The Mail from Budapest (1993)

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Post by never-the-bride » Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 5:12 AM UTC

The Mail from Budapest (1993)
cia.gov

Re: The Mail from Budapest (1993)

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Post by smcl » Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 9:19 AM UTC

"His conduct was so circumspect that the rueful Czechs concluded that, unlike Ujszaszy, he had never been trained by the Hungarian intelligence service"

Sick burn on the Hungarians there

Re: The Mail from Budapest (1993)

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Post by sbmthakur » Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 9:20 AM UTC

That was a great read. Thanks for sharing.

Re: The Mail from Budapest (1993)

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Post by politelemon » Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 10:07 AM UTC

sbmthakur wrote: post #3

That was a great read. Thanks for sharing.

Thoroughly fascinating, is there more like this? I really like these 'short stories' with this level of detail.

Re: The Mail from Budapest (1993)

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Post by gambiting » Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 11:41 AM UTC

politelemon wrote: post #4

sbmthakur wrote: post #3

That was a great read. Thanks for sharing.

Thoroughly fascinating, is there more like this? I really like these 'short stories' with this level of detail.

In the same vein:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/entries/3662a707-0af9...

Re: The Mail from Budapest (1993)

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Post by Shengbo » Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 12:04 PM UTC

politelemon wrote: post #4

sbmthakur wrote: post #3

That was a great read. Thanks for sharing.

Thoroughly fascinating, is there more like this? I really like these 'short stories' with this level of detail.

Plenty of others in the same archive[1], but you pretty much have to sift through it manually to find something interesting.

[1] https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intellig...

Re: The Mail from Budapest (1993)

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Post by mmjaa » Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 2:12 PM UTC

This kind of worship of heinous warmongering is disturbing. Is HN really the audience for military-industrial agitprop designed to boost the CIA in the eyes of the general public?

It is, literally, one of the most evil organizations that was ever built.

Re: The Mail from Budapest (1993)

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Post by notkaiho » Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 2:34 PM UTC

mmjaa wrote: post #7

This kind of worship of heinous warmongering is disturbing. Is HN really the audience for military-industrial agitprop designed to boost the CIA in the eyes of the general public? It is, literally, one of the most evil organizations that was ever built.

It is, for better or for worse, a historical document that has informed government policy. Better out in the open.

Re: The Mail from Budapest (1993)

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Post by ablation » Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 2:44 PM UTC

mmjaa wrote: post #7

This kind of worship of heinous warmongering is disturbing. Is HN really the audience for military-industrial agitprop designed to boost the CIA in the eyes of the general public? It is, literally, one of the most evil organizations that was ever built.

It's still an interesting read.

Re: The Mail from Budapest (1993)

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Post by sbmthakur » Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 3:19 PM UTC

mmjaa wrote: post #7

This kind of worship of heinous warmongering is disturbing. Is HN really the audience for military-industrial agitprop designed to boost the CIA in the eyes of the general public? It is, literally, one of the most evil organizations that was ever built.

The story doesn't portray CIA in a positive light. It's more about Czechs, Hungarians and a spy adventure between them.