'ALL LIES,' SOVIET ATTACHE SAYS OF SPYING CHARGES

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CIA-RDP90-00552R000707430001-1
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December 23, 2016
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December 8, 2011
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December 6, 1982
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STAT Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/08: CIA-R 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. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/08: CIA-RDP90-00552R000707430001-1