. The experienced Bourbon sank for a long time, but, finally settling in Moscow, again declared to his Western colleagues that he was ready to cooperate.
In 1985, Polyakov Dmitry was discovered by the American "mole" Aldridge Ames. The entire military intelligence of the Union was in a state of shock: such a high-ranking spy had not yet been exposed. In 1986, a talented resident was arrested and sentenced to confiscation of property, deprivation of rank and execution. In 1988, the sentence was carried out.
