Red Horizons

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„ CHRONICLES OF A COMMUNIST SPY CHIEF Red Horizons is destined to be one of the most discussed political books in years. Ion Mihai Pacepa, the former chief of the DIE (The Románián equivalent of the CIA or KGB) unmasks the ruthlessness and depravity of the Communist regime of Romania's President Nicolae Ceausescu and reveals that Ceausescu's role in international terrorism and intelligence gathering is greater than has ever been imagined. It is little wonder that Pacepa's defection to the United States (he is one of the highest ranking Soviet bloc officials ever to do so) resulted in the complete destruction of the DIE and massive personnel changes (and unexplained disappearances) in every sector of the Románián government. The information that Pacepa amassed is so sweeping that the CIA debriefed him on a full-time basis for three years. Red Horizons reveals that PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Libya's Colonel Gadhafi are among Ceausescu's closest allies and are regularly supplied with... Tovább

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„ CHRONICLES OF A COMMUNIST SPY CHIEF Red Horizons is destined to be one of the most discussed political books in years. Ion Mihai Pacepa, the former chief of the DIE (The Románián equivalent of the CIA or KGB) unmasks the ruthlessness and depravity of the Communist regime of Romania's President Nicolae Ceausescu and reveals that Ceausescu's role in international terrorism and intelligence gathering is greater than has ever been imagined. It is little wonder that Pacepa's defection to the United States (he is one of the highest ranking Soviet bloc officials ever to do so) resulted in the complete destruction of the DIE and massive personnel changes (and unexplained disappearances) in every sector of the Románián government. The information that Pacepa amassed is so sweeping that the CIA debriefed him on a full-time basis for three years. Red Horizons reveals that PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Libya's Colonel Gadhafi are among Ceausescu's closest allies and are regularly supplied with weapons, blank passports and intelligence information from Romania. Ceausescu regularly raises money for arms and for personal use by selling off Románián Jews to Israel and ethnic Germans to West Germany. Having played an integrál role in Ceausescu's meetings with world leaders, Pacepa recounts Ceausescu's chilly relationship with Leonid Brezhnev, brilliant manipulation of Jordan's King Hussein and maniacal contempt for Jimmy Carter. Pacepa alsó recalls his own meetings with Messrs. Arafat and Gadhafi and details his efforts in stopping an assassination attempt of Golda Meir that (continued on back flap) Vissza