[1] During his time in Britain, he also worked to create material for the Information Research Department (IRD), a secret branch of the UK Foreign Office which promoted anti-communist propaganda during the Cold War.

At first, in his own words, a 'young unquestioning fanatic', Tokaty was a Communist Party activist, and was re-elected to the Trade Union Committee and the Komsomol bureau multiple times.

[3] Tokaty became disillusioned with socialism later in his life, and joined an opposition group with the aim of removing Stalin from power.

This was to serve on the Soviet Control Commission working directly under Marshals Georgi Zhukov and Vasily Sokolovsky.

He was given a false identity and was protected by the British intelligence services during his debriefing, since there was strong evidence that Soviet agents were planning to assassinate him.

[6] He passed on Soviet military secrets to the British government and also assisted the Information Research Department in disseminating anti-Communist propaganda.