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CIA • 1981

CIA INDUCED RUSSIAN TO DEFECT: JAPAN PRESS

Approved for Release: 2019/04/11 C05539027 ARTICLE APPEARED ON PACE-7� CHICAGO TRIBUNE 11 May 1981 IA induced Russian to defect: Japan press. TOKYO (Reuters)�The CIA, with the help of a British intelligence agent, prompted the defection of a Russian pilot with his MIG-25 fighter plane five years-ago so the West could study the craft, the Kyodo news agen- cy said Sunday. The news agency, quoting unnamed Japanese security officials, said Cen- tral Intelligence Agency officials, in a secret missory...
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Created
Mar 8, 2023
Released
May 29, 2019
Publication
May 11, 1981
Case number
F-2016-00620

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Metadata

Document #

05539027

Case #

F-2016-00620

Document Type

FOIA

Collection

FOIA Collection

Release Decision

RIPPUB

Original Classification

U

Sequence

Pages

1 pages

File Size

55.18 KB