SOVIET SPY BASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000301900016-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 8, 2012
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: May 19, 1984
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

~ Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/08 :CIA-RDP90-009658000301900016-5
ARTICLE APPEARED
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NEW YORK POST
19 1''1slY 19~+
Soviet spy base
BEFORE ldoscow an-
t-ounced its boycott of
the Olympics, i~Vhite
House deputy chief of
stet[ >t[ichael Deaver
ppr~asured the CiA and
PBI into dropping ob-
Sections against the
viet Union's plan to
house ib athletes on a
cruise ship in Long
Beach harbor.
Both the CIA and the
FBI feared that KGB
agents would use the
ship as a plaUorm for
spying on the techno-
logical heart of the
U.S., especially the Sili-
con Valley. bioacow's
intense desire to berth
the vessel at Long
Beach was viewed by
American intelligence
as the desire for
month-long eavesdrop-
ping on electronic se-
!~ crets.
With backing from
the State Department,
the security agencies
fought hard against
giving the Soviets per-
mission but finally
bowed to pressure from
Deaver. At the time.
Deaver was seeking to
smooth U.S..~oviet
relations in time for the
. presidential election
campaign. The Soviet
' boycott, regretted
everywhere else, was
quietly welcomed in
~ the secret world of
f counter-intelligence.
Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/08 :CIA-RDP90-009658000301900016-5