Names on the list


When the counterintelligence officers made up their individual lists of their top five suspected moles, one name on a list was obviously Chinese. The name was Chin. A Chinese CIA officer? Then I remembered the case of the traitor Larry Chin. He was a Chinese national who was instructed by Chinese intelligence to try and work for the Americans back in the early forties. Chin was hired and began telling his countrymen everything he learned during World War 2. After the war, he was allowed to come to the US. Chin joined the newly created CIA and again gave everything he learned to Chinese intelligence officers. He told the Chinese America's war plans during the Korean War and Viet Nam War. Chin rose through the ranks at CIA and retired in 1985. He was never suspected of treason until fellow employees discovered he owned several expensive homes. Chin was questioned by the FBI and admitted what he did. He committed suicide in his jail cell.

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