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Aldrich Ames

The Soviet Union did not achieve victory over the West, so was my information inadequate to help them to victory, or did it play no particular role in their failure to achieve victory?

Aldrich Ames

Failure

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Aldrich Ames is questioning whether the information he provided to the Soviet Union was insufficient to secure their success against the West. He is also uncertain if his intelligence had any real impact on their inability to win.

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