[Swprograms] secrets of the KGB / vintage radio on display

["Eric Floden" <ericf@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

according to an item in the Travel section of the Globe on Saturday, a 
vintage SW receiver is on display at the KGB Museum in Moscow: 

Col. Ivanov expresses pride at a museum display of the gear Powers had with 
him when his U-2 plane was shot down in 1960, including an automatic pistol, 
a short-wave radio and a CIA-issued "suicide pin" inside a hollowed out 
silver dollar that Powers was later criticized for not using to avoid 
capture. 

It also notes: 

The museum has no sign or firm hours of operation, but visits can be 
arranged through a travel or tour operator with expertise in Russian 
itineraries. 

and this: 

Many of the displays dispel the myth of the superiority of Soviet 
technology. A lot of what was considered state-of-the-art in the Cold War is 
so laughably low-tech by today's standards that even Agent 86, the bumbling 
spy played by Don Adams in the 1970s TV series Get Smart, wouldn't be 
fooled. Would you believe they tried the old sword in a cane trick? And 
agents really hid in hollow logs. 

URL:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040814/SPY1 
4/TPTravel/TopStories 

ef
Vancouver 
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