About the book: 1973 / "The Second Round" is a story about the noble and difficult work of Soviet counterintelligence officers. Its authors based it on actual events that took place after the end of the Great Patriotic War and in our days. This book is about the secret war waged against the Soviet Union and socialist countries by American, British, Gehlen intelligence and the intelligence of the aggressive NATO bloc. The reader will find here examples of the international friendship of Soviet and German communists, their joint struggle against fascist criminals.