Stalin’s Spy
Richard Sorge also known as Stalin’s Spy, was an extreme professional when it came to espionage. He was born on October 4th 1895 in Russia, his father was a German engineer. When his father took a leap in his career, they moved to Germany. Sorge was only a few years old. In 1914, Richard enlisted in the German army, and was wounded; he had shattered his legs which led to him having a lifelong limp. Four years later he earned his PhD and joined the German Communist Party. In 1924 he left Germany to return to Russia. There he joined the Communist International Party, working with other foreign parties. He soon began work as a Military Intelligence Officer that started his permanent career of espionage. Being an Intelligence Officer, he had access to secret information, which sparked his interest. This interest led him to China and Japan where he would have his biggest assignments.
In 1933 he returned back to Germany. Richard made an agreement with a newspaper publishing supervisor, that for his cover he would be a newspaper editor in Germany. His next assignment was in Tokyo and his mission was to reveal Japans intent toward the Soviet Union, by setting up a network. He arrived in Tokyo that September. While in Japan he joined the Nazi party as part of his cover. He then gained access to Diplomats. Two other agents from Moscow worked for him undercover and for a while, did most of Sorge’s dirty work. These two agents help set up a radio transmission that the Japanese authorities were unable to pick up on. The Japanese signal tower could not receive any information Sorge was sending across borders, where the transmission was coming from, or any indication of who was behind the whole thing.
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... a hero, while people in Japan looked at Richard as a traitor to several countries.
Japan was by far Sorge’s biggest and most dangerous assignment. He put himself, his lovers, and his agent in great danger. Richard was successful in many areas of espionage, he set up transmissions, networks, and intercepted information and presented it to Moscow. After his death he was titled “Hero”, “King of the Soviet Union.” “The Great One of Moscow.’ And many other decorative names were in his honor. Richard was in the field of espionage for most of his life and it served him many experiences.
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