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2005-09-17 Afghanistan/South Asia

KGB moles thorougly infiltrated Indian Government and Press

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Posted by john 2005-09-17 16:10|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "India was the only country outside the Soviet bloc to be most successfully penetrated by the KGB, right up to the office of the prime minister"

"Leonid Shebarshin, telling the story of how, in one instance, he paid a midnight visit to Delhi's corridors of power, "bringing two million rupees around as a gift from the Politburo to Congress (R)". "

"The KGB files, reproduced in 'The Mitrokhin Archive II', show that ten Indian newspapers as well as one press agency were on the Soviet payroll. In 1972, the KGB claimed to have planted more than 3,500 articles in Indian newspapers. "

Posted by john 2005-09-17 20:16|| 2005-09-17 20:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Meanwhile, "ally" Russia denies visas to two Indian businessmen - Anil Ambani and Anand Mahindra (of Reliance Industries and Mahindra and Mahindra).

Not any old businessmen mind you, both are billionaires (in US dollars not rupees), heading major industrial groups and are well connected politically.

Russia denied visa to Anil Ambani, Anand Mahindra

Posted by john 2005-09-17 20:25|| 2005-09-17 20:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Indira GandhiââVANOâ in KGB parlanceâfigures prominently. The KGB orchestrated her welcome to the Soviet Union in 1953: âAs well as keeping her under continuous surveillance, the Second Chief Directorate also surrounded her with handsome, attentive male admirers.â

Page 322 claims juicy details: âOn at least one occasion a secret gift of 2 million rupees from the Politburo to Congress (R) was personally delivered after midnight by the head of Line PR in New Delhi, Leonid Shebarshin. Another million rupees were given on the same occasion to a newspaper which supported Mrs Gandhi.â

âDuring 1975,â pages 328-9 say, âa total of 10.6 million rubles was spent on active measures in India designed to strengthen support for Mrs Gandhi and undermine her political opponents.â

In 1977, âfiles noted by Mitrokhin also identify by name 21 of the non-Communist politicians (four of them ministers) whose election campaigns were subsidised by the KGB.â

Posted by john 2005-09-17 20:43|| 2005-09-17 20:43|| Front Page Top

#4 You mean that that whole Non-Aligned Movement that India instigated in the 1970's was really Soviet front bought and paid for by the Kremlin? Boy, I'm really floored. Never figured that one out.

Posted by 11A5S 2005-09-17 21:23|| 2005-09-17 21:23|| Front Page Top

#5 "India was the only country outside the Soviet bloc to be most successfully penetrated by the KGB, right up to the office of the prime minister"

I guess they're counting Carter as merely incompetent, not an enemy agent.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-09-17 21:45|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-09-17 21:45|| Front Page Top

#6 According to Seymour Hersh, the Indian PM Moraji Desai (famous for his bizarre habit of drinking a glass of his own urine every morning) was a paid CIA informant for decades.

Posted by john 2005-09-17 22:02|| 2005-09-17 22:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Right, RC. It was China who bought a US President. Though I suppose Carter might have used the Galloway defense: he didn't need to be bribed to work against his country.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-09-17 22:38|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-09-17 22:38|| Front Page Top

#8 According to Seymour Hersh,

According to Noam Chomsky...

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-09-17 22:40|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-09-17 22:40|| Front Page Top

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