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Heinlet dated larch 15, 1962, furnishing case 
writeups to be and instructions re gara?

phrasing material from -

0n march 26, 1962, thewmteups nerd delivered to 
in Dublin, Ireland. At this ting furnished
an 11-page rough draft article whieh is enolosed herein for the
Bureau. i i -

in_nost sincere in the preparation of these-
articles and states he_wou1d appreciate-it very lush if_thekz.
Bureau will suggest-any changes whiah will keep the articles 
withinthq bounds of authenticity am-aeouraey; -) 

The Bureau is re?nested to review the enclosed artiele-

and.udvise the London Office or any suggested changes, additionn.
or deletions. .

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4 Bureau Eno.) (1 Foreign LiaiSOn - sent direct)
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'importance o??Abel to the.?ommun

?x6?x motto is ?Twe never give up." They don't always ?getntheir_.--. . .sud?essful.-

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SEX ?ne FBI FILES). 
lCapt. P.D..O'Donnell.

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THE HOLLOW EICKEL Colonel ABEL.

"Sorry: memy", the old lady said," I don't have aHyri?change.?Can1 

you break this.d5llar bill 
The studious-looking newsboy quic?ly counted the coins in his?
There were not enough. "I?ll ask across the hall" he said.

. uwu in
with such a Simple conversation was begun one of?the most



sensational spy-hunts in history, ending in victory for the



ihyincible FBI with the breaking up of? "gigantic in New

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Yorki Russia's most valuable master spy was caught'gith all his
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equipment, and there followed in this year,Vl962, the uniQue sequel.

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Colonel Rudolf Ivanovich Abel; the.master-spy was_dramati?glfy

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exchanged for the U-2 pilot, Gary Powers,_aptly disclosing.the

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The case continues, straigh1from the files of the FBI, whose

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neithergdo the Mounties - but bulldog-lTEe the FBI ne?epmmw-


releases their grip on a case, and in this one 

man"

were nevermso



in the apartment y?wpp 
ies/across the hall from the one occupied



There wefe?two lad

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by Jimmy's customer. By pooling the coins in their purses they were

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aide to give the newsboy change far a dollar. After he had cofl??tEd

 

for the newspapers Jimmy left the apartment house jingiihg?several 

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coons in his pocket. One of the coin?Vseemed to have a pecuiiar

   



 

 

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and Jimmy cocked his head to one side. Was he jipp?df Testing

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the_weight of it on his middle finger, it than 
an ordinary nickel. Ihen he drOppe it on the floor. It sp?t apart!



Laid bar??Qas a tiny slip of celluldfd picture of

a series/of num?grs:_ 

This happened on June 23? 1953, as the deli?gry boy for the 7>th



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"Brooklyn agle" knocked on the door of one of his customers in the

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apartment building at 3405: roster Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.

Only tm5ydays later FBI Special Hg? ?ark Waters (fictitiousstening to this story as a detective of the New York police

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was talking to him about another?i?yestigation.
It was a hot, h??id WedneSday, but at all ears.
How did the/detective cOme across this of "intelligence".

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It was all very simple said the detective as he handed across the 

coin and the misro- phot?graph. "Jimmy is going steady with Alice,

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and her father is a cop in my precinct. 'bhe told her Dad, he told

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me,P?nd I'm telling you",
. Waters carefully put away the coin and?5i:ture, but didn?t?forget?;

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to turn it in to the NEW York'FBT'office. There they_were most

interestEd and at once set up an in?estigation,) The FBI?;;perts

h0wever coulngT/make anything out of the that

it showed t??ycolumns of typeWritt??wnumbers. But they did scent

war 
So the coin and 5T2ture quickly we to the Washington

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FBI labbratory.

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Hollow coins occasiona?y come to notice of law ?sh: and they

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are also used in "magic" acts, but this was the finst time the FBI



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came across/zfnickel quite like this one. It had auti::whole

drilled 1n-the of so that something like a needle could

be inserted to for?e the nickeffopen. The.revef?ewside had been' 
another n?c?el minted around 151:: but in effort


to decipher the micrOphotograph failed. ,?he only thing they could

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be certain ofvfaswthat the numbers were typed on a foreign machine.

