Generally speaking, espionage cannot be violent, and the behavior of spies must be low-key and restrained. After all, espionage acts are in all countries, catching each other's spies, openly sentencing, secretly eating and drinking well, and entertaining, at most three years in exchange, exchanging their own spies to return, this is already a tacit understanding and unwritten provision in the boundaries of various countries. But in the last century, the KGB and the Secret Intelligence Service had to deal with espionage cases as "homicides."
On June 17, 1983, Ulyanovsky, a police officer at the Moscow Police Station of the Moscow Police Station in moscow, had just arrived at the office when he heard the telephone ringing rapidly. I am a citizen Nikolaevich, this morning found a body in front of the foreigner's apartment on Lenin Street, it seems to have jumped off a building to commit suicide, you hurry up, the police said: Okay, we will arrive soon, have you notified the ambulance station? Notified. They said they would be there soon, but I don't think it's going to be used anymore, because the man is dead. As soon as the policeman Ulyanovsky heard that the death was a foreigner, did not dare to be sloppy, immediately rushed to the scene with his two colleagues, the original wide Lenin Street was already crowded, the headlights were shining, the crowd of onlookers came to the police, automatically gave way to a road, this is a male corpse, this person has a lot of wrinkles on his head, it seems that the age is not small, he has trauma on his head, but strangely there is not much blood next to the body, Ulyanovsky frowned, thinking that this is not like jumping from the upper floor, It's like being thrown upstairs after being beaten, and it's likely to be a homicide. Involving the murder of foreigners, Ulyanovki could not help but frown.
Before they could speak, the people from the Moscow ambulance station also came, followed by two plainclothes people, one of whom said to Ulyanovsky: This case, because it has nothing to do with you, let us handle it, please back, Ulyanovsky saw that the document in this person's hand was the KGB, he couldn't help but feel moved, he retreated to the side without speaking, the KGB did not conduct any on-site investigation, of course, there is no need to do the scene, it is impossible to collect evidence, so many people are here, Even the best scene was ruined. The people at the ambulance station carried the body to the ambulance and sped away, and the next day, the Moscow People's Supervisory Commission announced the results of the investigation: the deceased Dennis. Skinner, 54, chief representative of the Moscow office of the Bank of Milan, came to the Soviet Union in 1968. In 1973, he married Soviet citizen Lyudmila, and the two had a daughter. In 1973, he returned to Japan a year later again in the Soviet Union so far. Skinner himself committed suicide. The British Embassy in Moscow was informed of the conclusions.
The Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the British Embassy, Trafford, made an urgent appointment with the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union to protest the investigation conducted by the Soviet side without the consent of the British Embassy, and the results of its investigation were not signed by the Embassy, and the note pointed out that the British side would reserve the right to investigate Skinner on its own, but in the subsequent investigation, the British investigators encountered unprecedented resistance. And no relics of Skinner were found. However, the results of the autopsy on the British side are very different from those announced by the Soviet Union. Skinner suffered multiple injuries, so it should be confirmed that Skinner's death was not a suicide but another killing. The embassy again protested to the Soviet Foreign Ministry, but that night a top-secret telegram came from London. Skinner's body was transported back to England and disposed of by the British Bank, the embassy should not mention it again, and the cable said that the matter was over. The British Embassy in the Soviet Union felt inexplicable, and it was not clear what kind of medicine was sold in the London gourd, was it still a problem of espionage?
Let's go back to 1967, when Skinner was a senior employee of the British International Electronics Group, although he was only in his 30s that year, and he had not been in the company for a long time, only more than three years, but his work ability and diligent work style made his superiors quite favored, and one day, he was called to the general manager's office. There were two people in the office, and the bearded Skinner was not familiar with it, and the owner of the company, Thomson, smiled and said to Skinner: "The company is ready to open an office in Moscow, and given your excellent work performance and your slight understanding of Russian, the company is ready to send you to Moscow, you know, we need a capable person there to hold up the façade, do you have this confidence?" Of course, thank you to the boss is a trusting arrangement, I will try my best to do a good job, usually very playful Skinner, on this occasion can only say some polite words.
