'MEMOIR' OF SPY EXECUTED IN SOVIET TO APPEAR HERE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600250059-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 59
• Publication Date: November 2, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

NEW YORKTIMES
Approved For Release 2001/07/26~~.1A-RD500149R000600250059-8
`M emoi' of Spy Executed in Soviet to Appear ~l ere
By MAX FRANHEL
Special to The New York Times
tor, says t4at they were smug-
gled out of` Moscow "about the
time" of Penkovsky's arrest an
also
conveyed many literary works
unpublished in the Soviet Union.
From an Eastern European
country, Mr. Gibney states, the
papers were "transmitted" to
Peter Deriahin, a lOrmer Soviet
intelligence 'official who de-
fected to the United States in
1954 and who is listed a?s the
book's translator.
The papers identify Penkov-
sky as a double agent who
served American and British In-
telligenee for 16 months while
holding the rank of colonel in
the intelligence directorate of
the Soviet. Army. They purport
to be supplementary to his es-
pionage reports, a mixture of
private diary and official se-
that political or economic, es-
pionage is the principal or major
business of Soviet embassies, de-
allowed to travel abroad. The
describe not only spying against
nations such as India but also
alleged plans to damage dams
and poison drinking water if
it ever became nec?ssary in less
friendly countries such as Paki-,
Stan.
They speak of telitative plans
to establish missile sites in Af-
ghanistan, to perpetrate sabo-
tage and assassination in New
York, Washington bad London
"when it becomes necessary."
They provide support for op-
ponents here of the ^onsular
treaty with the Soviet Union,
which is still awaiting Senate
approval, by ;ita_~ing that all
Soviet consular _officials are
spies. The names of hundreds
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -
service to the West as a spy
In Moscow is said to have left
a memoir full of anti-Soviet in-
formation, speculation and gos-
sip from which intelligence
agents expect to derive still
further profit.
The spy, Oleg V. Penkovsky,
sent out a -wealth of military,
economic and political intelli-
gence in 1961 and 1962 that led
officials here to regard him as
the most'* valuable agent , in
years, If, not decades. His al-
leged memoir is to be published
this month as "The Penkovsky
Papers.
The Central Intelligence
Agency said that its represent-
atives read the book to guard
against ?aecullty violations"
.Out disclaims any responsibility
for it. The agency refused to
vouch for the papers' "ac-
curacy."
' TYieir publication is less a
literary event than a political
one. Much of thier detailed but
unverifiable; _ Infortnation about
Soviet intelligence operations
and policy objectives is likely to
So-
viet rrelations, Pwthl other ncoun-
~tries.
The publication of much-less
explicit information about Amer-
ican intelligence work has been
bitterlyr denounced by officials
here as 'damaging to the na-
tional interest.
The circumstances under
which the memoir came to be
printed by Doubleday & Co. are
not explained in the book.
Frank. Gibney, the papers` edi-
to have hoped. to explain his
treason.
Besides hinting at the wide
range of secret Information that
Penkovsky sent to the West, th
papers call upon other nations
to beware of Soviet espionage
in virtually every contact and
to resist what he contends are
Soviet aggressive intentions to-
ward all non-Communist coun-
tries.
Wide Discontent Hinted
The papers describe some So
vi,et intelligence operations and
by giving many names of al-
leged agents are certain to cast
doubt upon many Russian proj-
eots and officials. They also hint
at Widespread popl.ilar discon-
tent and portray the life of the
Soviet military and (tarty lead-
ers as sordid and selfish.
The Penkovsky papers state
e?-effoc
eluding: "Ka.~ov in London.
es c unov n }a, os m o
in Egypt, a ergeyev in Japan.
Their favorite t phniques are
listed and a 164 lecture on how
agents afie allegedly instructed
to behave m New York and
Washir,toi`s included.
The papers justify treason by
expressipg: the certainty that,
unless cheiakRd, Soviet policy
will lead to ?` ~uclear war. They'
amount to a Al uttal to a Soviet
military tribunal's finding that
Penkovsky had been corrupted
by a -desire. for money, an "easy
life" and an4uitr to haven' in
the West., i
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