A SPY SCANDAL THAT ROCKED THE KREMLIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600290016-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 1999
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: June 10, 1963
• Content Type: NSPR

U. S. NEWS AND JUN 1 0 1963
WORE) P''" roved For Release 2000/04/ffAfift
A SPY SCANDAL THAT
ROCKED THE KREMLIN
Z Q$,CL ,?-The biggest spy scandal
in years was giving the Kremlin a head-
ache at the end of May.
Marshal Sergei S. Varentsov, Red
Army artillery and rocket chief, was
dismissed and stripped of his rank. The
charge: that he was ' linked to activities
of Oleg Penkovsky, recently executed
as a spy for the U. S. and Britain.
Also ousted in the mushroomii i-
piona e investi , it as reported
e", were of er officers, includ-
ing Maj. Gen. A. R. Pozovny, chief of
political intelligence for Soviet air and
missile forces.
Approved For Release 2000/04/14: CIA-RDP75-00149R000600290016-1