Genrikh Averyanovich Borovik (russian: Ге́нрих Аверьянович Борови́к; born 16 November 1929,

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) is a

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n publicist, writer, playwright and filmmaker, the father of journalist Artyom Borovik. According to

Vasili Mitrokhin Vasili Nikitich Mitrokhin (russian: link=no, Васи́лий Ники́тич Митро́хин; March 3, 1922 – January 23, 2004) was a major and senior archivist for the Soviet Union's foreign intelligence service, the First Chief Di ...

, Borovik was a

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agent in the

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, one of whose successful projects was promotion of false John F. Kennedy assassination theories through writer Mark Lane.

and Christopher Andrew (2000). '' The Mitrokhin Archive: The KGB in Europe and the West''. Gardners Books. . In 1967, as senior APN correspondent in the US, Borovik was reported to have "sounded out the possibility of broadcasting a program about Vietnam on the network of one of the largest American television corporations". He also wrote a book about famous Soviet spy

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.Genrikh Borovik (Author), Phillip Knightley (Editor). ''The Philby Files: The Secret Life of Master Spy Kim Philby'' Borovik was the fourth and the last chairman of the

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, in the years 1987–1991.

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