REDS TRAP UNWARY TO SERVE AS SPIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200570035-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: May 4, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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Approved For Release 1999/0
Ni1~(tr YGR ( MAY 4 196,4
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are an : nlericr li student in Moscow on a' 10-
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Sllilllllei- Cultural. exchange, to study the ian-
b lase.'otn have found life in RtI,Ssia sli'm'e and
Q' "?CIt E.lcr' y a little rough in aCCOltlm ti~t'i;10?iS, the food
oubleStl l 'l different, but always interest1lio,
ii .i stinl ulatIlt4T'.
P ople hale heeln generally frici:dly, sometimes even bad'.
oti have been thrilled at the hi auty of 'the onion-topped
t veers of the. old churches behind tl he forbidding walls of
tl e Kremlin.
ou have ,one to a cafe with
th ?ce friends for dinner. The cav-
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spionag.e -is a nasty game
is l is plentiful and inexpensive.
Th vodka is mild and watery by
Ai erican.standards..,, You ,have
iii,' cd a small glassful and rc-
icd it from a cut glass carafe.
,the evening looks good.
That's when the police
come, two of them, quiet but
firm, even brusque. You
must come with them. No, not
your companions. You alone. The
half-empty carafe is before you.
It is obvious. You are drunk in
a public place. You are under
arrest.
That happened last summer.
The big traveling season for
Americans is barely a month
away, and the odds heavily favor
a reenactment of this :Moscow
scene almost to the letter.
The Spider and z~he Fly:
A Web of Promises
Bewildered, probably fright-
ened and undeniably upset, you
are hurried to the police station,
protesting your innocence, plead-
ing for a chance to call the U.S.
embassy. Your escorts are silent,
except to explode in a burst of
gutteral Russian to the officer at
the desk where you are uncere-
moniously thrust to face the
charges.
You are in deep trouble and.
you know it. You've heard about
Russian jails. The. least that
could happen Would be your ex-
pulsion from the country. Even
worse, it might mean expulsion
from your university. A. multi-.
tude of potential horrors flashe
across your mind.
But the mail at the desk sud
denly smiles, and speaks to yo
in English. A. mistake ? The
officers were perhaps overzeal
ous?, This, perhaps can be an
ranged? You are at once wea t
.With relief and gratitude. You
would be wiiling to keep this
quiet? This could be most em-
barrassing, perhaps even Leconte
all incident. tour forgiveness
and silence-would not be ask-
ing too much? Certainly, anyone
an make a mistake. Of course,
you'll toll your coinpitli:ons to
cep it quiet, for you know how
'umors can spread and become
listerted. .
Splendid, says the mall at the
lesk. lie Can see you are a.
might chap. You ought to get to'?
now the Russians better. Find"
cople: Why, it so happens 'he
Ills a nephew about your age, a
ittle older, perhaps, who would
ie happy to know you, perhaps I
-ie:?.v you around a bit.
sow: Y ou Are a Spy-
Yo:i're Not on Guard
You buy the deal. You don't (now it but you have swallowed
he bait.
You have just stepped throuLh
he first shadowy portals of in-
ernational espionage and have, ++
n the eyes of the KGB, the top-
light?Soviet into?ligenee agency,
coon-le a potential Russian spy.
This is fact, not fiction. This is.
crude, but effective way of en-
leshing an innocent young per-
on in a web of treason.
From the "nephew," a skilled G-B agent, will come careful cul-
'vation, the development of a
arm friendship. Iie.will learn,
ver the remaining weeks, that
on are having sonic . financial
c ifficulties in financing your edu-
ction. And, casually at first,
e may suggest that there is a
ay.youu, might find some help.
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