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G?man Waters interviewed the two old ladies, but their reply

was, Why, we've never seen a hollow coin - or for that matter,


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even heard of one before". The FBI investigated all novelty



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Stores? but no luck there either. One salesman said, "It's no

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suitable for a magib trick. The hollowed out area is too small

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to hide aside from a tiny piece of paper."

From 1953 t6f1957 Continuing efforts were made to soIvemfhe
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mystery of the hollow coin. former-Spies who had "gone West" could

shed no l?ght on the case, and all roads seemed t5?TEad to one

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blind alley after a??ther. Yet the relentless FBI continued to

search for clues impellgd by their intense devotion tdm?3untry and

b<ff .ewv?
duty. Number ten in the PTen ommandments" of the G~man is Be
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loyal to self, organisation, country, and they
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experience, but also long and tremendous


respongibility.

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The spy trail now spinggit way to Paris in the' ring. It is

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a balmy May evening rn 1957, when a man walks into the US Embassy
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there: He blurts out his amazing an officer in the

 

 

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Soviet intelligence service. For the past five years, I have,



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been operating in the United btates. Now I he your help."!

This Spy, Beino Hayhanen, who made this extraordinary speech
said/he'hagfggen or??red to return to Moscow, but on account Of?
his lack?o success in America feared ?32 consequences; He saw
wanted to desert {Hg::gxiet camp, and gain the securfty of
America: He probably liked the American way of lifewtoo!

The Embassy was mo?entarily surprised but Hayhanen's story

ckohd 

wasqbelieved and he was sent back to America, where the FET?took
him in hands. His story was quitemextraordinary.



In possession?of an American passport in the??ame of Eugene
May 307%l919, Lngaviile, Idaho, the Russian spy 
Hayhanen told how he had been drafted intd?the NKVD in 
and after a period of?652ration in Finland/was ordered to??oscow
in 1948f3; assignment with?the ?illegal" or "dee?'??ver? section 
of the 563:2: State Secunity Service. Then 13?1949 he became i



 

"Eugen??Maki", severing all/relations with his fEEIiy. I 'u
How he was able td?do this is not vouched forTMbut it isl 
known that the M??i family, becoming impressed 33th the "new" 7
?ussia?, and left America for Estonia f?wihe mid 19257;. Letteggw
back shd?Ed that they w5?2 very and sorely America.
Some time after that, the Entire family disappearegwfrom the??3bne
includi?grth? American born Eugene. 
NOW "Eugenekeapjears again?ipw?inlandffas an American born
labourer,-who goes to the US Embassy there with the American
birth certificate, and makes an affidavit eiplaini?ggthe history 
of "his" family. ?his was in igsz? and for the three-years before,
nayhanen??lias Mafijlived in tinld?d as an ordinaryrhard working
citi??h, meeting and?marrying a Fin?fsh girl Han?g Kuri who
knew nothingfof her husband's Russian hi??gry. Hayhane??hadyof
ovurse been trained in Moscow, learnequnglis?fg?? Ameri an 7
V?customs, and beenhin spying, microfilmf?zwa?d/coding: and sec;;:
writing. . .
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at Hels1nk1, and he sai ed on the Queen ary from Southhampton 
on Uct 1952, arrivingbi: New ?ork on the 2fgt. FBI Agezt

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Stevens,/and others questioning him were careful td?lgt him tell

his own story first before they started asking/Questions of a

specific nature. His superior3whom he was to contact'fnw?ew iork) 
was called ikhail", and he had met this man before he left, in' 
Moscd?f?f 
After arriving in New York, the_spy Hayhanen the 
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Tayern on the Green in Central rark. He was told in Moscow that
nearby he wouldbiind a signpost rked "Horse Cgr?s" and he let
Mikhail know of'his safe arrival by placing a red thu??tack on

this signpost. So careful was everything plotted by the tonmunists



that even this lit le detail was not overloo?gdj Hayhanen was, -1 'w

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instructed: "If you suspect you are under surveillance, place

a White tack on board,"
The spy ntinued hms_ tory! Hayhanen and "Mikhail" met only
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when vitally necessary. To exchange ?essageswand intelligence data,
they used "dead dr0ps", - 1nconcp1c1ous hiding places. One of these I

was the base of a lamp post in *ort Tryon Park. The FBI Agents i?
were interested in?t33se, and now asking a question aboutwother 

such places,they were told of a hole in a set of genent steps

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in Prospect rark.. At once they sent a search orderao?t, and

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G-man Waters of New York found there?? hollowed-out i on bolt!
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ow1ng message," Nobody care to meeting


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either 8th ?or 9th, 5s I advised he should:- Why? 9hould hrbe? inETde 

 

 

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or outsid?? Is tim?fvro?gf Place seems right. PleaSe 

The Co mies seemed to have gone wrong semevhere, and laid a clue


the Spy??a"?hing G'men- The bolt was found On"?1hay 15.7957?

