40 years ago today, on Glienicke Bridge, there was a swap of 23 American agents held in Eastern Europe for Polish agent Marian Zacharski and another three Soviet agents arrested in the West.

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40 years ago today, on Glienicke Bridge, there was a swap of 23 American agents held in Eastern Europe for Polish agent Marian Zacharski and another three Soviet agents arrested in the West.

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Glienicke Bridge - Wikipedia

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The Wikipedia article says it happened on Wednesday, 12 June, but an archived The Chicago Tribune article as well as Deutschlandfunk (German) say it happened on Tuesday, 11 June.

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