U.S. TOURIST, 27 SEIZED BY SOVIET

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000500360039-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: September 9, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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SEIZED BY SOVJET /,
He Vanishes Near Border
on Northern Norway Visit
NTE.il{LINES, Norway, Sept. 8`
(1TI'I)--Soviet border police-,
non have arrested a 27-y6ar-old
American who left his hotel'
here on it sightseeing trip last
Saturday, the chief of police of
this northern Norwegian town
said tonight
The American, Newcomb Mott'
of Sheffield, Mass works for
the Van Nostrand Book Com-
pany of Princeton, N. J. 1-1 is
whereahnnt. h,A r n,.
STAT
it since Saturday.
I{irltcnes is about 10 mile
from the Soviet border above
the Arctic Circle.
The Kirkenes police chief said,
that Norwegian border officials
had information from Soviet'
police confirming Mr. Mott's ar-
rest on the Soviet side,of the
frontier.
L Father Is hopeful
SH N'IIELD, Mass., Sept. 8
(UPI)-HoWard S. Mott, al
Sheffield book dealer, said to-
day, when notified of his son's)
disappearance in Nor-',
y' "If
he's in .the hands of s_
sians, I hope he'll be returned
safely, I hope theyclon't shoot."
After talking with officials in
the State Department, he said
he was told there was ,not too
much to worry about," The of-.
ficiais said that a small border
town in the area was recently!
opened. to tourists and they
speculated that his son had,
gone there, Mr. Mott said.
The younger Mr. Mott was
born'in White Plains, N. Y., and
is a graduate of Antioch Col-
]ege, Yellow Springs, Ohio. His
mother and father had planned
to leave for Europe next week,
to meet their son in London.
Embassy Presses 22racz ~~
MOSCOW, Sept. 8 (U?:/-
The The United States Embassy
pressed the Soviet Government I
today for information about Mr.
Mott, but a spokesman said,
"We have no word yet." He said
that under current Soviet-
American consular arrange-
ments the Russians. are under
no obligation to tell the Ameri-
cans of the detention of a
United States citizen or answer
Embassy questions.
\Vorl.ed as Book Salesman
Edward M. Crane, president
of the Van Nostrand Book Com-
pany, said yesterday in Prince-j
ton that Mr. Mott had been em-'
ployed by the company for
about two-and a half years as
a, textbook representative who
visited college campuses. He
said that Mr. Mott was on a
vacation at the time of hi.c a,-
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