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...
U
Declassified
Timeline
- 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
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Pages
1 pages
File Size
55.18 KB