Oleg Kalugin, KGB Spymaster:Tribute and

Oleg Danilovich Kalugin (Russian: Олег Данилович Калугин) born 6 September 1934, is a former KGB general stripped of his rank and awards by a Russian Court decision in 2002. He was during a time head of KGB political operations in the United States and later a critic of the agency. After being convicted of spying for the West in absentia during a trial in Moscow, he remained in the US and was sworn in as a citizen on 4 August 2003. Written works: Spymaster: My Thirty-two Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West (1994) Ref: Wikipedia

Above: Inscription in his book by Oleg Kalugin, former KGB Spymaster, reads: To General Hendrik van den Berg with high respect and best wishes. We were adversaries in the past fighting each other in cold and hot wars across continents. Today we live in peace and work together for a better and safer World. Oleg D. Kalugin, September 13, 1995. Left: Oleg Kalugin today (Image: The Mirror) NONGQAI VOL 12 NO 2 FEBRUARY 2021 15

AD Elsdon

Die Lang Generaal deur AD Elsdon is ‘n opwindende boek—fiksie gebaseer op feite. Ongelukkig glo sommige mense nou die “feite” in hierdie boek. Ek het insae in genl. MCW Geldenhuys se persoonlike korrespondensie gehad—twee dames wat vir genl. Van den Bergh en genl. Geldenhuys gewerk het was nie vreeslik ingenome met die boek nie en het dit op skrif gestel. Ek self hou van die boek maar sien die gevaar want so ontstaan mites.

"This book, by Alan D Elsdon, tells of a reign of terror marked by several political murders in one man's zealous quest to combat communism. For many, General "Lang" Hendrik van den Bergh was the most feared man in the old South Africa.

He was the head of the Bureau for State Security, and The Tall Assassin tells of his dealings. The book draws on facts, reconstructing likely scenarios where details were not obtainable. Van den Bergh built a formidable intelligence network linking into MI5, the CIA, Mossad, and French and German intelligence agencies. According to this book, he may have been involved in the assassination of HF Verwoerd, the death of Nic Diederichs, Steve Biko's murder, as well as the murder of Anton Lubowski and Prof. Johan Heyns. Two of the most infamous murders in which this book implicates the general are those of Dr Robert Smit and his wife in 1977. This murder mystery has never been solved, but here a compelling explanation is offered for the meaning of the mysterious words "RAU TEM" painted on the Smits' kitchen wall. The Tall Assassin paints a terrifying picture of ideology driving a regime's agents into a moral free fall." (Fly cover - edited by FBV)