Arturo Castro

But they did know that he was a high ranking KGB officer. So they gave him their own nickname and codename. The spy community is going to be up in arms that I keep calling it a nickname. They called them Tickle. So now he is Tickle. Right, right, right. I love the idea of like a copywriter being like, what's a catchy one? You know, that that's their only, their only job is to pick code names.

But they did know that he was a high ranking KGB officer. So they gave him their own nickname and codename. The spy community is going to be up in arms that I keep calling it a nickname. They called them Tickle. So now he is Tickle. Right, right, right. I love the idea of like a copywriter being like, what's a catchy one? You know, that that's their only, their only job is to pick code names.

Tickle. Let's call him Tickle. Tickle's fun. Because that's what we feel. We feel tickled when we get this information.

Tickle. Let's call him Tickle. Tickle's fun. Because that's what we feel. We feel tickled when we get this information.

He makes us giggle. So once he was in London, he was able to spend hours talking with them, discussing the KGB methods, the identity of hidden agents, you know, just tons of secrets that MI6 had never understood before. Now, meanwhile, the rest of the KGB was focused on the idea of whether or not the United States and the rest of their European allies were going to start a nuclear war.

He makes us giggle. So once he was in London, he was able to spend hours talking with them, discussing the KGB methods, the identity of hidden agents, you know, just tons of secrets that MI6 had never understood before. Now, meanwhile, the rest of the KGB was focused on the idea of whether or not the United States and the rest of their European allies were going to start a nuclear war.

That's where it comes in. Boom. But one important thing is that the KGB spies were supposed to be tracking all sorts of weird things, right? Like looking for signs that the West was preparing for a sudden nuclear attack.

That's where it comes in. Boom. But one important thing is that the KGB spies were supposed to be tracking all sorts of weird things, right? Like looking for signs that the West was preparing for a sudden nuclear attack.

Arbitrary. I was going to say it just seems like so like.

Arbitrary. I was going to say it just seems like so like.

ineffable where people are like i don't know tell me how much how many burgers are they're stashing right because they wanted to know how many they did they wanted to know how many cows were getting killed at a slaughterhouse and the one that you're talking about is like they were monitoring how much blood was being stashed in blood banks which makes a little more sense but like cows i don't fucking know man

ineffable where people are like i don't know tell me how much how many burgers are they're stashing right because they wanted to know how many they did they wanted to know how many cows were getting killed at a slaughterhouse and the one that you're talking about is like they were monitoring how much blood was being stashed in blood banks which makes a little more sense but like cows i don't fucking know man

So our guy Oleg is caught in the middle of this, right? He was telling MI6 everything he knew about the KGB. And then he was telling the KGB whatever they wanted to hear about how many cookies were in the fucking shop or whatever it was, right? Right. So he knew that this put him in a really dangerous spot. And he was right to be worried, right?

So our guy Oleg is caught in the middle of this, right? He was telling MI6 everything he knew about the KGB. And then he was telling the KGB whatever they wanted to hear about how many cookies were in the fucking shop or whatever it was, right? Right. So he knew that this put him in a really dangerous spot. And he was right to be worried, right?

The KGB didn't know that someone was passing their secrets to the British because the British were sharing those secrets with the Americans and the Russians, which I did not know, had a spy in the CIA. Yeah. So fortunately for Oleg, the Brits weren't telling the CIA about Tickle's identity. That was in part because they enjoyed dangling secrets over the Americans.

The KGB didn't know that someone was passing their secrets to the British because the British were sharing those secrets with the Americans and the Russians, which I did not know, had a spy in the CIA. Yeah. So fortunately for Oleg, the Brits weren't telling the CIA about Tickle's identity. That was in part because they enjoyed dangling secrets over the Americans.

So that's really a win for being petty, you know? Sure. They're like, thank you. Thank you for being mad at your cousins. So the Russians were really on the hunt for their traitor. And if the KGB found out that it was Oleg, they were probably, this is what they do. They call him back to Russia to squeeze him for information before they finally did away with him, right?

So that's really a win for being petty, you know? Sure. They're like, thank you. Thank you for being mad at your cousins. So the Russians were really on the hunt for their traitor. And if the KGB found out that it was Oleg, they were probably, this is what they do. They call him back to Russia to squeeze him for information before they finally did away with him, right?

But now, if he needed an escape route back to England, he would need to get his wife and his two kids out as well. So together with the British spies, they cooked up this plan called Operation Pimlico, named for the Pimlico neighborhood in London. Are you ready for the super intelligence spy plan, Ed? Oh yeah, this is a good one. Okay, here we go. Very elaborate.

But now, if he needed an escape route back to England, he would need to get his wife and his two kids out as well. So together with the British spies, they cooked up this plan called Operation Pimlico, named for the Pimlico neighborhood in London. Are you ready for the super intelligence spy plan, Ed? Oh yeah, this is a good one. Okay, here we go. Very elaborate.