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Filipp Ivanovich Golikov was a Soviet military commander. As chief of the GRU , he is best known for not taking seriously the abundant intelligence about Nazi Germany's plans for an invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, either because he did not believe them or because Joseph Stalin made it very clear he did not want to hear them. He was promoted to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1961. Wikipedia  

✵ 3. July 1900 – 29. July 1980
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Famous Filipp Golikov Quotes

“I admit I distorted intelligence to please Stalin because I feared him.”

Filipp Golikov

1965. Quoted in "What Stalin Knew: The Enigma of Barbarossa" - Page 249 - by David E. Murphy - History - 2005

“We still have many shortcomings and failures to fulfill the Party's demands, especially as regards the liquidation in some of our people of survivals of the accursed past in consciousness and conduct and the fulfillment of the demands of our Soviet ethics and military discipline.”

Filipp Golikov

Quoted in "Bulletin" - Page 9 - History - 1962

“There are also many instances where people hostile to the Soviet state are attempting by means of deceit and provocation to poison the minds of our citizens and compel them to believe in monstrous lies.”

Filipp Golikov

Quoted in "Behind the Iron Curtain" - by George Moorad - Soviet Union - 1946

“Golikov was a perfect choice. While he himself likely saw Stalin as a guardian angel, Stalin surely saw in him an individual on whom he could rely completely.”

Filipp Golikov

David E. Murphy

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