Newswise — Their stories play out like spy novels. Their histories and missions include intensely secret directives. Now, Texas Tech is set to host a rare forum that will showcase the delicate system of intel ops that ruled the Cold War from every corner of the globe.
For one weekend in October, Texas Tech University will host both sides of the C.I.A./K.G.B. intelligence game and hear their stories of the Cold War and learn how it played out from inside their headquarters in the Kremlin; Alexandria, Virginia; the Eastern rim of Asia and beyond.
The conference, which will bring together former intelligence officials from around the world, will examine intelligence activities in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and elsewhere as they impacted the Vietnam War.
Attendees and presenters will include Oleg Danilovich Kalugin, a retired Major General in the Soviet K.G.B., and William Williams, formerly of the National Security Agency.
"There are tremendous lessons of history and diplomacy involved in a conference of this stature and breadth," Reckner said.
Inteligence experts will discuss and examine intelligence and counter-intelligence operations to include human, electronic, signals, and imagery intelligence, terrorism and counter-terrorism operations, infiltration operations into North Vietnam, the Viet Cong infrastructure, and psychological operations.
For more information on the conference, which runs from Friday, Oct. 20 through Saturday, Oct. 21, visit http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu, or contact the Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University at (806) 742-3742.
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