Go inside the Foreign Service and behind the scenes of U.S. Foreign Policy. | Foreign Policy Association

Martha Peterson was the first female CIA officer assigned to the Soviet Union, and she handled one of the most valuable soviet spies of the Cold War, codename Trigon. That is, until the KGB got wind of the operation. On episode 5 of Foreign Policy’s I Spy podcast, we take a deep dive into Peterson’s operation at the American Embassy in Moscow. The story begins with how the CIA first recruited Trigon, in Bogotá, Colombia. Listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts. https://buff.ly/2ScG4fi | F