Line X

For the proposed Line X in New York City, see Proposed expansion of the New York City Subway ยง Triboro RX. For the covering brand Line-X, see Polyurea.
Not to be confused with Linux.

Line X was a section of the KGB First Chief Directorate residency organization assigned to acquire Western technology for the Directorate of Scientific and Technical Intelligence (Directorate "T"). It is reported that by 1982, around 200 to 350 Line X agents were employed abroad. In the early 1980s, about 200 Line X agents were exposed or compromised as a consequence of the Farewell Dossier, collapsing the Line X operations in Europe.

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