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доверенное лицо (our citizen who, at the request of our intelligence or counter-intelligence agencies, tells the agencies about persons and events in which they are interested and also carries out specific assignments for them, helping the intelligence or counter-intelligence agences when specific facts and individuals are being checked. The nature of the relations between an operational officer and the cooptee, and of the counter-intelligence assignments which the cooptee carries out, are kept secret. Alex_Odeychuk) |
