U.N. EMPLOYEE DISMISSED
CHARGE OF SPYING FOR SOVIET (N.Z. Press Assocmtion—Copyngtiti NEW YORK, August 24 A Soviet employee of the United Nations Secretariat had been dismissed for spying, the Secretary-General of the United Nations iMr Dag Hammarskjoldi said today. The man is Victor Ivanovitch Petrov, a translator. The United States made the espionage charges against him. Petrov left the United States yesterday. Mr Hammarskjold described Pet; rov’s activities as “not permitted’ under the United Nations staff regulations on standards of conduct. The United States delegation at United Nations headquarters said that Petrov's dismissal came after consideration by Mr Hammarskjold qf information given him by the United States Department of State. “The information.” it said, “was based on evidence furnished by the Department of Justice that Petrov had attempted to obtain information vital to the security and defence of the United States.”
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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28057, 27 August 1956, Page 15
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