Guy Nespina

So I was working in cover, undeclared, targeting Soviet intelligence officers and that involved what we call, you know, belly to belly contact.

But the objective of someone doing what I was doing was to snuggle up to a KGB officer, if you like, get to know them.

You don't necessarily tap them on the shoulder and say, hey, come and work for CIA.

But slowly, they would start to realize that there was more to you.

And when it comes to the Philippines,

I was there in the lead up to the revolution.

Ironically, the first big Labang demonstration, which was a massive demonstration at the start of the revolution...

It was me that got the first information about it, because my agency contact, I said, hey, do you know about in a fortnight's time there's going to be a massive demonstration?

No.

I said, well, my understanding is it's going to be big.

I got that from the concierge at the hotel I stayed at, because I was at that hotel a lot, and I got quite friendly with her.

And we used to chat, and sometimes she'd have a cup of coffee with me around in the

in the breakfast room, and she was telling me about things that were changing.

But that was when Ninoy Aquino was assassinated.

And a week after he was assassinated, I came back into the country and got off at gate, whatever it was, right where he was shot.

And someone pointed out to me, oh, this is where they shot Aquino a couple of weeks ago.

It's not great.

Then the revolution brewed after I'd pretty much finished them, but it was really, really hot.

And I was somewhere in town where I shouldn't have been, driving, and I got stopped by the police.

And as I wound down the window, which would have been like that,