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The Defector Who Broke NATO: How Martel Unmasked France's Leak

The Defector Who Broke NATO: How Martel Unmasked France's Leak

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The Defector Who Broke NATO: How Martel Unmasked France's Leak

A single defector returned from Moscow with NATO documents catalogued in Soviet files - and a claim that France’s military intelligence was structurally compromised. If a KGB major could produce NATO materials on demand and name a network that reached De Gaulle’s government, how deep did the betrayal run?

In this episode, we tell the account of Anatoliy Golitsyn, codenamed Martel, his debriefing in Washington, and the French delegation’s verification that forced leaders to bypass normal diplomatic channels - a story that posed the question: could the Western alliance have been reading its own mail alongside the Kremlin?

Person: Anatoliy Golitsyn (codename Martel)
Date: 15 December 1961 (defection)
Location: Helsinki (defection) and Washington (debriefing)
Case: NATO documents catalogued in KGB archives
Person: Jean-Louis de Rougemont

- Golitsyn defected on 15 December 1961 after visiting CIA station chief Frank Friberg in Helsinki.
- James Jesus Angleton took over Golitsyn’s handling at the CIA after David Murphy found him difficult.
- Golitsyn identified Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, and Guy Burgess as Soviet assets during his debriefing.
- President Kennedy handwrote a letter to Charles de Gaulle and sent it by private courier in early 1962 over concerns raised by Golitsyn.
- French director Jean-Louis de Rougemont spent three to four days in a Washington safe house testing Martel with mixed genuine and fabricated NATO documents.

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