The report into the offer of intelligence by the KGB officer, Anatoli Galerkin, landed on the desk of the Director of Plans in early August of 1963. It was read, digested and the appropriate recommendations were made.
One of those on the distribution list was the DP"s assistant, Richard Higgins. There was a cover note attached to the file that said "MACAW – Thought this may interest you." MACAW was the codename for his ongoing, but so far sparse, investigation into the Warsaw Zoo shooting. The note was signed by the Deputy Division Chief of Soviet Ops, an old friend of Higgins" who he"d brought up through the ranks.
MACAW – Thought this may interest you."He had sat in his office, sipped at his morning coffee and skimmed through the papers. It was when he reached the fifth page that he st
