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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]
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]