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Does the film “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” accurately depict government funded espionage during the Cold War era (1970’s to be exact)? If not, what were secret espionage services like within governments such as the Soviet Union, United Kingdom and United States?

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Does the film “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” accurately depict government funded espionage during the Cold War era (1970’s to be exact)? If not, what were secret espionage services like within governments such as the Soviet Union, United Kingdom and United States?	386