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which was led by Yuri Andropov at the time
This is incorrect: Yuri Andropov did not lead the Soviet Politburo in February 1973. The Soviet leader then was Leonid Brezhnev; Andropov only became Soviet leader in November 1982.
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In February 1973, Yuri Andropov was the KGB chief, not the leader of the Soviet Union or of the Politburo. Britannica’s CPSU overview says Leonid Brezhnev succeeded Khrushchev and was general secretary until his death in 1982, while Britannica’s Andropov biography says Andropov was head of the KGB from 1967 to 1982 and became the country’s leader only from November 1982. A CIA historical document also notes that Andropov was made a candidate member of the Politburo when he took over the KGB and that full membership was his in 1973, which further undercuts the idea that he was already leading the Politburo on 2 February 1973.
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- Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) | History, Beliefs, Leaders, & Facts | Britannica
Leonid Brezhnev succeeded him and was general secretary until his death in 1982, being in turn succeeded by Yury Andropov.
- Yury Andropov | Biography & Facts | Britannica
Yury Andropov ... was the head of the Soviet Union’s KGB from 1967 to 1982 and his country’s leader as general secretary ... from November 1982 until his death.
- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/23 : CIA-RDP90-00552R000100170016-7
In the same year Andropov was named to the KGB leadership he became a candidate member of the Politburo; full membership was his in 1973.
Klaus Fuchs (GRU 1941) was the main agent of the Rosenberg spy ring.
Klaus Fuchs was a Soviet atomic spy, but not the main agent of the Rosenberg spy ring. Official histories describe the Rosenberg ring as separate from the network that handled Fuchs.
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This sentence conflates two related but distinct espionage networks. The FBI’s history of the Rosenberg case says Harry Gold acted as courier for Klaus Fuchs, but that the Rosenberg spy ring was a network independent of the one Gold was involved in. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Manhattan Project history likewise explains that Fuchs and Theodore Hall separately penetrated Los Alamos, while Julius and Ethel Rosenberg never worked for the Manhattan Project and operated their own ring through David Greenglass. So Fuchs was an important Soviet spy, but calling him "the main agent of the Rosenberg spy ring" is inaccurate.
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- Atom Spy Case/Rosenbergs — FBI
Harry Gold ... operated as a spy ... and courier transmitting atomic bomb specs from Klaus Fuchs to his Soviet handlers. ... the uncovering of the Rosenberg spy ring, a network independent of the one Gold was involved in.
- Manhattan Project: Espionage and the Manhattan Project, 1940-1945
The most famous "atomic spies," Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, never worked for the Manhattan Project... In 1950, the confession of Klaus Fuchs led the FBI to his handler, Harry Gold, who in turn led the FBI to David Greenglass.
29 May 1981 when after numerous escapes, Zia was assassinated in Chittagong.
The assassination date is off by one day. Ziaur Rahman was assassinated in Chittagong on May 30, 1981, not May 29, 1981.
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Standard reference works and contemporary reporting date President Ziaur Rahman’s assassination to 30 May 1981. Britannica gives his death date as May 30, 1981, Chittagong, Bangladesh, and a contemporaneous Washington Post report from May 30, 1981 says he was assassinated that day in a coup attempt. That contradicts the article’s statement that he was assassinated on 29 May 1981.
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- Ziaur Rahman | Biography, Assassination, & Facts | Britannica
Ziaur Rahman ... died May 30, 1981, Chittagong, Bangladesh ... Zia was assassinated during a coup attempt.
- Rebels Slay President of Bangladesh - The Washington Post
NEW DELHI, May 30, 1981 -- President Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh ... was assassinated early today in a coup attempt.