It had been?pSt in the "dead drop" two years previously, but, 

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Viv-r?   7 may.? 
a trick of fate, a repair had filled the hole in the stairs

vith- ement, entombing the bolt.
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Hollow containers seemed to ring a bell, and Stevens questioned
a? we 
furt er; Hayhaned said"trick"containersj were often used by his
outfit, and among the items he was supplied with were hollow pens,r 
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screws, batteries, AND con?gi In some cases they.were magnetised
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so they/vould stick to metal?obgects. Immediately Special Agent .
Wat rs started a ?feful search?gf a

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in yorislee Drive, New York, and there at last they found a?hollow

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coin from *inland, with a small hole on one?gide. It was i 
With the hollow nickel found by Jimmy four years-before in Brooklyn!
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But only ene?E?1f of that mystery was1solved. Though {33?
Spy ring which used that nickel was pin-pointed, the coded message
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still had to be deciphered. ?ow the FBI closely questioned

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Hayhanen again, this time on the use of codes and 

And true to his promise to help the country he found to his liking,

"Ei?erts to decipher 

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the numbers on the strip of celluloid. It gave Hayhanen hinself,
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instructions on?hgw to operate, that he was to invest the money
given?in business, but to consult his superior first as t?iits

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nature.xIt also told him the procedure on coding short and long

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letters, and ended With information about his family in Russia?Aer 7 

 

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to keep him happy, no doubt. -
That part of the mystery now solved,the were faced with
the break-up of the spy ring, and this had to be done Day



a?ter day they Questioned hayhanen about his superiors, and
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the spy told them how "Mikhail" looked. He was identified as


Mikhail Svirin, but by this time Svirin had gone back to Russia.
Hayhanen then told them of Svirin's successor, One "Mark". The

FBI guessed that ?ark was still operating, and fromwwhat Hayhanen



told them,knew that he was the leader and a very dangerous person.

How to catch him red-handed was the ppoblem. - a?

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If the FBI could get a photo of this man, Hayhanen would be

ableto pin?point him as he did "Mikhaila. When he wasvshown a
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photo of one suspect he straightened up in his chair suddenly I 
and said" That's EEK/one . 1here is no do?ht: That's Mikhail."


Grimly, Special Agent Stevens hoped that soon Hayhanen?would do the 

same for"Mark".

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Hayhanen, however did not know where "Mark" use?riivename he was uSing as an ordiaary Citizen. He did tell the FBI Agent
that "Mark"twa? supposed to be a colonel in the Soviet 

and that he was an "old hand" troperating sin??wl927. Also he

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furnished the information that "Mark" smoked a pipe, and when he 133*: i

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met him were a red and blue striped tie. asked 

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Hayhanen to located an-American Army Sergeant known asL?auebec"!
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Another Agent of the F31 was at once detaii?d to investigate this

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matter. and as a result Sergeant who was recruited in

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When Hayhanen saw the FBI had got on
the case he di:ulged/more information. He described "Mark" as

about fifty years old, five feet ten inches tall, thin grey hair,

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courtmartiafled and sentenced to fiye"years.

and medium build. He said "MArk" VQs an accomplised'phOtographer

and one muggy evenin during the questioning?suddenly ?33511ea
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that on one occasion "Mark" had taken him to a storage room

where he kept photo supplies, on the fourth or fifth floor of 4%
a building_near Cl??k and Eulton Streets in Brooklyn. - d?

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Special'Age?t Waters and his men fine-combed this area, and

found that one Eme?Eoldfus, a photographer, operated'E?studio
at 252 *ulton Street, on the fifth floor, since Uanuary 1954.
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He had also fo erly rented a fifth floor storage room~there. The

 

net was closing! I
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The FBI agents also ferreted out that in April 1957 - the same

month that Hayhanen boarded a ship for Europe) Goldfus had told

if?? A .  Par? .
a few people locally that he was geing bouth on a seven week vacatmn.

