U.S. BARS SOVIET JOURNALIST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000200700057-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 2010
• Sequence Number: 57
• Publication Date: August 21, 1984
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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WASHINGTON POST
21 August 1984
U.S. Bars Soviet Journalist
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Aug. 20
(UPI)-A Soviet journalist has
been prohibited from entering
the United States for a 10-day
exchange program with New
England editors that began to-
day at Brown University.
The State Department con-
firmed that A. Makarov, North
American editor for the news
agency Novosti, was notified
more .than a week ago that his
visa request had been denied.
"He was given a reason for
the rejection and we can't say
publicly what that was," the of-
ficial said, adding, "but it would
be fair to speculate that the rea-
'son had to do with our security
concerns."
A New England editor who is
a delegate to the convention
with the Soviets said the group
had been told that Makarov had
knits with the KGB, the Soviet
secret police.
No formal sessions were
scheduled until Tuesday when
the New England Society of
Newspaper Editors was to host
the Soviets for breakfast and
activities that include greetings
from Rhode Island Gov. J. Jo-
seph Garrahy.
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