CHARGES BY U.S. DEFECTOR ON INDIAN-C.I.A. TIE DENIED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700290003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 6, 2005
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 14, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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Charges by U.S.' Defector
On Indian-C.I.A. Tie'Deniod
Charges by U.S. Difector
HEADS ALREADY SET
Special etc - agate ...:
NEW DELHI, .,..;
Dec. 13
Home Minister Y. B. Chavan`
dismissed today an account of
John Smith, an american de
fector to the Soviet Union who
claimed to be an agent of the
Central Intelligence Agency in
India and wrote about Its ac-
tivities here in the Soviet
weekly Literaturnaya Gazeta.
Mr. Chavan, who intervened
in a two-day debate in the
upper house of Parliament on
C.I.A. activities in India, said
the Smith articled were some
sort` of political vrona2anda LL-'
t A operations In this coun-
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