'ALL LIES,' SOVIET ATTACHE SAYS OF SPYING CHARGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000707430001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 6, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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NEW YORK TIMES
.t RT I CI E ~.P r:.ARED 6 DECE ER 1982
ON FLUGE,
`All Lies,' Soviet Attache
Says of Spying Charges
LONDON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -The Soviet
naval attache expelled from Britain for
spying flew home to Moscow today, in-
sisting that the allegations against him
were "all lies."
The attache, Capt. Anatoly Pavlovich
Zotov, boarded an Aeroflot flight at
Heathrow Airport clutching a bag of
Christmas gifts.
his departure came two days after
the Foreign Office announced his expul-
sion for "engaging in activities incom-
patible with his status" - diplomatic
language for spying. The naval attache,
given until Wednesday to leave, said his
wife was already in Moscow.
Mr. Zotov, who had previously re-
fused to comment on the allegations,
told reporters as he hurried to his flight
that the charges were "without fotunda.
tion."
"It's all lies - a fiction," Mr. Zotov
said as he hurried to his flight. "These
Negations area total invention."
Mr. Zotov remained silent, however,
When asked if he knew Geoffrey Prime,
a former employee at Britain's top-se-
cret communications headquarters at
Cheltenham. Newspapers speculated
Mr. Zotov had been identified by Mr.
Prime, who was sentenced last month i
to 35 years in jail for spying for the
Soviet Union.
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