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Aldrich Ames

Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies.

Aldrich Ames

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Aldrich Ames is saying that people who work in the Foreign Ministry usually do not act as spies because they are more focused on official duties and less likely to take risks. He also points out that these officials rarely offer to work for Western intelligence, implying they are not interested in betraying their country.

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