"It's doctor's orders" he had saiHT?I have a sinus cond' ion."

So Goldfus had disappeared about-April But it Was oniy three
weeks after that date that Agent ?aters and other"EBf Agents
arrived at 252 Bulton Street in quest of the mysterious "Mark".

Since Goldfus seemed to asnwer Hayhanen's description of his superior

the G-men setyup an around?the?clock atch.

 
     

It was a fine sunny day ater may 28th, 1957 when 37$:4l

Waters spotted a man resembling ??grk" sitting on a bench in 

 

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a park Opposite the entrance to 252 rulton Street. Casually

 
watching him, W- ers saw this man walk ahout the park. He seemd to
be nervous and looking.for someone. The impression he created

any h?me 
was that he was watching for unusud activity in the neighbourhood.
Had he Spotted?$he G-men? ?inally at 6.50 pom. he left the park .

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The G-men did not follow. ihey reasoned that if he was "mark? he
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would return, and he could be the vrong man. Waters felt ?ure

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their presence vas not detected.

Day after day the patient G-men tched andeaited. Other Agents

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made daily checks on the "dead drOps" mentioned by Hayhanen. Then, 0 
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on the warm night of June 13. - unlucky for Goldfus - the patience
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of the FBI Agents was rewarded. At 10.00 p.m. they saw the lights 
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go on in Goldfus' room, and a man was seen moving around inside.

At 11.52 the lights vent out/2nd moments pater, Waters saw this i '5

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the description of "Mark"!
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Waters followed him/ to a subway, sawmhim take the Su way to

man emerge. He fitted

 

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28th Street, and still follOWingT?obServed him the Hotel

 

Batham on Street. '0ther Agents, a
'-)were able to takeTunnoticed by "Mark" a good a 

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photo of him. Tvo days later  Hayhanen was shooh this  

 

photo., and at once excaaimed, "You?ve found Kit. 
Agents have to most/careful to respect the status and privacy

of innocent citizens)
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Now the hunt was on in earnest. Goldfus, was found
to be registered at Motel Latham under the name of Martin ?ollins,



and he was kept nder tight watch for six days, while the FBI ttiedt4~

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the loose ends, and other matters before this Russia??spy and
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intel igence officer could be arrested. Then on theLbright'morning

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of June 21 st, 1957, - four years ban/oneday, to the evening
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vhen Jimmy suspected he was jipped of a nickel - "Mark" was

arr?sted.



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Bluffing failed: and then he turned to defiance. "Mark"

was found to possess many false papers, including not one - but two
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American birth certificates. He had one for the name Goldfus and one

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for Collinsf: He had also used the name Andrew hayotis 1947, 54:; 

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get?aag a paSSport to visit relatives in EurOpe. had used that

wz?f?" new" 
passpoet mm aster Canada in 1948, drOpping out of sight when 
left the ship at Quebec. Now he saw the end was up, and decided to

tell who he really was. I
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Ivanovich ABEL, born 

    

But h??r3fused to disdose
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his spying activities. However his roSEyEpoke for him2?2? W,
Virtualwmuseum of moder??gspionage equipment. It contained shortwave

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radios, Cipherwpads, cameras, and films for producing microdots, and

h9110w f?links, shaving brushes amd numerous other 

containers.


Irdicted as a ILussian spy, olonel Abel was tried at the Federal

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Court in New fork d?ring October,wl?57 and among othe??his former
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trusted assfgiant uayhanen??,Lieet Colonel, testiff?g?ag?inOctober 25, he was found guilty on all counts, and was sentenced,,

 

 

 

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as follows; 'lfwr 
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Lount One Uonspiracy to transmit defence information ot?M

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the bov1et?UZ?ion) 30 years imprisonment.

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Gount Two( LonSpiracy to obtainadefence 10 years

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and??1990:h He appealed his convictions but they were upheld.
And annother?fg; investigation,which started with a newsboys hollow
nickel, resulted in the smashing of a Russian Spy ring. The

 

dramatic segyelfollowed this year when ABEL was exchanged for 
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U-2 pilot Gary Powers, and enJOying

a well-earned Kdl?ia?y holiday in ??gsia to-day.

(c3.D. O'Donnell Capt.l962. 

I With the kind permission of the/FEZ.
of Director of the FBI. Edgar 

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