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  • Serzh Sargsyan Sends A Letter Of Condolences On The Demise Of Gevorg

    SERZH SARGSYAN SENDS A LETTER OF CONDOLENCES ON THE DEMISE OF GEVORG VARTANIAN

    ARMENPRESS
    JANUARY 11, 2012
    YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, JANUARY 11, ARMENPRESS: On January 11, Armenian President
    Serzh Sargsyan sent a letter of condolences on the demise of
    distinguished intelligence agent of Armenian descent, hero of the
    Soviet Union Gevorg Vartanian. In the letter addressed to Gevorg
    Vartanian's spouse Gohar Vartanian, other members of his family,
    relatives and friends, the President mentioned that Mr. Vartanian
    was a man with great soul, a man, who devoted all his life to serving
    his Homeland, president's press service informed Armenpress.

    According to Serzh Sargsyan, Gevorg Vartanian has always kept contact
    with Armenia, supporting our country during the difficult years of war,
    promoting consolidation and strengthening of the Foreign Intelligence
    Service with his advices and support. The head of the republic said the
    name of the great patriot will be conveyed to the upcoming generations.

    Vartanian was born in Nor Nakhichevan (currently Rostov-on-Don). His
    father was a Soviet intelligence agent as well and was sent to Persia
    (presently Iran) on 1930, where he worked for 23 years under a cover
    of a wealthy merchant. Gevork Vartanian was not even 16 when he went
    into intelligence. In 1955, he graduated from the Institute of Foreign
    Languages, Yerevan. He is primarily responsible for thwarting Operation
    Long Jump, concocted by Adolf Hitler, headed by Ernst Kaltenbrunner,
    and led by Otto Skorzeny, which was an attempt to assassinate Stalin,
    Churchill, andRoosevelt at the Tehran conference in 1943.

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