What was British spy Greville Wynne supposed to be selling?
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Greville Wynne was an electrical engineer. His businesses, which became his cover, sold electrical equipment.
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In his book Man from Odessa there is a photo of his sales trailer. One of the companies was Marshall Richards from Crook, County Durham, England. My father and grandfather worked for this company and mentioned when Wynne visited at the beginning of the 60's when my father was an apprentice.
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