After WWII tensions between the East and West would intensify following US concerns over Soviet plans for expansion and global influence, along with Russia’s attitude towards the West, which had put a strain on any peaceful co-existence that the US may have envisioned. Similar to US concerns, Russian Kremlin Joseph Stalin had also viewed the Western world as a threat to the long term goals of communist Russia. The creation of government agencies such as the CIA, MI6, and the KGB had been formed with the purpose of through secrecy operate in other countries with the goal of infiltrating, influencing, or interfere with events that occurred for the purpose of seeing ideal results that best suit foreign interests. Through secrecy nations had engaged
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In an effort to minimize risk without compromising a nation, potentially facing serious repercussions in the act of being exposed, secret agencies had carried out almost any form of action believed to be effective in securing national interests. Anything that could not be done publicly by the Americans, Soviets, or British openly, however, could be done in secrecy through their spy divisions the CIA, MI6, and the KGB. Using just about any form of method believed to be effective it can be seen that during the Cold War to secure political, nuclear, and military interest, along with influence, superiority, and advantage the US, Russia, and Britain had engaged in all forms of spy and espionage attempts. Whether it meant interfering in political developments in other countries to secure political ideologies, assassinating political figures, funding spies to collect national and atomic secrets, or develop better Ariel superiority these efforts would be pursued seriously. It can be noted that events such as the murder of Patrice Lumumba, spy activities carried out by agents such as Klaus Fuchs or Kim Philby, and Soviet and American measures to secure and use their Ariel superiority were all government funded activities carried out by secret agencies to secure US, Soviet, and British interests. Furthermore, the high volume of spy activity by intelligence agencies carried out during the Cold War can be viewed today as both having contributed to the global anxiety which had existed during the Cold War, and influencing a number of the foreign and diplomatic policies, and relations that nations today have with one another.
In an effort to minimize risk without compromising a nation, potentially facing serious repercussions in the act of being exposed, secret agencies had carried out almost any form of action believed to be effective in securing national interests. Anything that could not be done publicly by the Americans, Soviets, or British openly, however, could be done in secrecy through their spy divisions the CIA, MI6, and the KGB. Using just about any form of method believed to be effective it can be seen that during the Cold War to secure political, nuclear, and military interest, along with influence, superiority, and advantage the US, Russia, and Britain had engaged in all forms of spy and espionage attempts. Whether it meant interfering in political developments in other countries to secure political ideologies, assassinating political figures, funding spies to collect national and atomic secrets, or develop better Ariel superiority these efforts would be pursued seriously. It can be noted that events such as the murder of Patrice Lumumba, spy activities carried out by agents such as Klaus Fuchs or Kim Philby, and Soviet and American measures to secure and use their Ariel superiority were all government funded activities carried out by secret agencies to secure US, Soviet, and British interests. Furthermore, the high volume of spy activity by intelligence agencies carried out during the Cold War can be viewed today as both having contributed to the global anxiety which had existed during the Cold War, and influencing a number of the foreign and diplomatic policies, and relations that nations today have with one another.