Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]These guys make the CIA look like a Boy Scout Troop. So er no. Stalin never had to pull the trigger himself. Neither did his German counterpart. Regards, Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 6:25 pm Subject: Re: [Leica] RUSSIAN KGB leica?" > Uh...like maybe CIA? > > GREG LORENZO wrote: > > >Ted Grant writes in part: > > > > > > > > > >>Sunday at the Vancouver camera swap meet Peter Kline pointed out > the > >>"Russian Leica" I had to sell was engraved with NKGB and some > >>other Russian script. > >> > >> > > > >Hi Ted, > > > >It should be NKGB which is the acronym for the People's > Commissariat for State Security. Otherwise known as the Soviet > Secret Police with the responsibility for liquidating enemies of > the state. Think German Gestapo and possibly worse. > > > >Regards, > > > >Greg > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >