Cryptonym: AE
Definition:
Soviet Union sources, in particular defectors and agents.
Status:
Documented
Sources:
Cold Warrior, by Tom Mangold, p.166
from the book: The Soviet Division (which the CIA identified internally with the digraph "AE") assigned Nosenko the random code name "AEFOX- TROT."
Philip Agee, CIA Diary: Inside the Company, p. 48
AE = Soviet Union. USSR agents in place were given the digraph AE followed by a code name.
Contributors:
MFF