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Happy Times,

quite interesting what you told about the history of Nokia, haven't actually heard of that. Although it is worth noting that the CIA also forced the Finns out of a potentially lucrative business of building deep sea diving equipment that the Soviets bought.

[Happy Times]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

Happy Times,

quite interesting what you told about the history of Nokia, haven't actually heard of that. Although it is worth noting that the CIA also forced the Finns out of a potentially lucrative business of building deep sea diving equipment that the Soviets bought.

Nokia had been producing commercial and military mobile radio communications technology since the 1960s. Since 1964 Nokia had developed VHF-radio simultaneously with Salora Oy, which later in 1971 also developed the ARP-phone. In 1979 the merger of these two companies resulted in the establishment of Mobira Oy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia#T...unications_era

The Finnish army intelligence had proved its worth in ww2 and the americans tought co-operation could benefit both. Some of the knowledge passed on to civilian business, same people worked in "signals test facility", universities and these companies.

[Bruno Lotse]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

I don't recognize those guys but I presume they were targets of Sudoplatov. Oh yea, one guy was killed with a bomb inside a box of chocolates.

You're right again

It's Yevhen Konovalets


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevhen_Konovalets

You see, they say sweets are bad to teeth.
Well, sometimes even worse could happen.
In Konovalets' case only a head and separated parts of body.


Those chocolates were delivered to Yevhen Konovalets by Sudoplatov himself.

Another guy left who really loved women.
Well, those women brought about his downfall.
He is in the strip.
Who is he?

I don't remember, it's been a while since I read the book. I know there were attempts against Tito but they didn't get him, he was too slippery for them. I remember reading that Tito was angered by the attempts of Stalin to kill him that he threatened to send his own guys against Stalin, and according to to Tito "he would only need to send one guy". He was a feisty fellow, that Tito.

[Bruno Lotse]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

I don't remember, it's been a while since I read the book. I know there were attempts against Tito but they didn't get him, he was too slippery for them. I remember reading that Tito was angered by the attempts of Stalin to kill him that he threatened to send his own guys against Stalin, and according to to Tito "he would only need to send one guy". He was a feisty fellow, that Tito.

Germans were trying to kill Stalin in WW2.
They prepared a hit group and even invented a small version of Panzerfaust to hit a car
in which they expected Stalin would arrive from his datcha to Kremlin. That contraption was supposed to be carried out under the coat and fired through a sleeve of a coat.
So they needed a coat according to ways the Russians would wear in Moscow with really wide sleeves. They ordered such a coat to one of tailors in Riga who ostensibly
knew the Moscow style. Unfortunately for Germans that tailor was in the network of NKVD agents. He made the order and informed his handlers. They were alerted and soon enough a guy and his partner (a lady) was captured still far away from Stalin.

OK. I will tell the other two guys in the quiz tomorrow.
Let's give other guys take their chances.
But you are good, indeed

So, one guy died because he loved lots of women. I have no problem with that.
Another guy died because of 'a heat attack' caused by a fountain pen.