BRITISH SUBJECT PLEADS GUILTY IN SPY CASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000401070005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2014
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 22, 1965
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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. rVREIGN BROADCAST
INFORMATION SZRVICE
22 JULY 1965.
! BRITISH SUBJECT PLEADS GUILTY IN SPY CASE
Report from Courtroom
Moscow in English to the United Kingdom 1900 GMT 22 July 1965--L
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(Text)* Here is our report from the courtroom where Gerald Brooke, a British
subject, is on trial for subversive anti-Soviet activities. (Voice recording.
in Russian, 'presumably of Brooke--ed.)
(Announcer:) That is Gerald Brooke pleading guilty on all counts in reply
? to a question from the president of the court. Under Soviet law, the defendent makes
' his plea after the indictment is read. Gerald Brooke, a 27-year-old Russian
,* language teacher from London, arrived in the Soviet Union in April at the head
of a tourist group. The case is being heard by the Moscow city court. The
president of the court is Lev Almazov, a professional jurist. The two peoples,
? assessors are (?Pyotr Popov?phonetic) a transport engineer, and Vladimir'
? (?Obratsov--phonetic) a scientifist. Today's hearing was attended by Soviet and%
foreign journalists, and representatives of the British embassy. There were
? . also seats for the public.
.Gerald Brooke chose to answer the court's questions in Russian. He declined the
services of a translator invited by the court. Under Soviet legislation, the
defendant has the right to demand hearings in his native language through a
translator. Pronouncing Russian words slowly, Gerald Brooke revealed in
_examination who had sent him to the Soviet Union.. He told about the *NTS* group,,
the 'so-called *Popular Labor Union* which has as its goal subversive activities '
against the Soviet Union using sabotage, espionage and murder. The group consists, '
of men who have betrayed their homeland, and of many Geatapo agents. Ptior to
1945, they were subsidized by the Third Reich. Now the group exists on dollarsand
pounds sterling. ?
Gerald Brooke told the court that the terrorists of the MTS enjoys the patronage
,of the British authorities. At the same time, he said that in carrying out his
' criminal assignment, he had Britaints welfare at heart. Representatives of the
NTS in London provided Gerald Brooke with subversive materials, including
instructions for the reception and decoding of radio transmissions. He was given.a
code table and a portable printing plant to print anti-Soviet leaflets. Brooke
: delivered these carefully camouflaged items and equipment to a private, flat. in
? Moscow whore he was caught redhanded.
In examination, Brooke revealed that had he not succeeded in delivering the parcel
: to the address, he was to hand all the espionage equipment to the British 1Mbassy...
! in Moscow for shipment back to London through the diplomatic pouch.. It was
stated in court that when training Gerald Brooke for subversive activities in the
! Soviet Union, the representatives of the MTS 'made him go through a special course.:.!'
! Ho was made to alter his appearance. He was told to. shave his beard, so as not.
to attract attention. The way he appeared in court, in a dark suit and dark' .
' striped tie, he would not have stood out in a crowd. In preparing Brooke for his
tho representatives of the NTS undou)ptedly had the extensiVe circle of.
: his Moscow acquaintances in mind.' This was not his first visit to Moscow., ;He .
was here on a postgraduate course at Moscow University lasting 10 months; 1n1959
to 1960.
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