Article: The man who "started" the cold war: when World War II ended, the Soviet Union was one of the "allies"--but Igor Gouzenko knew better. He defected and exposed the Soviet spies secretly waging war on the West. (History--Struggle For Freedom).

The young Red Army lieutenant's heart was pounding furiously and his mind was racing. He had just taken the most momentous step of his life, and he knew he was making a dangerous gamble. He had not realized, however, just how dangerous, nor could he have anticipated that he would run into such resistance from those he was trying to help. He wanted to defect and expose a dangerous espionage network of which he was a key component. He was carrying top-secret documents that would turn into his death warrant once his colleagues discovered them missing. And it was only a matter of time before that discovery would occur. Possibly minutes, hopefully hours.

It was the ...

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