Anatoliy Golitsyn

| birth_place = Pyriatyn, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | known = Soviet KGB defector | occupation = Author, KGB operative (formerly) | death_date = }} Anatoliy Mikhaylovich Golitsyn CBE (Russian: Анатолий Михайлович Голицын; 25 August 1926 – 29 December 2008) was a Soviet KGB defector and author of two books about the long-term deception strategy of the KGB leadership. He was born in Pyriatyn, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. He provided "a wide range of intelligence to the CIA on the operations of most of the 'Lines' (departments) at the Helsinki and other residencies, as well as KGB methods of recruiting and running agents." He became an American citizen by 1984. The military writer General Sir John Hackett and former CIA counter-intelligence director James Angleton identified Golitsyn as "the most valuable defector ever to reach the West". However, many of Golitsyn's claims were controversial, with MI5 historian Christopher Andrew describing him as an "unreliable conspiracy theorist". Provided by Wikipedia