True Spies Classic: The Nuclear Superhighway | CIA

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4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In this classic episode of True Spis, undercover CIA agent James Olson takes Vanessa Kirby on a nail-biting mission behind the Iron Curtain. In the late 1970s, James was tasked with tapping an underground communications line between Moscow and a top-secret nuclear weapons facility. Under constant surveillance from the KGB, he would need to use a combination of traditional spycraft and hi-tech gadgetry to intercept this priceless intel without risking a diplomatic catastrophe. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets and skills. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Gemma Newby. Produced by Joe Foley. Music by Nick Ryan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.0	Hello, true spies listeners. Welcome back.
0:38.3	You're joining us as we venture into the vaults to revisit some of your favorite episodes from our collection.
0:45.0	We hope you enjoy this classic True Spies rendezvous.
0:49.1	We think it's well worth catching up with.
0:52.6	This is True Spies, The Classics, from Spyscape Studios.
1:01.0	Incoming transmission.
1:03.4	Welcome.
1:05.3	Welcome.
1:06.3	Welcome to True Spies.
1:10.1	Week by week, mission by mission, you'll hear the true stories behind the world's greatest espionage operations.
1:20.1	You'll meet the people who navigate this secret world.
1:24.9	What do they know?
1:27.0	What are their skills? And what would you do in their position?
1:32.6	This is True Spies. We were briefed on this incredible space age project that was being contemplated.
1:42.2	It was to tap an underground cable in Moscow, an underground cable that we believed would have
1:50.4	extremely valuable intelligence information for us if we could succeed.
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