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English: Circa 1962. Minox camera film cassettes seized in Colonel Oleg Penkovskiy's desk in Moscow, USSR. (Russian matchbox illustrates scale). Penkovskiy provided the US and UK with valuable information about Soviet and Warsaw Pact military intentions. He was apprehended by the KGB in 1962, tried and found guilty of treason and espionage, and executed in 1963.

Photo from the booklet "CIA Analysis of the Warsaw Pact Forces: The Importance of Clandestine Reporting."

For more information, visit the CIA's Historical Collections page (www.cia.gov/library/publications/historical-collection-pu...).
Source 22 Minox Film
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Public domain This image is a work of a Central Intelligence Agency employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a Work of the United States Government, this image or media is in the public domain in the United States.

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by The Central Intelligence Agency at https://www.flickr.com/photos/59094030@N08/8114056268. It was reviewed on 26 October 2013 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the United States Government Work.

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