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Cold War: Secret Intelligence Service letter to Charles Powell ("HETMAN") [HETMAN told of MT's decision not to pursue further attempt to release his family] [declassified Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1647 f69
Editorial comments:

Other documents in this file show that HETMAN was the British codename for Oleg Gordievsky. Colio McColl became Director-General of the Secret Intelligence Service ('MI6') in 1989. Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: British relations with the Soviet Union, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Security services & intelligence