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Wednesday, March 03, 2010

In a Cold War coincidence, an American spy and a Russian spy were both given the same code name: "Platypus."


See also:
- The Cold War Museum

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1 Comments

  • Seems I heard somewhere, that the Americans code name was actually Platycake. His overseas contact was Bakersman.

    Kahne

    By Anonymous Kahne, at September 17, 2007 3:42 PM  

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