SPYING ADMITTED IN LONDON TRIAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000200710029-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2010
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: December 7, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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NEW YORK TIMES
7 DECEMBER 1982
Spying Admitted in London Trial
By JON NORDHEIMER
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LONDON, Dec. 6 _ A Canadian eon- Working the cuffs of his gray suit, the
nomics professor admitted at his espia. I professor let his bead bow slightly as he
Wage trial today that be secretl
h
y p
oto-
graphed NATO documents and passed
them to the Soviet Union.
The professor, Hugh Hambleton, ac.
bad lsuo~mbed to SO"a pressures two
provide secret material to which be had
access while working as an economist
with the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation from 1957 to I.M.
He had said in earlier testimamy that
be was actually a double agent
for Canada and France and bad passed
only information that his superiors
wanted Moscow to have.
Today be said be had selected many
of the documents himself as the Rus.
sians pressed him for better data.
`Then you were spying for the Rus.
sians, there is no other answer," said
the Attorney General, Sir Michael
Havers, who is prosecuting the case.
"I suppose so," Mr. Hambletom re-
plied in a voice that was a soft mono.
woe compared with the prosecutor's
examination, which rose And fell with
changingy levels of incredulity and
iroll
"6ce you passed one document you
were in a vise, weren't you?" Sir Mi-
chael said.
explanations for his actions. Money, be
had said earlier, was not a motive.
"There was a great deal of pressure,"
besaid.
"Even now," the prosecutor bore
down, "you are still anxious to protect
your Russian spy ring. I am wondering
why you are so keen to protect your
Russian friends? Are You Pro-Rus.
sian?"
"If you want to think so, but I am
]mot
"Are you still ILG.B.?," Sir Michael
asked, referring to the Soviet intelli-
gence and internaI'secur ity agency.
a hI still than to identify with the
KG.
officer class," Mr. Hidentify ambletc mm said,
without further explanation.
The case against Mr. Hambletm has
Proceeded mainly on the strength of his
own admissions to the British authori-
ties, who had questioned him this sum-
mer after he had arrived on a trip. Be
had previously been questioned by the
Canadian authorities after espionage
m
aterials were found in his poss9asion,
but Do charges had
own been made by his
Government.
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