HOWARD KAPLAN, a native of Los Angeles, has lived in Israel and traveled extensively through Lebanon, Syria and Egypt. At the age of 21, he was sent on a mission into the Soviet Union to smuggle a dissident's manuscript on microfilm to London. His first trip was a success. On his second trip, he transferred a manuscript to the Dutch Ambassador inside his Moscow embassy. A week later, he was arrested in Khartiv in the Ukraine and interrogated for two days there and then two days in Moscow, before being expelled from the USSR. The KGB had picked him up for meeting dissidents and did not know about the manuscript transfers. He holds a BA in Middle East History from UC Berkeley and an MA in Philosophy of Education from UCLA. He is the author of five novels.DAMASCUS COVER is now a major motion picture starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Sir John Hurt and Olivia Thirlby.On this episode we explore his microfilm smuggling daysBeing held for questioning for two days by the KGBGrowing up as the son of Holocaust survivorsand the real power of Stories to edutain, rebel, and make moneyfor more info and to access his 5 books and film go to https://www.howardkaplanbooks.com/for more info on The Holy Sparks Podcast go to www.holysparks.tvThank you to JTLV for sponsoring this episodego to www.jltv.tv for 24/7 broadcasting of stories that inspire.to help keep this podcast going go to https://www.patreon.com/saulkaye