(SPIES) WASHINGTON -- A POLISH DEFECTOR FROM THE SOVIET SECRET POLICE HAS

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• Document Release Date: October 26, 1998
• Sequence Number: 96
• Publication Date: March 2, 1964
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r J-- POLISH EFECTO]c1FROTI[i SOVIET SECRET POLICE HAS
INTELLIGENCE AGENTS tJITI[ INI?? ORNATION SINCE 1955
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[ IIAG LED TO JAP P!7, TS OF IMPORTANT RED SPIES OVERSEAS, I T A S
TONIGHT.
POLISH DEFECTOR, NICI-IAL GOLEII 'WSKI, CAN TO TjH17! UNITED
C;;^ 1 IN 1961. HE PREY FUSLY II~1D SEEN IN CONTACT WITH U. S.
IN i LLIG -'JCL SOURCES III PO; AND:
TAIE RED AGENT WAS GIVEN THE NEW IaAHE OF GOLIE,UIEWSKI AFTER ARRIVING
THIS COUNTRY WITH HIS 'WIF, TO CO?CEAL HIS REAL IDENTITY. E IS
~E SfOOD TO I3F. LI IIC I#`1 HEW YOR? At' ,D HIS PROVIDED IIJCII I' O,IIATI0 ]
> H`:. U. S. I i EL IC L C ONtIi1I I TY.
I `. OVER TO
DRDIIIG Oi; s, THIS IP~IFO ,' iTIO` ;I.~> BEEN TU]N'~L
RESULTED III TILE ARRESTS OF I::PG;ETA'T
JI AND I, GONE CAST.`, Ii HAS
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IIITELLIGEIC AG I;t~II.D IJ IMF' SAID TO PI? STILL I?AI'`ITAIIII:IC THEIR,
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^.'D HAD INFORI`]ED I.J. S. OFFICIALS TiAT `.OSLOW ][AD PLACED ACTIVE "CELLS,"
I' THE CENTRAL INT: LLIGEIJCE AGENCY TIE STATE DEPARTMENT, BOTH IN
;C..I[IH...IGTON AND OVER( EAS
' D AI OUT THE JOURNAL AI-IERIC iN STORY, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
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-,RSRE.. SALINGER SAID: "THE J HITi HOUSE DOESd' T COM.IENT OII INTELLIGENCE
T I? IS. " IT LAS U. DERSTOOD ELSEW`IIFRE, HOWEVER, THAT TIME. STORY WAS NOT
RGISTENT IN ALL ESPE;TS WITH ACC0U':?TS OF THE EPISODE REACHING
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i NOWR,IAL. Ai`I I)IC l'I STORY, I'Y GUY F'ICIIARDS, DESCI',II3ED GOI_ENIE1ISJ{:I AS
il., iJ'SKY, IAN D` ~' AND 1 LS .IIi?LII.)G " T'.[EHOL..LYWOOD PROTOTYPE OF T1 E
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IN SOME. CASES IT WAS LEARNED INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE DE tCT
HAS RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF SOME IMPORTANT SOVIET AGENT S.
THE NEW YORK JOURI-IAL-AMiERICAN REPORTED TODAY THAT A D.FECTOR BY T-[E
NAME OF OLEN ,1SKI ROM THE SOVIET SECRET POLICE HAS INFORM
IrICHAL G ~
U. S. OFI`ICIA TH T 'Z COI? HAS PLAGED ACTIVE "CELLS" IN THE CENTRAL
IIJT LL.IGLNCE A AND TiSTATE DEPARTt-1ENT.
INTELLIGENCE AGENTS IN POLAND SINCE 1958.
HE HAS PR? VIDED A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION TO INGELLIG`? NCE` SE RVICE-
CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN 19i 1. HE HAD BEEN IN CONTACT ''JITH U.,. S .
THE DEFECTOR IS NICIIAL GOL I-HIEWSEI, 41, A POLISH-BORN AGENT, WHO
LEARNED TODAY. v.
OPERATING AGAINST THE WESTERN?I :'JORLD OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IT ld
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WASH NGTON. MA CH 2 CAP)-INFORMATION PROVIDED BY A. P IS
'JIAS LED TO THE ARREST ID SOME, CASES OF IMPORTANT SOVIET BLOC AGENTS
WAS LEARNED HOWEVER T,AT ItIFOR[IATION IN THE JOURNAL-AMERICAN
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY PI; RR1 SALINCER, AC'''ED ABOUT THE JO?jRDAL-
APIERICAN STORY, SAID "WELL, I'') SAY AS A GENERAL RACTICE THI WHITE
HOUSE D'OESt-l' T COMMENT ON INTELLIGENCE MATTERS,"
AGENCIES.
IN RUS&IA' S KGB. UNTIL MIS DEFECTION IN 1961 AND THAT HE WAG SURE T'1ME
"CELLS HE DESCRIBED ARE STILL OPERATING IN THE TWO DOVE, NNENT
STOORY WAS NOT CO )S I STENT $WITH INFORMATION THE DEFECTOR HAD GIVEN THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
THE JOURNAL-AMERICAN SAID GOLENIEWSKI WAS A HIGH-RANKING OPERATIVE
TJ{'ERE WAS NO COMMENT FRO;,': OTH~E OFFICIALS.
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