BRITISH TEACHER GIVEN 5 YEARS IN SPY CASE

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• Publication Date: July 23, 1965
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BRITISH TEACHER GIVEN 5 YEARS IN?SPY CASE ''''
Moscow TABS International Service in English 1906 OMT`23 July 1965--L
t-wexr') oscow, u y- era d rooke,.27-year-old British subject was sentenced today:;
to five years imprisonment by the Moscow city court. He is to spend the first year a %.
in prison, and the other four in a strict regime labor colon y._-The trial of . Brooke;'?~,
who was found guilty of subversive anti-Soviet activities on Soviet' territor]r.; has?:~11,'?''
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REPORTAGE, COMMENT ON BROOKE SPY TRIAL
Second Day of Trial
Moscow Domestic Service in Russian 1400 GMT 23 July 1965--L ?
(Text) The trial of Gerald.Brooke, a British citizen, accused of subversive, anti'
Soviet activities is in its second day. He. carried out these aetivities'incour
country on the instruction of a group of traitors to the motherland, settling
abroad and calling themselves the People's Labor Alliance. ?
This morning, the court heard witnesses and experts. Witness Konstantinov was ???.
the first to be interrogated. The Peoples Labor Alliance regarded him as'a reliable
agent. But it was he who, as soon as Brooke called on him, informed.the state
a toilet case with a double bottom which concealed material for espionage work,
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and that anti-Soviet literature and instructions for the receipt and decoding of ',;
Another witness, who from 1949 to 1954 was a member of the People's.Labor Alliance +
group, spoke with anger of the leaders of that Medley. 'They are occupied with ',1,;
supplying agents for the American, British, West German and other intelligence `_
services. All the witnesses exposed the' unseemly activities of the group, A) ,'
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Plea for Leniency
TABS Interhational Service in English 1436 GMT 23?JUIY 1965--L
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for the prosecution made by Gennadiy Terekhov;. Brooke's counsel eitdd.1 r?a.,
'"important circumstances" which, he said, mitigated the guilt of,the 27-year.
Russian-language teacher.
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While admitting''that "Brooke did respond to his 18-month anti-Soviet indoctrina~
tion," Borovik said: "All his life Brooke had lived at home, in a capitalist :,,ri'I!)
country, in conditions where the vast bourgeois propaganda machine had hardly ;.-.J
bothered to provide truthful information about our country, and it is therefore o.)..
understandable that the seeds of anti-Soviet propaganda should find a suitable-:;-.c,
soil in Brooke." era
Nikolai Borovik stressed in his speech that "Brooke had become executor of the
criminal will of the virulently anti-Soviet Peoplda Labor Union. My client has,,a
realized this and oursed those'.who pushed him onto the oriminal road," the ?::~: ':r u
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of his subversive anti-Sov et activity in the USSR had been fully estabed.
People's Labor Union." The defendant "well understood the criminal nature f
the organization and the anti-Soviet bias of the materials he had smuggled to
the Soviet Union."
Brooke's Final Plea
Moscow TASS International Service in English 1534 GMT 23 July 1965--L
(Text) Moscow, 23, July--In his. last plea,. Gerald Brooke said that he realiz s
that he committed a grave crime. He said he would do everything in his powe
to expiate his guilt at least partially.
The 27-year-old'Englishman noted that the three months in,,3ail.,addtthe-two ays
of the trial.made him think oyer..many things and reassess them. Stressing hat
he had not concealed anything during the. investigation and trial,.Brooke s d;
Brooke said that he had never entertained anti-Soviet,eentiments and that had
no reasons to be ill-disposed toward the Soviet Union before he establishe
{ contacts with the NTS. The defendant said that now he sees clearly the?br al.'.11,
character of this organization.. .
Brooke noted that the investigation was objective and that he was only req red
to tell the truth, the truth alone. At the end of the investigation,?he fe t
that he had rid himself of a heavy burden on his heart.; Gerald Brooke is ly
in accord with every point of the indictment. ~.
He would like, as he himself said,' to expiate his guilt as. quickly as possi le
and, meet the Soviet people as a friend.. again..
