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... Golubkov was not only a very versatile spy ( a triple agent to be exact ) ; he was also an exceedingly ambitious little fellow . Why the vision of presiding over an organization that was but a sunset behind a cemetery happened to be so ...
... Golubkov was not only a very versatile spy ( a triple agent to be exact ) ; he was also an exceedingly ambitious little fellow . Why the vision of presiding over an organization that was but a sunset behind a cemetery happened to be so ...
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... Golubkov's candi- dacy ( purely theoretical , of course , for nobody expected the leader to die ) was very far down the list - not because his legendary gallantry was insufficiently appreciated by his fellow officers , but because he ...
... Golubkov's candi- dacy ( purely theoretical , of course , for nobody expected the leader to die ) was very far down the list - not because his legendary gallantry was insufficiently appreciated by his fellow officers , but because he ...
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... Golubkov , who is taking me there in his car . " We shall skip what General L. said and what General R. replied - but apparently they were slow thinkers and pro- ceeded to lose some more time in a muddled telephone talk with an ...
... Golubkov , who is taking me there in his car . " We shall skip what General L. said and what General R. replied - but apparently they were slow thinkers and pro- ceeded to lose some more time in a muddled telephone talk with an ...
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