REDS TRAP UNWARY TO SERVE AS SPIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100020003-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 29, 1998
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 4, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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'eople ht,ve aecill generally 21'le. bly, ,rnetlmes c:1 gay.
You have been thrilled at the :utv of the onion-topped
towers of the old churches bel-:in:.i f hie forbidding; w.,lls of
he Kremlin. - IA - You nave gone to a en;Ie with i. : rd a small glassful and re-
hree Friends for dinner. The cac- Jed it from a cut glass carafe.
nd Salailia frog.
'~ LL Jsy `' 4 iii\Ti .Hay 3 (N `Vb Btlr mu) - you
i
22I'e 2111 .,nierlcan stil(:en In .'cosec\\- oa it 10-
week tilillllllel" Cutturili exchange ?Ei stud4 :be lian-
i12< e. You have found life in T'ussifl tp..n. and
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: otiiiies0:11C'iy dixfferent, but ways interesting
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J. 1-di;ar Hoover -11- - - -- -- ? ----- -- you Are having some financial
Lspionag.e is u nasty gam(( guttural Russian to the officer at difficulties in financing your edu_
the desk where you are uncere- cation A'nd casually at first
,r is plentiful and inexpensive, monlously thrust to face the he may suggest that there is a
he vodka is mild and watery by charges. Iva y standards. You have You are in deep trouble and y You might find some help.
Ch.- i?vening 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.
would be willing to keep, this
quiet? This coull' be most tin-
I barrassing, perhaps even ieconta
an inci,lent, Your forgiveness
-and silence-would not be ask-
ing too much? Certainiy, anyone
can rnalke a mistake. Of course,
you'll toll your comp:i:i:ons to
rumors can shrcad and become
oistortell.
S;olcn,iid, says the mru: at the
desk. lie can sue yo . are a..
bright chap. You ought to got to'.
know the Russians better. h'inc'i
people. Willy, it ;o happens he
has a nephew ::hoot your age, a
little ((lour, perhaps, wino would
he happy to know you, perhaps
., :;G.v you around a bit.
!,,:ow 'oe Are a Spy-
-hl' You're Nof on Gucrd
You buy the deal. You don't
know it but you have swal:w;cd
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the bait.
You have just stepped througlh
the first shadowy portals of in-
ternational espiona-e and have,
n the eyes of the KCB, the top-
flight?Soviet inteki~ence agency,
i
ecome a potent
al Russian spy
.
The Spider and the Fly:
This is fact, not fiction. This is A Vlob a: Promises a crude, but effective way of en-
:Bushing- an innocent young er
Bewildered, probably fright- per-
son in a web of treason.
a p
ened and undeniably upset, you
i font " re hurried to the police station, the "-
1_`.R > c nl, will l come ephew, careful a skilled
ul-
protesting your innocence, plead- t vation the development of a
ing for a chance to call the U.S.charm f , riendship. lie will learn,
embassy. Your escorts are silent. .
you know it. You've heard about
Russian jails. The least that'
could happen would be your ex-
puision from the country. Even
worse, it might rne:in expulsion
from your university. A
multi-tilde of potential horrors flashes
across your mind.
But the man at. the desk sud-
dcnly smiles, and speaks to you
in English. A mistake? The
officers were perhaps overzeal-
ous? This perhaps can be ar-
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Cont'inued'
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