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− | Gordon Barrass worked for MI6. In ''[[The Telegraph]]'''s obituary for [[Christopher Curwen]] stated that Barass was MI6's "principal Kremlinologist" and undertook an 80 day debriefing of [[Oleg Gordievsky]].<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10536155/Sir-Christopher-Curwen-obituary.html</ref> | + | Gordon Barrass worked for [[MI6]]. In ''[[The Telegraph]]'''s obituary for [[Christopher Curwen]] stated that Barass was MI6's "principal Kremlinologist" and undertook an 80 day debriefing of [[Oleg Gordievsky]].<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10536155/Sir-Christopher-Curwen-obituary.html</ref> |
==Publications== | ==Publications== |
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Born | 5 August 1940 |
Nationality | UK |
Parents | • James Barrass • Mary Barrass |
Spouse | • Alice Cecile Oberg • Kristen Clarke Lippincott |
Interests | • cold war • USSR • calligraphy |
UK spook and author who has written for the Guardian |
Gordon Stephen Barrass is a UK spook and author. He has written for the Guardian.
Career
Gordon Barrass worked for MI6. In The Telegraph's obituary for Christopher Curwen stated that Barass was MI6's "principal Kremlinologist" and undertook an 80 day debriefing of Oleg Gordievsky.[1]
Publications
- The Art of Calligraphy in Modern China (2002)
- The Great Cold War: A Journey Through the Hall of Mirrors (2009)[2]
- The Great Cold War: A Journey through the Hall of Mirrors (2010 Paper in the Journal of Cold War Studies[3]
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