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
KGB Prison, Potsdam KGB Prison, Potsdam The KGB Prison at "Leistikowstraße 1" in the German city of Potsdam was a detention centre run by the Soviet counter-intelligence organisation, SMERSH. The building was originally built in 1916–18 by the Evangelical Ecclesiastical Benevolent Society ("Evangelisch Kirchlichen Hilfsverein") or EKH. After the Potsdam Conference in August 1945 about 100 houses in the "Nauener Vorstadt" quarter, which bordered on the New Garden, were cordoned off and renamed as Military Camp No. 7 ("Militärstädtchen No.7"). In this area were located the command centre of the KGB for Germany, which was housed in the former boarding school attended by