Richard Sorge: The Spy that the Soviet Union Chose to Forget Richard Sorge very well may have been the most important spy to the Soviets in World War II. Throughout the war he was able to consistently give the Soviets invaluable intelligence concerning the Japanese agenda for the Soviet Union. Without Sorge’s spy network’s innate capability of finding out what Japan’s plan was, the Soviet Union would have most likely fallen. Sorge was born in the Soviet Union in 1895. His mother was Russian, and his father was a German engineer. A few years after being born, Sorge’s family moved to Germany. At age 19 Richard enlisted in the German army. After being injured by shrapnel, Richard was being taken care of by a nurse and her father-a physician- both of who were Marxists. The two of them introduced Sorge to Marxism, which led him to study economics, political science, and Marxist ideology. Sorge never really thought off Germany as his home due to ideological differences. This played a huge role leading to his betrayal of Germany. Richard Sorge was a charming man, which gave him the capability of being a womanizer. Throughout his life Sorge had affairs with many women, who were easily charmed by his …show more content…
But the Soviets did not repay Sorge or his team. A person in Sorge’s network was caught by the Japanese police and later gave up all information about the spy network. Sorge was sentenced to death but was convinced the Soviet Union would find a way to get him back. When Japan reached out to the Soviets about a trade for Sorge’s life, the Soviets denied knowing who he was. Many suspect that the Soviets denied knowing Sorge to avoid the embarrassment of the world knowing the Soviets didn’t take advantage of the intelligence Sorge gave them pertaining to the imminent attack by Germany. Due to the Soviets denial, Sorge was later hung in
If a spy was caught, they were usually treated just like common criminals. The penalty for being a spy was most often death by a public hanging, although many spies begged to be shot to death, which was considered to be a more honorable way to go.
Despite all of the security used by the officials in charge of the “Manhattan Project,” soviet spies managed to leak information to the Soviet Union that allowed them to create a nuclear bomb of their own. Klaus Fuchs, an important scientist to the “Manhattan Project,” managed to move throughout the project and provide crucial information to the Soviets. David Greenglass also provi...
1985 became branded as the Year of the Spy by American press as a result of a string of high-profile espionage arrests. One of the most notorious cases from this time period is that of Aldrich Hazen Ames. In his thirty year employment with the Central Intelligence Agency’s Directorate of Operations, Ames compromised the second-largest number of CIA assets so far as is known; he was alleged to have disclosed virtually all of the CIA's active Soviet agents, many of whom were later executed or imprisoned. Ames received substantial payments for the information he provided- money that he had used years earlier to purchase a new Jaguar automobile and a $540,000 home, with cash, in Arlington. Apparently, these seemingly large expenditures by an employee making less than $70,000 a year had not raised questions at the CIA. For this research paper, I wanted to know how Aldrich Ames was so successful in engaging in espionage activities for almost a decade without attracting any attention whatsoever to himself, and also how this case in particular has transformed the counterintelligence practices of the United States Intelligence Community.
Aldrich Ames was one of the most notorious spys in United States history, single handily crippling the United States spy network in the Soviet Union, and compromising hundreds of Intelligence Operations around the world. Ames’ impact on the national security of the United States was devastating and the ramifications of his actions can still be felt today in the Intelligence Community. This paper will provide details into the background and the events surrounding Ames’ espionage and subsequent arrest for treason.
In the book, A Man For All Seasons by Robert Bolt there are a few people that can’t be trusted by Sir Thomas More, the main character in the book. Richard Rich is definitely one of those men who can’t be trusted and along with Thomas Cromwell the two destroy More’s life slowly but surely and to the point of death. In the end of the book More is executed for high treason and his family goes from being very well off to having to start over. So this book shows that through deceitfulness of two, one can fall.
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Lengel, Edward G. “Spymaster in Chief”. Military History, Jun/July 2009, Vol. 78. 26 Issue 2, p. 26-35. Langguth, A. J. & Co., Ltd. Patriots.
Richard becomes sympathetic in an evil sense when he divulges his plans to marry Warwick’s youngest daughter, Lady Anne. Richard tells the audience that, “the readiest way to make the wench amends is to become her husband and her father.” The irony behind Richards promise is that he’ll have her, “but [he] will not keep her long.” Manipulating Lady Anne at a time when she's most vulnerable conveys that Richard is a devious character. Richard employs compliments in an attempt to exploit Lady Anne's emotional state. Lady Anne's insults don't phase Richard in the slightest, in fact they feed his ego and enable him to take advantage of her. Richard is too cunning to just compliment someone due to generosity. He justifies his past actions by professing his love for Lady Anne. Richard declares that her beauty was the motive for his previous actions. He proclaims to Anne that her beauty is so overwhelming that he would “undertake the death of all the world, so [he] might live one hour in [her] sweet bosom.” Richards use of complex wordplay fulfills his lack of confidence that is caused from his deformities. He confesses that he only killed her husband so she could get a better one. Richard tells Lady Anne that her eyes have infected his with love. Richard is quick to react in order to manipulate. Lady Anne's emotional state does not change until Richard shows sympathy for his wrongdoings and
Although U.S.S.R and the U.S. were allies in the war, the suspicion and distrust was radiating from both sides. The Verona Project ...
From the outset of the play, it is obvious that Richard subscribes to the majority of the Machiavellian principles. Certainly, he is not ashamed or afraid to plot heinous murder, and he does so with an ever-present false front. "I do mistake my person all this while,"1 he muses, plotting Anne's death minutes after having won her hand. He will not even entertain the ideas in public, demanding they "Dive...down to [his] soul."2 He knows that he must be cunning and soulless to succeed in his tasks. Richard also knows it is essential to guard against the hatred of the populace, as Machiavelli warned.
Among the spies of the 20th century, Kim Philby was a master of his craft. “To betray, you must first belong,” Kim Philby once said. Philby betrayed his colleagues, his friends, his wives, and most of all his country. He did all this in the secret service of the Soviet Union. The effects of this master spy’s operations set the stage for post-World War II in Europe.
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For example, he treats some women with little respect. The novel states, “ And [Robert] related the story of Alcee Arobin and the consul’s wife; and another about the tenor of the French Opera, who received letters which should never have been written…” (20). This shows that Alcee has been with multiple women, and he has, from what can be inferred, written bad letters to them. He seems to have casted these women aside now and moved on showing little respect for them which was not what a man should have. Moreover, he moves in on married women. The novel states, “When he leaned forward and kissed [Edna], she clasped his head, holding his lips to hers” (84). Although Edna returned the kiss, it still does not excuse the fact that Alcee initiated the kiss on a known married women. Men during the time did not try to take what other men already had as the reader is shown when Robert says goodbye to Edna for the reason of her marriage to Leonce. Additionally, Alcee does what he wants to women. The novel states, “‘ I am, after I have said good night[,]’ [said Alcee.] ‘Good night,’ [Edna] murmured. He did not answer, except to continue to caress her. He did not say good night until she had become supple to his gentle, seductive entreaties” (94). Edna tries to tell Alcee to leave, although not in a very commanding way, but he refuses until he gets what he wants from her. Men at the time had more respect from
Most of all Nazi leaders were investigated and sentenced to death, and while most of them appealed his innocence few were lucky in court. The case of Kurt Gerstein despite the ending of the sentence, it was not possible to carry out because the accused committed suicide in his prison cell, but not before he made a detailed report on what he saw, what he lived and what he joined. With his report which is a mix of a testimony and confession, he left as a precedent numbers, places, details on the paper about crimes that humanity have never seen before.
...the trial, and those involved in the plot. The defendants were convicted, and most of them were executed at Berlin's prison.