U.S. CLAIMS OUSTED MEN NOT SPYING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200600021-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2003
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: October 21, 1960
• Content Type: NSPR

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'Tourisfs'
U. =S. CLAIMS
DUISIED MEN
NOT S .
WASHINGTON (APc-The State
Department said today it is satis
fied that arvey C, Bennett and
Mark I,, arntt ky, detained in
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Joseph Reap Was asked at a news
conference what he would say
about a published report ttiat the
two men were under contract with'
the 1,.S. Central Intelligence Agen-
cy to report on ' eir tfbserVations
make," said Reap, 1S that we
solutely satisfied that Mr.
are ab
Mr. Kaminsky were
Amerman Bennett and
.tXP'pLLEr]
students Mark T. Kamin-
Kaminsky and Bennett of Tracy,'
sky, 28, `(front) a n d said they traveled to RuS-
Calif
Harvey C ? Bennett, 26.
ssia '' v k der sotolarrhiPS Of $2,0W each from the NorthCr&ft Educa
released, w tiiate tourists. .__ - envy has railed
davit t au : e ec ed Ka-! the Soviet news ag
rainsky of amp ntencedtNortheraft a "spy or^anizaion.
him to seven years, then expelled f, said The Norternaltt Res venue not aService
t x-
both men. T, exempt educational or
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