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...have been systematically wooed by the Kremlin, are being kept under tight security. But one case has been uncovered that illustrates how the Soviets work the halls of Congress. James Kappus, 29, a printing consultant in Largo, Md., became an assistant to Wisconsin Congressman Alvin E. O'Konski in 1967. At the time, O'Konski, who retired from Congress in 1973, was a member of the House Armed Services Committee. Kappus recalls how he met a charming Soviet embassy official named Boris A. Sedov and was soon being invited to Soviet embassy parties. Kappus was genuinely dazzled...
...ways that remain a mystery to Kappus, the FBI learned about his friendship with Sedov. With O'Konski's approval, the bureau began supervising Kappus' contacts with the Russian, who was actually a KGB spy. At Sedov's suggestion, Kappus first wrote a story for a Soviet newspaper about presidential candidates for the 1968 election. He was paid only $20, but in the months that followed, Kappus received some $2,000 more for passing on unclassified information that had first been screened by the FBI. "We both knew that I had been 'compromised,' " says...
Sedov began pressing Kappus for classified information. Where did O'Konski keep classified documents? Could Kappus get at them? When Kappus hesitated, Sedov said, "You know, I helped you out when things were tough...
...Because of the 1970 census two U.S. Representatives now find themselves struggling for the same seat: David Obey, 34, a popular Democratic liberal; and Alvin O'Konski, 68, the 14-term Republican incumbent noted locally for his support of Project Sanguine, a costly Navy communications system that would involve burying 6,000 miles of antenna throughout northern Wisconsin's forests. That issue, coupled with the farmers' anger over the controversial Russian wheat deal and George McGovern's surprising strength in the area (polls show him even with Nixon), has put Obey in a strong position. Concedes...
...exist today, with honest and courageous solutions." Before Rockefeller landed in New York, Long Island Congressman Stuyvesant Wainwright, whose brother works for Rockefeller, announced from Washington a "draft Rockefeller" movement ready to set up a Midwestern headquarters. He was shortly seconded by Wisconsin's Congressman Alvin O'Konski, who promised that Rockefeller would have a full slate of delegates in the April Wisconsin primaries. By week's end Rocky was no longer a possible contender but a candidate in the ring, and the only question left for November was whether he would campaign openly or drop...