Burt Reynolds turned down the chance to play movie spy James Bond — but in real life, he played a secret role in foiling a Russian plot against the United States! The National ENQUIRER has exclusively learned a pal recruited the “Deliverance” hunk for an undercover mission at the height of the Cold War! Decades before Russia’s notorious cyberattacks on the 2016 election, a radical terrorist faction of the Soviet Army was developing a nuclear weapon to unleash against America. The weapon was being refined even as then-President Richard Nixon was involved in the historic Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) in 1972! Nixon’s delicate negotiations with Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev called for both nations to limit long-range ballistic missiles armed with nuclear weapons. Read on for details of Burt’s secret national service, and click here for more news of terror plots….
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The actor’s pal had become a military intelligence operative — whose identity has been withheld by The ENQUIRER due to the sensitive nature of his work. “I revealed the deadly intentions of the Soviet terrorists to Burt,” revealed the “Smokey and the Bandit” star’s buddy.
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“The terrorists were operating independently of the peace negotiations being conducted between Brezhnev and Nixon. We needed somebody to fund a commando mission to take out the nuclear plant where the weapon was being developed in the isolated town of Zelenograd, near Moscow.
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“The U.S. could not have any involvement in an anti-terrorist campaign in Russia while the peace talks were being carried on," the source explained, "but we needed to stop this plot before it got off the ground!”
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Burt was not only intrigued by the dilemma, according to his pal, he offered to help — by paying for the mission himself! “He knew we couldn’t use government money, because if it was traced back, the SALT talks would be derailed, and the peace process crushed,” the spook snitched.
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Patriotic Burt didn’t hesitate to help. “He handed over $100,000, and within 72 hours the bomb manufacturing plant was destroyed — thanks to Burt! They named the mission ‘Operation Deliverance’ in his honor,” said the source.
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The actor’s pal had become a military intelligence operative — whose identity has been withheld by The ENQUIRER due to the sensitive nature of his work. “I revealed the deadly intentions of the Soviet terrorists to Burt,” revealed the “Smokey and the Bandit” star’s buddy.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“The terrorists were operating independently of the peace negotiations being conducted between Brezhnev and Nixon. We needed somebody to fund a commando mission to take out the nuclear plant where the weapon was being developed in the isolated town of Zelenograd, near Moscow.
“The U.S. could not have any involvement in an anti-terrorist campaign in Russia while the peace talks were being carried on," the source explained, "but we needed to stop this plot before it got off the ground!”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Burt was not only intrigued by the dilemma, according to his pal, he offered to help — by paying for the mission himself! “He knew we couldn’t use government money, because if it was traced back, the SALT talks would be derailed, and the peace process crushed,” the spook snitched.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Patriotic Burt didn’t hesitate to help. “He handed over $100,000, and within 72 hours the bomb manufacturing plant was destroyed — thanks to Burt! They named the mission ‘Operation Deliverance’ in his honor,” said the source.
Photo credit: Getty Images
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