Word: vartanian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mountie immediately told his superiors about the offer. He was instructed to take the money, turn it over to the government and, according to Jamieson, begin passing "carefully screened nonsensitive information or completely fabricated material" to his KGB contact. The contact was Igor Vartanian, who as First Secretary for Sports and Cultural Affairs at the Soviet mission in Ottawa traveled widely around the country, especially in connection with the annual Canada-U.S.S.R. hockey matches...
...Mountie met seven times with Vartanian, with other Russians involved in arranging the rendezvous; some provided transportation, while others posted cryptic signals. One method was to stick tapes to a pillar in an Ottawa shopping center. According to written instructions given the Mountie, "Vertical position of tape-operation takes place in Montreal. Horizontal position-operation takes place in Ottawa. Yellow color-call for the regular meeting. Black color-call for instant meeting...