SOVIET SPY IN BRITAIN APPEALS HIS JAIL TERM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000505220006-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 26, 2010
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 12, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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NEW YORK TIMES
12 DECII'ER 1982
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Around theWorld
Soviet Spy in Britain
Appeals His Jail Term
LONDON, Dec. 11 (Reuters) - A con-
victed spy, Geoffrey Prime, is appeal-
ing the 35-year prison sentence imposed
on him last month for passing secret
formation to the Soviet Union,
Mr. Prime, a Russian-language ex-
pert who worked at the top-secret Gov-
ernment communications center where
Soviet signals are translated and ana-
lyzed, pleaded guilty to seven charges
of spying for the Soviet Union.
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