Farewell Dossier

The public record identifies Farewell Dossier as a espionage matter associated with French DST, CIA during 1981–1982. Intelligence supplied by Soviet officer Vladimir Vetrov revealing a large KGB program for acquiring Western technology.

Vetrov provided France with documents identifying Soviet technology-collection networks and agents operating abroad.

The material was shared with allies and helped Western governments disrupt Soviet industrial espionage. Some dramatic later claims about deliberate sabotage remain debated and should be separated from the well-documented intelligence transfer.

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