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Naturally in the atmosphere of hostility and mistrust, espionage was seen as a vital tool of the Cold War by both sides. Initially at least, the Soviet Union enjoyed some crucial advantages. Given the conspiratorial background of the Bolsheviks, and their fears of foreign attack, they had lavished far more resources on foreign intelligence in the inter-war years than the west. Under the banners of international revolution and anti-Nazism, they had recruited a number of idealistic young men during the 1930s.
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Swift, J. (2003). Intelligence Gathering. In: The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Cold War. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230001183_34
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