dott.Piergiorgio wrote:
William Black ha scritto:


Looking back over the years the USSR had a huge number of good spies,
both 'walk ins' and professional 'illegals'.

Their 'illegals' seem to have been very highly trained and difficult
to catch, and that's just the ones we (and others) caught...

mh.... what is the meaning of "illegals" here ?

Intelligence officers of one country inserted into another country using
false papers and expected to stay there for an extended period.

--
William Black

"Any number under six"

The answer given by Englishman Richard Peeke when asked by the Duke of
Medina Sidonia how many Spanish sword and buckler men he could beat
single handed with a quarterstaff.