Active reserve (KGB) officers with a military rank who worked undercover in the Soviet Union. "Trusted contacts" were high placed civilians who collaborated with the KGB without signing any official working agreements, such as directors of personnel departments at various institutions, academics, deans, or writers and actors. Informers were citizens secretly recruited by the KGB, sometimes using forceful recruitment methods, such as blackmail. The precise number of people from various categories remains unknown, but one of the estimates was 11 million "informers" in the Soviet Union, or one out of every eighteen adult citizens The active reserve was established by Yuri Andropov in
The Man Who Lost His Head (book) fair for a perfect head. He wins the cup and goes on the merry-go-round. He sees the wild animals and touches the tiger. The tiger roars at the man with a wooden head. The man sits down at the bench and has a plan for parts of the head. The boy goes to the man at the bench. The man goes home in his pajamas in his bed and adds hair for his own head. The Man Who Lost His Head (book) The Man Who Lost His Head is a children's picture book written by Claire Huchet Bishop and illustrated