Koskov's defection

torontobondfan

During the performance, Saunders is briefing 007 and explaining that a KGB sniper has been assigned to watch him and that Koskov has KGB minders. Would it have been standard for a high-ranking Soviet general to be accompanied by KGB agents or were they just bodyguards? We know that Pushkin was already suspicious of Koskov when he tells 007 that he was about to have him arrested, but would he have wanted to tip his hand to Koskov?

Silhouette Man

Perhaps Pushkin put the KGB minders on him to stop any funny business - whatever - it was a device to make the defection much more tense and interesting.

PPK 7.65mm

@SILHOUETTE MAN

I agree, no doubt to me that Pushkin had the two minders assigned to Koskov to keep an eye on him during the concert and to possibly prevent his escape.

Silhouette Man

PPK 7.65mm wrote:

@SILHOUETTE MAN

I agree, no doubt to me that Pushkin had the two minders assigned to Koskov to keep an eye on him during the concert and to possibly prevent his escape.

Yes, the evidence for this can be found later on in the film when Koskov tells James Bond that he was about to have General Koskov arrested for 'appropriation of state funds'. So this would seem to tally with our joint theory.