Chasing Rogue Nukes after the Fall of the Soviet Union (442)

Susan Miller continues the story of her CIA career, recalling a harrowing experience of the 1991 US embassy fire in Moscow, and the unexpected humanity displayed by a KGB officer who helped save lives during the crisis. Episode one is here coldwarconversations.com/episode441

In Poland, a KGB walk-in claims to have microfiche containing the names of every spy the KGB was running overseas.

And as CIA Chief in Vilnius, Susan is confronted by another KGB walk-in with a box of weapons-grade uranium

Listen to part one here coldwarconversations.com/episode441

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