Arkady Shevchenko

Diplomat, Deceased Person

1930 – 1998

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Who was Arkady Shevchenko?

Arkady Nikolayevich Shevchenko, a Soviet diplomat, was the highest-ranking Soviet official to defect to the West.

Shevchenko joined the diplomatic service of the Soviet Union as a young man and rose through the ranks of the Soviet Foreign Ministry, becoming advisor to Andrei Gromyko, Minister for Foreign Affairs. In 1973 he was appointed Under Secretary General of the United Nations. During his assignment at the UN headquarters in New York City Shevchenko began passing Soviet secrets to the CIA. In 1978 he cut his ties to the Soviet Union and defected to the United States.

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Born
Oct 11, 1930
Horlivka
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Died
Feb 28, 1998

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on July 23, 2013

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