Gromyko’s Adviser Alleged To Be Former Spy
(Rec. 10.40 a.m.) NEW YORK, September 25. The Russian named by the Canadian Government as the organiser of a war-time spy ring, which sent 17 top secrets, including particulars of the powerful explosive R.D.X., from Ottawa to Moscow, is now attached to the United Nations delegation and is Mr Gromyko’s personal adviser, says the Daily News. He is Sergei Kudriavtsev, a stocky blonde with a good working knowledge of American slang. He serves as a liaison officer between Russia and her satellites and served as a representative on the United Nations Balkans Investigating Commission. Mr Kudriavtsev yesterday admitted he was the man the Canadian report named, but charged that the Canadian report was false. He was the first secretary to the Russian Lesration in Ottawa from 1942 to 1945, but denied directing espionage activities. The Canadian Government aleged that Mr Kudriavtsev remained in Canada working for the spy director, Colonel Zabotin, under the code name of “Leon” after' he had ostensibly left his official post at Ottawa.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 September 1947, Page 7
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