giovedì 10 settembre 2026

Midwinter break

Discreet, dependable and adaptable, she (Ian McCredie wife) expressed no qualms about marrying a spy and voiced no objection when he announced they would be moving to Africa for three years.

At a wives course she was told about the challenges in store as the other half of an MI6 officer. 

I went with the flow, she observed. We were joining a bit of a special club.

...As their departure date approached Galina's (Vladimir Kuzichkin wife) excitement mounted. 

"I was proud to be the wife of a Foreign Intelligence Service officer".

Here was the perfect KGB couple: in love with the Motherland and with each other.

Red Wood : The Untold story of the Cold War most extraordinary spy Ben Macintyre 



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