The Mission

Ivan Kolev claws an opening under a barbed wire fence in a driving rain and escapes from Communist Bulgaria to Greece and into a Greek Army ambush.</p><p>Kolev’s freedom is short-lived. After weeks of interrogation the CIA recruits him to return to Bulgaria clandestinely on an espionage mission.</p><p>He trains physically for months in the rugged mountains of northern Greece shepherded by a tough Greek a former guerilla fighter. Then when proficient in the use of a pistol map compass and camera he is dispatched by the CIA to Bulgaria.</p><p>Enter the world of Cold War espionage as Kolev voluntarily surrenders to the Bulgarian Intelligence Service and agrees to become a double agent a decision that exposes him to violence and the risk of death and one that changes his life forever.</p><p><I>The Mission</I> also portrays the rarely told story of the reality of life in the CIA's clandestine service; the dangers its operations officers face and the impact on their personal lives.</p>