An often overlooked aspect of the Cold War was the extent of
diplomatic espionage that went on in the countries behind the Iron
Curtain. Every Western Diplomat stationed in Soviet-bloc countries
was targeted as a spy by the security apparatus in the respective
countries. With the opening of archives in Eastern Europe, the
extent of this diplomatic espionage can be revealed for the first
time. Ernest H. Latham, Jr. was a career foreign service officer
who served the United States in various posts around the world.
From 1983 to 1987, he served as cultural attache at the American
Embassy in Bucharest. During his time in Romania, Dr. Latham was
targeted as a spy by the brutal Communist dictatorship of Nicolae
Ceausescu and subjected to constant surveillance by the dreaded
Securitate, Ceausescu's secret police. This book is a collection of
the surveillance reports that Dr. Latham was able to obtain from
the Romanian archives following the collapse of the Communist
regime. They reveal the extent of the surveillance to which Western
diplomats were subjected and, more importantly, they reveal a great
deal about the system and society that produced these materials.
With an introduction by Ernest Latham, this book should be
essential reading for students of the Cold War and for anyone
interested in the mindset and functioning of totalitarian regimes
in general.
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