MORE REDS DEFECTING
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CIA-RDP70-00058R000100040017-8
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August 21, 1998
Sequence Number:
17
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Publication Date:
December 1, 1954
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NSPR
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.,-1 1 1954 C
More Reds
Defecting
Allen Dulles D clan es
Ex-Communists Are
Being Questioned
CHICAk1O (INS) -Allen Dulles,
di ector of the super-secret e -
tr 1 Intelligence 1. Agency, say4
" any more iig evel" Red"
!a ents have defected to the West
a d are now being. questioned by
t United States.
He disclosed in a Chicago
s eech last night that public an-
n uncements of these new defec-
ti ns "are bring held back for the
ti ie being so that we can 'delve
ore deeply into each case."
Dulles said the reason for con-
t' ued secrecy at this time is .to
,p ece together information o
j t le dommunist intelligence ap-
p ratus.
He did not further describe
t ese "high level defections" Li
r veal when they had taken place
where the CIA was holding the
I f rmer Rol agents
Key Police Agents
He said the casesinvolve'd ke
ed ".secret police agents" an
i dicated the men and disclosure
ouid rank in importance wit
,cent aefecti~uns of MVD officer
i Germany Poland and Australi
While Dulles mentioned _n
ames, it was apparent he wa
eferri,ng to secret police chi
ozef Swiatlo of Poland and Ru
ian MVI) agent Vladimir Petro r
nd Capt. Nikolai_ Khokhlov.
All three had fled to the wes ,.
eektng political sylum. Throug
wiatlo the, N,o Field myste
as unraveled, through Petr
he tied uAderground in Austral
as uncovered and throe
hokltlov the inner workings of
ed assassins' ring were expose
Seldom Talks Publicity
Dulles, whose sensitive, positi-
s head oi America's princip e
1 spionage agency, has' made hi
in infrequent public speak ,
chose a private dinner of t e`
University of Chicago Law Scho 1`
alumni to describe. Commun t,
espionage techniques, and C
counter-measures ' . -
He stressed he was outlini g }
Red subverrtssgieevve gqmethods'to sh
how which is.baSe'B h~Lt!t Ar roved
laws can deal with the subversi e=
threat of international com a4
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