NIGHTLINE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000404440185-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 29, 2010
• Sequence Number: 185
• Publication Date: September 17, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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September 17, 1980 11:30 PM
WJLA TV
ABC Network
Washington, D. C.
TED KOPPEL: A spy for the CIA in Moscow. Was his cover
inadvertently blown here in Washington? And why did some details
of the case Ieak out?
Tonight we'll examine the story of Anatoliy Filatov
and what it tell us about the art of disinformation. We'll
talk live with a journalist expert on espionage and with a
former Czech agent who was assigned to give false intelligence
to the West.
And on Day 319 of the crisis in Iran, the U. S. con-
firms it will cooperate in an investigation of Iran's complaints
if that will speed the hostages' release.
ANNOUNCER: This is ABC News Nightline. Reporting from
Washington, Ted Koppel.
KOPPEL: Good evening.
We want to focus tonight on a spy story. What.needs
to be said at the outset is that stories of this kind in real
life do not easily lend themselves to a sharp focus. Too many
people have .a vested interest in highlighting parts of the
story selectively, in blurring other parts, and, with some
.aspects, deliberately deceiving. There are national interests
to be protected and political axes to be ground.
But, first, here's diplomatic correspondent Barrie
Dunsmore with a look at the man who was once at the center of
this story.
BARRIE DUNSMORE: Name:. Anatoliy Filatov. Code name:
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