Canadians catch spy
(NZPA Ottawa A Russian scientist attached to the Canadian National Research Council has been arrested for subversive activities and will be deported. the Ottawa “Journal” has reported. The newspaper said that (Lev Grigoreyvich Khvostantisev, aged 39, was arrested on Wednesday night. He had been in Canada for 10 months under an exchange
arrangement with the council. The "Journal" said it learned from Royal Canadian Mounted Police sources that Khvostantsev had cultivated a friendship with a council scientist, who was not named, and offered him money for classified documents. It said that money was paid to the council scientist for some unclassified documents.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19770226.2.58.10
Bibliographic details
Press, 26 February 1977, Page 6
Word Count
105Canadians catch spy Press, 26 February 1977, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in