British Embassy Involvement
Moscow TASS International Service in English 1907 GMT 23. July 1965--L;
(Text), Moscow, 23 July--The Moscow city court,. having considered the case t
.Gerald Brooke, has made a special ruling on the actions_'of the second seore ,i1ry:
of the British Embassy in Moscow, Anthony Bishop,whimh,are incompatible wit
the status of a diplomatic representative,.
The'court has established Brooke"'s.connections with Bishop.
'Observer' Commentary.
j,Moscow in English to the United Kingdom 1900 GMT 24 July-1965--L
(Text) What mainly concerns us'is the reaction of British propaganda to th
trial. Abr;for the convicted lecturer of Holborn College in London; well he, as
to pay for his own or.ime'and also for the dangerous game of those who are
responsible for his being sentenced to five years loss of. liberty. We havelin
mind Brooke's backers in London, who did not. appear witK him in the dock,
although, of course,'that is where they really belong. ?
The British Embassy-in Moscow immediately pronounced (?Brooke) persona non ata-
and renounced this unsuccessful liaison mad, Brooke, in his final plea, no ed
spread on this score in Britain. Brooke said that his meeting with Anthony
case his first meeting place was uncovered. The Moscow civil court ruled t1{at
the activities of Bishop were incompatible with the status of an embassy of#ioial.'`
union maintained contact with British Government agencies and enjoyod their
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British commentators refer to it as an ordinary emigrant organization. Well,?
obviously, there are all types of emigrants. Some whn have moved to other
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Interpol and Joseph Simpson, chief of Scotland Card.
They would be particularly interested in such leaders of the union as Georgiy
Olcolevich, who during the war headed a group of provocateurs in, the Gestapo 0
the secret police on Soviet territory occupied by the Nazis. He took part in
shooting the civilian population. He ferreted out Jews who survive.dUe Gestapo
dragnets. This man became most proficient in his line. Incidentally, the
metropolitan police would not even waste money on finding him because his add ess
,is well-known, as are the addresses of the other members, of the union. For
the Popular Labor Union in Britain, and not only there, should primarily inte st '
countries and to other climes engage in growing flowers, for example,
while others engage in activities which run counter to the customs and morals
of any civilized country. Hoping to gain the favor of Soviet listeners, the
BBC said that Britain would not be Britain if it did not provide asylum for
political emigrants. But what has politics to do with it? The activities of
instance, Lev Rahr,'who collaborated with the Nazis in the Baltic republic an
fled with them. Later he worked for the BBC? and as matter of fact we are no
sure, he may be still working 'for them' under air assumed name.
Now to return to what we were saying, There are all kinds of emigrants. Whe
!the BBC tries to whitewash this Popular Labor Union, it actually strengthens is
criminal designs against the Soviet Union..-The program of the Popular Labor
Union employs not only cultural exchanges with the knowledge of the British
''council of course, but other methodssas well to overthrow the Soviet system.
The program clearly underlines this goal. Its methods include despatching
sabotage groups to the Soviet Union. The members of one of these groups
.was detected and sentenced to death. Members of another group repented and
!remained in the Soviet Union.
0f course, the BBC is'quite mistaken if it'thinks that we can swallow such ch dish-?
Soviet system: It argues that only this'week the leaders' of the Labor Government
.and the Conservative opposition hotly debated which is beat able to maintain
friendly relations with the Soviet Government. This is'an argument intended or
simpletons, such as Brooke. The BBC goes to say that it, never even occurs to
the leaders of both parties to. have the Soviet Government replaced by another one.
This was beamed by the BBC to its Soviet listeners, not to listeners at home.
,terrorists of the Popular Labor Union and their program for the overthrow. of he
The BBC rejects the idea of any ties'between British'intelligence and the
rubbish from British leaders. 'This is not 1918 when the well-informed TIMR3
predicted the fall of the Soviet regime in a'two days or two weeks. Since'
then,'things have changed. So,have statements by political leaders who, to
quote the BBC, are arguing who is best able to'maintain friendly relations wi
the USSR. Of course, we welcome friendly relations no matter what government
.may be in power in Britain,?but'we do not want these relations through the."
Popular. Labor Union'and itsemissaries'suoh as''Brooke. Brooke-:testified ati'
his trial that' while acting 'in 'the interests 'of. a- syndicate ' of killers and-',
(terrorists he thought that he'was promoting Britain's welfare`s
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