PRIME HAD 'BLACKMAIL' LIST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96B01172R000300030022-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 2005
• Sequence Number: 22
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2005/08/16 : CIA-RDP96B01172R000300030022-3
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"blackmaill FALKLAND
is t SETTLERS
( I OFFREY
'r"I vIZh
-, te
jailed spy, acted as a
talent spotter'' for hi
s
Soviet masters and drew
up a detailed list of staff
at the Government
Communications H Q in-
Cheltenham tvho he'
thought could be black-
mailed.
During his 14 years as a Ru
sian linguist, the last s.
two at
G21' Prime, 42, who was
jailed for 35 years in Novem? I
ber, built up details on file of
the people h
e workdi
e wth.
of a considerable of
nuthe discover mber of files
containing hundredof per.
those l facts about his-Co. leagues,
nam ed' have.. been inter-
viewed by officers of MI5 and
GCHQ's security division.
Five of those name
h d by Prime
have subsequently been discip_
lined and lost security clear-
ance because th
ey wer
e. not
entirely frank and forthcoming
when they were interviewed.
The people were questioned
in an attempt to discover if
they had been put under any
pressor,' by the Rrissians
Facts W
th
By TONY ALLEN-NULLS
GROUP of six teacher,
and one public work:
administrator art due to
leave Britain for the Falk-
land Islands next month.
as part of a Government
scheme offering tax-free
bonuses worth up to
#6,000 a year to peofes-
sionalsprepared to accept
Short?term contracts over-.
seas. che the hfir'st ac viliansiJto. se }cor;
the Falklands since the Argen-
tine invasion.
The have been the Ove seas Dc elopmentd; id
ministration a b
ranchf
, o the.
Foreign Office which also send
British professionals to under-
trics- developed Third World coun-
A spokesman for the Adminis-
tration said yesterday the bonus
scheme, which had been in
operation for "many years,"
salaries paid by the Falkland --
Islands Government and oft r
British teachers an inducement
to move to the South Atlantic.
Staff Salaries
t
iteld Teachers, Salaries in "
The five who lost security [stands rangya from salaries the
clearance, and as a result were #3,5 5x0 to
lust over #4,400. The tax-free
twin demoted, tried to cover up cer- r top can be facts which thc,,? did not .. and worth between
.1,300 a#6,000 a year.
know their interro~aforc -ere The bonuses are Dol
Fa
s a resat of Prime's a(t