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Gives examples as to how the Russian revelation of Soviet intelligence documents is answering old questions--and raising new ones. Discerning which documents are believable; Countering charges that Mehmet Ali Agca was a Soviet agent; Assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II; Dmitri Antonovich Volkogonov tells secrets to James Hershberg; Allen Weinstein, American historian; Questions about Lee Harvey Oswald, James Angleton; Anatoly M. Golitsin revealed information about the CIA.

Focuses on the investigation of the espionage activities of Russian Igor Yakovlevich Melekh in the U.S., as of November 1967. Information about the city of Chicago wanted by Melekh; Overview of a U-2 reconnaissance incident in Russia; Role of espionage in the presidential campaign in the U.S.

Provides information on the Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti, better known as the KGB. Appointment of Yuri V. Andropov as the chairman of the Committee for State Security of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union; Possible reasons behind the dismissal of Vladimir Y. Semichastny as head of the KGB; Background on the size, responsibilities and methods of the KGB.

Reports on the seizure of the U.S. spy ship Pueblo by North Korean gun boats in Wonsan, North Korea. Views expressed by former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower regarding the spy activities; Billing of the seizure as one among series of cold war incidents between U.S. allies and Soviet allies; Reason behind acknowledging that the ship is an intelligence ship; Statement given by the U.S. Navy regarding operational control of the ship; Procedure of how information collected by the ship is passed to the U.S. intelligence departments; Difference of opinion between North Korea and the U.S. for distance limits under international waters law; Question about the issue of espionage regarding the U-2 flight over the Soviet Union.