"U.S. EMBASSY IN INDIA DENIES REPORT ON SPYING"

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2011
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Asia
Charges link U.S. to Indian spies
tiEW DELHI. India - t' S. intelligence officers op-
erating from the C.S. Embassy paid an Indian bustness~
man to obtain Indian defense secrets, organize protests
against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and run
an anti-So~?iet propaganda campaign, court document
filed yesterday said.
The documents alleged 'I~iwan officials and \e~
Delhi-based West German diplomats participated to
American efforts to culti~?ate members of the Indian.
Parliament as sources of information. The charge-sheep
named nine Americans and two ~t'est Germans and ca:~
they' were di~lett+.ats.
Three of the parliamentarians identified in the dt,~
uments -two senior ministers and a state commission.
chairman -resigned on Monday The allegations were
contained in charges filed in a closed court Jan. 14 ai:,i
formally brought yesterday against Rama Swaroop, 53
the Indian representative of aquasi-official 'Igiwan
trade promotion group.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1986
Around the World
U.S. Embassy in India
Denies Report on Spying
Special to Tke New York Times
NEW DELHI, Jan. 29 -. The United
States Embassy denied today that any
of its diplomats had ' `engaged in espio-
nage" with an Indian businessman who
was accused Tuesday of Passing se-
crets to several American officials.
The b~inessman, Rama Swaroop,
was named last year as an anent for
Taiwan who passed secrets from In-
dian off[c~als to various foreign oon-
tads. He wa~s specifically charged
formation but~ther~e were fewi details
of what the information was.
In a statement, a United States Em-
bassy spokescran said today that the
United States "denies that any United
States Government officials have en_
8a8~ in espionage activity with Swa-
roop and specifically that any United
States Government official has sought
or received classified information or
documents from Swaroop."
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