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The Moscow rules

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Cold War-era safety precautions for spies
For the Daniel Silva novel, seeMoscow Rules (novel).
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The Moscow rules arerules-of-thumb said to have been developed during theCold War to be used byspies and others working in Moscow.

The rules are associated with Moscow because the city developed a reputation as being a particularly harsh locale for clandestine operatives who were exposed. The list may never have existed as written.[citation needed]

The rules

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CIA officerTony Mendez wrote:

Although no one had written them down, they were the precepts we all understood for conducting operations in the most difficult of operating environments: the Soviet capital. By the time they got to Moscow, everyone knew these rules. They were dead simple and full of common sense.[1]

In theInternational Spy Museum inWashington, D.C., the Moscow Rules are given as:[2]

  • Assume nothing.
  • Never go against your gut.
  • Everyone is potentially under opposition control.
  • Do not look back; you are never completely alone.
  • Go with the flow, blend in.
  • Vary your pattern and stay within your cover.
  • Lull them into a sense of complacency.
  • Do not harass the opposition.
  • Pick the time and place for action.
  • Keep your options open.

References

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  1. ^Mendez, Antonio; Mendez, Jonna; Henderson, Bruce (2003).Spy Dust: Two Masters of Disguise Reveal the Tools and Operations that Helped Win the Cold War. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 36.ISBN 9780743434584.
  2. ^"Moscow Rules".The Spy Museum. Archived fromthe original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved8 July 2017.

Further reading

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  • Whidden. Glenn H.A Guidebook For Beginning Sweepers. Technical Services Agency
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