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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other subversive characters was strengthened last week. ¶The U.S. delegation to the U.N. announced that it had requested the dismissal of a high Russian staff member for attempted espionage. The accused: Nikolai Skvortsov, 39, special assistant to U.N.'s Assistant Secretary General for Security Council Affairs, Constantin Zinchenko. Skvortsov never seemed to do much work; he just spent an unusual amount of time chatting with non-Russians. The State Department learned a year ago that Skvortsov was engaged in espionage. While Skvortsov was visiting Moscow last summer, the U.S. told Secretary General Trygve Lie that it hoped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ESPIONAGE: Russian at the Back Door | 12/22/1952 | See Source »

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