Death of a Defector: Ion Mihai Pacepa, RIP
A leading Cold War defector leaves the stage. Fri Feb 26, 2021 This article originally appeared in Spectator.org. On February 14, 2021, the world quietly lost one of the most intriguing, enduring figures of the Cold War. He was Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest-ranking Soviet Bloc official ever to defect to the United States. Throughout the 1970s, Pacepa had been arguably the top official in communist Romania, behind only the insane and vicious dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu. He served Ceaușescu in numerous capacities, including as intelligence chief and liaison between th...
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