| 10/15/1984 | Hanssen signs a Classified Information Non-Disclosure Agreement. |
| 9/23/1985 | Hanssen is assigned to a counterintelligence squad named "Pocketwatch" as a Supervisory Special Agent for an FBI field office in New York City. He lives at the YMCA in New York; Bonnie and the children remain in Virginia until their home is sold in November. |
| 10/1/1985 | Hanssen writes his first letter volunteering information to the KGB. It is received in the mail on 10/4 at the Alexandria, VA, home residence of Viktor M. Degtyar, a KGB Line PR officer in Washington, D.C. |
| ***From this point on "B" equals Hanssen.*** |
| 10/15/1985 | Degtyar receives a package from Hanssen/"B" containing numerous classified documents. |
| 10/15/1985 | Lisa Hanssen, Robert and Bonnie's sixth -- and last -- child, is born |
| Nov. 1985 | Bonnie and the children move to New York to be with Robert. |
| 11/2/1985 | Liking what they received from "B," the KGB begins its relationship with Hanssen by loading the "Park" dead-drop site with $50,000 in cash. |
| 3/3/1986 | The KGB loads the "Park" dead-drop site, but "B" does not appear. The KGB removes the package the same day. |
| 6/30/1986 | After months of silence, the KGB is excited when Degtyar receives a typed letter from "B" saying he has more to offer. |
| 7/14 to 8/18/1986 | Hanssen and the KGB communicate in public -- first through an advertisement in a local newspaper and later by public telephone. The Washington Times ad for a Dodge Diplomat appears exactly as Hanssen requested it be printed. It is a signal to him that the Russians want to continue the relationship. |
| 8/3/1987 | Hanssen is reassigned to FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. as Deputy Unit Chief, CI-3A, serving again as a Supervisory Agent in the Intelligence Division's Soviet Analytical Unit. He purchases a residence at 9414 Talisman Drive in Vienna, VA. |
| 9/11-26/1987 | KGB handlers leave $10,000 in cash for "B" at the "Park" dead-drop site and in return receive top-secret National Security Council documents. |
| 9/29/1987 | The KGB deposits $100,000 into an escrow account established for "B" in a Soviet bank in Moscow. |
| 11/10-23/1987 | After receiving a letter from "B," the KGB loads the "An" dead-drop site with a package, but it is not cleared by "B." Hanssen sends a handwritten letter from "B," which leads to a successful exchange operation at the "Park" dead-drop site. |