Don't be too busy promising, if you go to Moscow, your wife will not be able to accompany you, that is to say, for some time to come, you will not be able to get together. Not allowing him to take his wife, Skinner couldn't help but be stunned, he was only 37 years old this year. Far from the age of leaving a woman, let me, a young man, abandon his wife and son to work in a foreign country for a few years, this is really unreasonable, Skinner loves to scold, these guys are too damaged, to Moscow will not be me alone, I can always ask for a helper, I took my secretary Lucy with me is not very good? Although Skinner knew that his request was unreasonable, he had the audacity to ask his boss if he could get Lucy to Moscow.
The boss said with a heavy face: We sent you to Moscow to be the director of the office, not to let you take your lover to Moscow for sightseeing, and the work in the company is still inseparable from Lucy, in addition, before you accept this only work, you have to talk from this gentleman, by the way, he recommended you to take on this work, I will introduce you to you, this is Our State Secret Intelligence Agency Andrew. Mr. Wilson.
Skinner has a cloud of doubt in his heart, although he loves to watch 007, but he is an ordinary citizen, and they do not have any contact with them, how do they come to find themselves, hello, Wilson warmly greeted Skinner, I know you like James Bond, but the james bond of modern society has ceased to exist, you don't superstitiously believe that you TV James helped the sword and light sword shadow and the bond girl around you, they will not exist, I know, Skinner smiled bitterly, although being a spy is not as dangerous as before But there are many people who have died because of it. What can I do for you? I've never done anything to help you find spies and gather intelligence, I'm just a businessman, an ordinary person, no, we're not going to ask you to do these things, I assure you, everything you do is natural, maybe you don't have to help us in Moscow, but we ask you to promise one thing, if the Russians ask you to do something, you can tell us in advance, Skinner didn't learn from James Bond's heart where a stone fell, and agreed to the request of the Secret Intelligence Service.
Three days later, Skinner appeared in Moscow, the British International Computer Co., Ltd. officially opened its office in Moscow, and a secretary sent to him by the Soviets was a 24-year-old woman named Lyudmila, who was a tall and graceful woman with both the charm of a young girl and the beauty of a mature girl. Quiet and elegant. Lyudmila's job was to type, send and receive documents and answer the phone, and he did all these things in an orderly manner, and she knew English and Skina without any problems.
Over time, skinner and Lyudmila's relationship has undergone a qualitative change. Lyudmila's husband is an air force pilot, rare to get together several times a year, and for this marriage Lyudmila has always had deep regrets, although his husband loves her very much, she has no ill feelings for him, but she can never love, this marriage should be the product of power trading, Lyudmila's parents look at the door of the man's family, bent on letting women climb the branches, sacrificing the happiness of their daughters in exchange for their own future.
Now her husband is not around, and although Skinner, who has been dealing with him all day, is more than 30 years old, his humorous conversation, hearty laughter, and youthful vitality really make Lyudmi pull fans. In this way, the two of them rolled on a sheet as soon as they came and went. Under the sky, there is no impermeable wall, the matter still reached the ears of Lyudmila's husband, Lyudmila calmly asked for a divorce, this tall and responsive Russian little white face, after hearing that his wife put a green hat on him, first beat Lyudmila with great anger, and then pulled out a pistol, threatening to duel with Skinner, and finally crying and pleading bitterly, but Lyudmila remained indifferent.
At this time, Lyudmila's father-in-law, a soldier in a high position in the KGB, appeared, and he offered a quid pro quo, and if Lyudmila could persuade Skinner to cooperate with the KGB, he would agree to Lyudmila's divorce from his son, and Lyudmila certainly understood the connotations of cooperation with the KGB. Lyudmila said: No, no, I can't let him be your spy, I can't let him betray his country, I can't let him get involved in your dirty business, I can't harm him. Dirty, thanks to what you said, you stinky bitch, how clean are the things you do? You xx who sleeps with foreigners, I tell you, if you don't obey, I can kill Skinner right away, and I stick him to death like sticking to a bed bug, believe it or not? Lyudmila's husband threatened.
