 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Fitin akava mutevedzeri wemukuru weNKVDs foreign intelligence muna 1938, ipapo gore rimwe gare gare pazera ramakore makumi matatu nerimwe akava mukuru. Sangano reRussian Foreign Intelligence Service rinorumbidza Fitin nokuvakazve dhipatimendi rezvenhau renyika dzokunze rakanga rapera simba pashure peGreat Terror yaStalin. Fitin anozivikanwawo nokupa nyevero yakakwana yeKupinda kweGermanyraJune 22, 1941 iro rakatanga Hondo Huru Yenyika. Kupinda kwacho chete ndiko kwakaponesa Fitin pakuurayiwa nokuda kwokupa mukuru weNKVD, Lavrenty Beria, mashoko akanyorwa nomunyori mukuru weCPSU, Joseph Stalin akanga asingadi kudavira. Beria akachengeta Fitin somukuru wezvitsvakurudzo zvokunze kusvikira hondo yapera asi akamuderedza. 