Arkady Shevchenko

Arkady Nikolayevich Shevchenko ({{lang-ru|??????? ?????????? ????????}} October 11, 1930 ? February 28, 1998), a Ukrainian born Soviet diplomat, was the highest-ranking Soviet official to defect to the West.

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Ukrainian - Soviet - Diplomat

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Shevchenko joined the diplomatic service of the Soviet Union as a young man and rose through the ranks of the Soviet Foreign Ministry, becoming advisor to Andrei Gromyko, Minister for Foreign Affairs. In 1973 he was appointed Under Secretary General of the United Nations. During his assignment at the UN headquarters in New York City Shevchenko began passing Soviet secrets to the CIA. In 1978 he cut his ties to the Soviet Union and defected to the United States.

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Andrei Gromyko - Under Secretary General - United Nations - New York City - CIA - Soviet Union - United States

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