When Skinner went to work the next day, he noticed that Lyudmila was pale, her eyes were black, and she seemed to have been sleepless all night, and he asked with concern: Baby, what's wrong with you? Lyudmila first did not speak, and finally could not help but cry, they did not agree to divorce, but also said that you want to cooperate with them, otherwise kill you, hey, just such a little thing, it is worth your sleepless night, I thought you could not hold back the loneliness, go to find that little white face, Skinner laughed, and touched a certain part of her body, people can die, you see the mood to laugh, do you know what their cooperation means? They let you betray your country so that they could spy on them, and my father-in-law was a major general in the KGB. Working with them ends up being discredited.
I'm not a government official, all they want is computer material, this is still a small thing for me, the company called, doesn't it want me to open the market here, afraid of anything, you tell them, I meet with them first, as long as they agree to our marriage, no matter what conditions I agree, as long as I can do it. Lyudmila said worriedly: You said you really wanted them to meet, you were crazy, they were kgbs. It's okay, I'll handle it. A few days later, Skinner was invited by Lyudmila to meet her father-in-law, Mikhail. Alexei. Major General Ilovich.
Mr. Skinner, Ilovich said bluntly: You are willing to cooperate with us. Yes, I am willing to offer you everything within my power, Mr. Skinner, you have been in Moscow for a long time, and we have been watching you, Ilovich continued, you came to Moscow for a purpose, nonsense has no purpose, what am I doing in Moscow? What is the purpose? Did the British intelligence agencies send you here? Do you want to break into our organization?
I am a businessman, the company asked me to come to the Moscow office to make money for the enterprise, and I am not a state official, which is the purpose of my coming to Moscow. I'm not interested in politics, I hate James Bond-esque machinations, and besides, I don't know any secrets of our country, I just love Lyudmila. It is very good not to be a spy in the Secret Intelligence Bureau, our requirements for you are very simple, Mr. Skinner, what we need is that kind of high-power special storage computer, Mr. Ilovich, you have found the wrong person, you should go to the Americans, right, Skinner laughed slightly sarcastically: In terms of electronic technology, the Americans are in the leading position in the world, and our British International Electronics Group, although it has a thin name in the world, is still a big gap compared with the Americans.
Ilovich said angrily: I don't need you to teach me a lesson, if we can find americans, we don't need to find you, what can I help you?" Skinner asked sympathetically, can you order one for us, even if you get his design drawings, this, Skinner pondered with embarrassment: These high-tech products are banned from export to your communist countries by the Paris Coordinating Committee, and if they can't make a big scandal. It's a scandal to get out of your affair with Lyudmila, Ilovich twisted the TV, and the TV showed him and Lyudmila fighting in bed, and Skinner couldn't help but blush: As long as I can do it, I will do my best, well, we believe you, but you have to sign this form, you know this is the organizational formalities, I can't fill out this form, I can help you, but I can't join your organization, I just love Lyudmila, but at the moment I don't act as a so-called spy. Because Skinner strongly refused to sign, Ilovich had no choice but to agree.
A week later, Skinner appeared here again, he brought the high-power computer technology manual and R&D drawings that Ilovic needed, Ilovich was silent, handed him an envelope, Skinner took a look at the 2,000 pounds in it, he said with disdain: These pounds are British or Soviet, I don't know, but I tell you, I'm not for the money, for these few money to sell the company's interests, it's really not worth it, I want Lyudmila, I really love her, Ilovic blushed a little Embarrassed, he put away the envelope and said to Skinner: I just did what I was told, I hope we have a pleasant cooperation, you are really a lover.
Three days later, Lyudmila came to work, today her face is pink and full of spring breeze, Skinner said: Baby, what is wrong with you today, Lyudmila said: The above agreed that I am divorced, we can get married now. In December 1973, Skinner divorced his original wife and married Lyudmila. But what Lyudmila didn't know was that a month earlier, the British Secret Intelligence Service had awarded him a medal to keep doing so. Skinner continued to work in Moscow, and the KGB did not harass Skinner, but the more Schinner's business became more and more prosperous, and a large number of orders from Moscow were passed to England through Skinner's hands. Until March 1981. Moscow finally agreed to let Lyudmila take their children on a trip to England, and Skinner quickly formalized them, asking the mother and son to board the flight to London immediately, and secretly told them not to come back.
