“The Story of the Hagelin Cryptos could never have been written if Russia after the revolution had become a democratic republic. The expected defeat of the Bolshevik minority and the return of a moderate government would have caused me to remain an employee of the Nobel Brothers Oil Production Company, and there would have been no CRYPTO-AG.”
Boris Hagelin — The Story of Hagelin Cryptos (1981)
“Om jag berättade vad jag gjort i livet, vilket jag inte kan – skulle du tycka att jag var århundradets spion!”
[“If I could tell you what I did in my life — which I cannot — you would think that I am the greatest spy of the century.”]
Boris Hagelin — Private discussion with (brother-in-law) Sixten Svensson
Sixten Svensson is a retired Swedish journalist and the brother-in-law of the late Boris Hagelin. Sixten has been my primary source of information on Boris Hagelin and Crypto AG over the last 15 years. His book — The Boris Project — is a magnificent piece of research.
March 27 2020 — If you read his Wikipedia page, Boris Hagelin appears to have been a rather ordinary businessman who established a very successful company in Switzerland. But appearances can be deceptive. Boris Hagelin was one of the greatest US spies of the 20th century. Bits of his extraordinary life have begun to emerge recently but much is still classified. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
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