DAWSON RELEASE PROSPECT DIM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200120024-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 24, 1999
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: September 25, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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imperialism and espta teacher with the Peace Corp3'at
optimistic now. ..American "aggression" in Viet? Ahar, 'an Iranian town about 50
Formal Appeals Made iem..IIn short there .seems 'tittle miles frbm the ?oviet border}.. -1 1 1 A representative of the embas?
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Red Probe, Trill Foresee ~ efnrc to ? obtain the release of
transmitters and anal; ;.e the poll Thomas R. Dawson, of Annapolis.
For Peace Corpsman tiicai situation in a country." a Peace Corpsman held in liussia.
~?iT++o days ago Pravda?the So At least ten official approaches
Ay STEEPEN F. NQRnt,NfER vk't Communist party paper have been .made 'to the Soviet
teroac0i0 Rlirrau 0J Tile stern) charged that CIA a,~enis opera{
', 1h. A,ilcn nf ? Union, Tydings said in a state-
oscow, . cp. - no pro l. ..t,;ts, scientists; students, mission icals by Llewellyn Thom ison, am-
peels appear slight now for tl ?-?as An mem ers o e ease I 1
bassador at large, and AmbassA?
release of Thomas R. bawson, a si?ps,"
doe Foy Kohler in Moscow.
Peace Corps volunteer from An- .\tesfern' observers feel that so- Tydings on l
napolis arrested violating the So-I)?iet authnrities may use the Dow- telephone phone conversations has with had .Uficxve-I
vict-Iranian border. soli cage to substantiate their Be- rU~alinns?
andcr I. Zinchuk, Soviet charge
Western observers observers feel that d'afaires, since cancellation of hil'
Dawson, arrested two weeks ago I Testimony May De?1Vide appointment with Anatoly F. 1)0-1
,tomorrow, will be tried, probably Undrr these, ' circurnstan6es biynin,. Russian ambassador,. and!
In late October or November. at 0here is no reason to believe that an effort is being made to obtain;
,the end of a typically long Soviet- to trial of Da+ysou would 'bet con- another appointment with Do?
investigation. He e is being held in' fined to the pertinent testimony. hr''nin.
city of Baku Such a trial could be turned into
the Azerbaijanian
.t . major political event 'which. doubt that Dawson 's position as a
rMicre the trial
probably wouldia would encompass all, soyfs of Peace Corps volunteer is cons{-
take place, material the Soviet 'Unioq may dcred by Soviet authorities as a
Officials at the American Em- want to publicize about the'Peace significant factor in the case.
bossy continue to express hope Cbrps.,?'? - Dawson, 24-year-old son of Mrs:
that Dawson will be released It also could bo_tised as a i'orunj Thomas R,? Dawson of- Annapolis;
sy on two occasions has formally)
appealed to the );foreign Ministry)
'for Dawson's release. Dean Rusk,!
Secretary of State, reportedly{
also took up the case in New York
With Andrei A. -Gromyko, Soviet
Foreign Minister.
,Foreign
observers here think that
Soviet authorities may seize the
opportunity of a trial of- a Peace
Corps volunteer arrested for a
border violation to make a wide-t
ranging attack on the,, Peace
Corps. . I
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rt 1 The. paper said its membersar
PROSPECT DI.j "Government paid and thorough{)
Papeil Makes Charge
The Peace Corps established
about five years ago, remains a,
target for frequent criticism by:
the Soviet press. It is considered;
tally unrelated., to the objectives
proclaimed by the United States. .r
"The facts testify irrefutably
that
vities of these new missionaires isj ,
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not charity but mostly routine{,
espionage and diversionary activi?!
ties," one newspaper charged.
L: Another: paper characterized
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