Just as Lyudmila flew away, Ilovich's superiors knew about you, and after hearing that he had made such a stupid decision, he was so angry that he gave him a punishment. Ilovich never dreamed that letting go of Lyudmila would cause so much trouble, so he threw all his anger on Skinner, and he demanded that Skinner immediately take their mother and daughter back, but Skinner flatly refused, and Ilovich said to Skinner: You are a wise man, you have done our job, it is not easy to get out now, you must now take Lyudmila and your children back to Moscow. Skinner was unmoved and said, "You have already harmed me, and I can't take care of my wife and children anymore."
But from then on, Skinner's life became more and more difficult, his every move was monitored by the KGB, the phone was tapped, he seemed to have a premonition of what was wrong, although he had promised the Intelligence Bureau in the past, but he had never contacted the Secret Intelligence Bureau's intelligence station in Moscow, and the Moscow Intelligence Station should not have known his heart, there must be something wrong in London, or the KGB knew my true identity, otherwise the KGB would not have treated me so strictly.
On June 14, 1983, Skinner dialed Lyudmila's home in London, which was the last time the two had spoken, and since Skinner knew that the KGB was listening to his phone, he did not dare to say anything on the phone, so he had to say a few words, and when Lyudmila hung up, Skinner said to him, Honey, I miss you. Skinner was effectively under house arrest by this time. Skinner, he was stuck in the apartment, he didn't dare to go downstairs, he looked down from the upper floor and always felt that someone was staring, saying that the guys were preparing to arrest him, without further ado, he wanted to contact the embassy, but he did not dare to call, he could not go to the embassy himself. Maybe only this building gave him a little sense of security, after all, this was a foreigner's apartment, and the KGB did not dare to be too arrogant. On the morning of June 15, Skinner immediately wrote a letter that the neighbors forwarded to the British Embassy, which was a secret code for the Secret Intelligence Service.
Two hours later, Burnett, who was in charge of security at the British Embassy, came to the apartment, and was no stranger to Skinner, and he was puzzled that the red-top businessman in Moscow was in trouble, Skinner was a businessman, how could anyone still have trouble with him? Immediately after the meeting, Skinner asked the embassy to escort him back to Britain, but Burnett refused his request. Bernett told Skinner that in the soonest week, on the morning of the 20th, I would send someone to send you back to London, I need to go today, sorry not today. Someone is going to kill me, sorry, I don't have the right to take you out of Moscow now without the ambassador's instructions, and Burnett coldly refused Skinner's request.
But on June 17, Skinner died on the streets of Moscow, after the incident, the British government and opposition public opinion was in a big uproar, the British Secret Intelligence Agency after investigation found that the British Secret Intelligence Agency Soviet Intelligence Director Betani was pulled into the water by the KGB in 1972, in June 1983 he reported to the KGB the true identity of Skinner and the news of his recent return to London, so it caused Skinner's death. On September 22, 1983, the Soviet Union announced that Burnett, first secretary of the British Embassy in Moscow, had engaged in activities inconsistent with his status, and was immediately deported and left the country within three days. On the same day, the British Foreign Office announced that Goouk, first secretary of the Soviet Embassy, had been expelled from the country for activities inconsistent with his status, and that this person was the head of the KGB intelligence station in London, and his expulsion had opened the way for Videtsky, a secret agent working for the Secret Intelligence Service, to take office and become the head of the KGB intelligence station.
But it is still a mystery about who Skinner died at, but one thing is certain that he killed him. And Lyudmila is also a KGB spy, and her alleged husband is also fake. But what the KGB did not expect was that Lyudmila really fell in love with Skinner, and Lyudmila "fled" to London, causing the KGB to lose control of Skinner. But this matter does not allow the KGB to kill people, some people analyze that Skinner has been launched by Lyudmila and become a double agent, so neither the KGB nor the Secret Intelligence Bureau wants him to live, so Skinner only "jumped off the building" to commit suicide. The only relief is that Skinner's wife and daughter are still living safely in England.
I am clear water, the watchman of history. Looking forward to your attention and comments.