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DEFECTOR IS LABELED SPY FOR NORTH KOREA

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP75-00149R000400470017-2
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RIPPUB
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K
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1
Document Creation Date: 
November 17, 2016
Document Release Date: 
January 19, 1999
Sequence Number: 
17
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Publication Date: 
February 13, 1969
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NSPR
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s A- FOIAb3b Approv 5 ,F -RDP75-00.149R000 sir i4 CPYRGHT er SEOUL (UPI) - Lee Su-kun emerged from North Korea in a hail of bullets and got a hero's welcome in South Korea. His fame as a defector from communism spread and Lee's recent marriage was a national event in South Korea. Today, South K.orea's central intelligence agency announced that Lee has been arrested in Saigon whip; trying to return :o North Korea. They said he turned out to be a Communist spy. The downfall of Lee was that at heart, he was too good a Com- munist. But last March 22 he fooled many persons. As vice president of North Ko- A ti.]a l