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====''[[Red Rabbit]]'' (1982)====
Ryan's first CIA assignment is in London as a member of a liaison group to the British [[Secret Intelligence Service]]. Initially called in to assess the Soviet government and economy, Ryan is later tasked to assist in the defection of [[KGB]] communications officer Oleg Zaitzev, who had discovered that his boss [[Yuri Andropov]] had ordered the assassination of [[Pope John Paul II]]. Although Ryan and a small team of British SIS agents helps Zaitzev and his family get to the West, they fail to prevent the attack on the Pope (which [[Attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II|happened in real life]]). Nevertheless, the pope is wounded and his would-be assassin captured, while the British execute his Bulgarian handler. Zaitzev's defection proves to be a major coup for both the American and British intelligence agencies.