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Return of the KGB.(Column)

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| November 24, 2003 | Brown, Frank; Womack, Helen | COPYRIGHT 2003 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Three times in 1984, KGB provocateurs tried to entrap a young British exchange student at Russia's Voronezh State University. First they offered him the sexual services of a 12-year-old girl. No go. Knowing he was a military buff, they then tried seducing him with some nifty hardware. Again, no luck. Finally they offered a photo-taking trip to the local Air Force base. Bingo. They promptly arrested the young man and told him spying was a capital offense--a fate he could avoid by working with the KGB. He declined and, after the intervention of British diplomats, was quietly expelled from the Soviet Union.

At the time, Vladimir Kulakov was a midcareer KGB man ...

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