Vladimir Kryuchkov diplomatic service, stationed in Hungary until 1959. He then worked for the Communist Party Central Committee for eight years, before joining the KGB in 1967 together with his patron Yuri Andropov. He was appointed head of the First Chief Directorate (FCD) in the summer of 1971 (upon the order of Andropov)(See Vladimir Kryuchkov, 1996) (the KGB Foreign Operations) and Deputy Chairman in 1978. In 1988, he was promoted to the rank of General of the Army and became KGB Chairman. In 1989–1990, he was a member of the Politburo. A political hard-liner, Kryuchkov was among the members of the Soviet
The KGB and Soviet Disinformation foreword by Roy Godson. A Spanish language edition was released in 1987 by Editorial Juventud. Seth Arenstein analyzed the book for "SAIS Review" and wrote that "Bittman's treatment of disinformation, particularly his meticulous research, makes "The KGB and Soviet Disinformation" fascinating reading". John C. Campbell reviewed the book for the journal "Foreign Affairs" and gave a mixed review, "Going well beyond the author's personal experience–he left Czechoslovakia in 1968–the book ranges over the entire field ... with many illustrative cases and items of interest, but also with a tendency to write the KGB's role as larger than life". "The KGB