In retaliation, the CIA assisted journalist John Barron in writing his book KGB: The Secret Work of Soviet Secret Agents, the appendix of which named 1,600 alleged KGB and GRU officers posted abroad under diplomatic cover.
In response, the CIA collaborated with journalist John Barron to write his book KGB: The Secret Work of Soviet Secret Agents, which included a section naming 1,600 alleged KGB and GRU agents operating abroad under diplomatic cover.