Beck, Melvin, 1913- Secret contenders : : the myth of cold war counterintelligence / [electronic resource] / by Melvin Beck ; introduction by Thomas Powers.. — New York, N.Y. : : Sheridan Square Publications,, c1984.. — xxv, 158 p., [4] p. of plates : : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Operations officer : the road to Havana -- Havana follow-up : I see Fidel -- Tracking the Soviets : the Latin American desk -- Our man in Havana : keeping an eye on the Soviets -- First operations : trailing Russians in Cuba -- Defector inducement : the ship captain operation -- Operation Ox : counterintelligence bungling -- Planting bugs : the search for the Soviet Embassy-to-be -- The reluctant student operation : an innocent abroad? -- Communications intelligence : the Cuban codebook -- Crashing Fidel's hideaway : our man in Havana disappears -- Back at headquarters : professional musings and misgivings -- Off to Mexico City : short tour -- Permanent move to Mexico : non-official cover -- A kooky business : agent in shock -- Double agent operations : gamesmanship with the KGB and the GRU -- Types of agents : routine at the Mexico City station -- Extracurricular operations : political actions and case officer as agent -- High-tech surveillance : The KGB colonel -- Conclusions.