200 Soviets at U.N. Called Spies
- Share via
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee reported today that about 200 of the 800 Soviet citizens working for the headquarters of the United Nations are actually intelligence agents who have been allowed to travel freely in the United States.
The committee simultaneously released a report, based on information it gathered from the FBI and former U.N. Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, which said “the Soviet Union is effectively using the U.N. Secretariat in the conduct of its foreign relations, and the West is paying for most of it.”
More to Read
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.