2 IMPRISONED BY RHODESIA AS SPIES SAID TO HAVE BEEN HIRED BY U.S.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01601R000800120001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 29, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 4, 1970
• Content Type: NSPR

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4 JAN 1970 STATINTI
2 Imprisrned by Rho'desia as Spies
Said to I-lave Bee'n Mijred'a)y UOS1
,lOIlANNESBURG, S o u t h
Africa, Jan. 4 (Sunday) (AP)-
A -newspaper here reported
today that two men sent to
prison in Rhodesia last month
for economic espionage against
,Prime Minister Ian Smith's
government were working for
the United States.
The Sunday Times said In-
vestigations that led to the
a r r e s t s of two Rhodesians,
journalist John Roger Nichol-
on and attorney Alfred Tre?
vor Gallaher, also uncovered.
a spy network that involved
the U.S. consulate general in
Salisbury and the C.I.A.
Through the network, the
newspaper said, the U.S. Gov-
ernment gained information
a b o u t Rhodesia's counter-worked independently of Nich-;
espionage activities in the field olson. as a spy for the U.S..
of economic sanctions and in? State Department. The report:
ternational trade. identified his contaot as U.S.'
The report said Nicholson Consul, General Paul O'Neill. 1
was recruited by the CIA after
he became financial editor of
Salisbury's Rhodesia Herald in
1968. He was sentenced to 18'
months hard labor for break-
ing the Official Secrets Act
and emergency powers regula-
tions. Gallaher was sentenced
to four years.
The Sunday T i m e s said
Nicholson's c o n t a c t at the
American consul general's of-
fice was political officer I. L.
Smith, who left South Africa
on extended leave after Nich-
olson's arrest.
The paper said Ga1lahe.r.
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