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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, August 25, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes . Governors urge educational Reform Page 5 plane id system criticized by Gao Page 9 Redfield wins Usa eur Marathon Page 25 i 4 0% 4the stars an authorized unofficial pulk Tiosh for the u i. Alveo Force vol. 45. No. 129 monday. August 25. 1986 i do i a d 8693 a Fri arrests soviet for spying new York at Federal agents a res cd a Sociol employee  he United nations saturday in espionage charges us he bought a Lasella Dix Umont. From an informant  a subway platform the Hill visit. A Stal Mem released by Fri i Mcclur William we hater identified he soviet 115 Gennady fedoras u h Zakharov. 39. A scientific affairs officer assigned to the Center for science and technology fur fax pc Loument at he United nations secretariat Here. Three Federal agents arrested Zakharov around 6 . Ai a Queens subway mop right after he paid ,000 for documents  . Air Force Jet engine Fri assistant director John l. Hugan said at a news con Ference Here Zakharov Gate the Money to a Man identified As a graduate  Queens College who has supplied information to the Fri  the Case for three years Hogan said. The Man a permanent is. Resident who comes from a third world  is employed by a  to the Bendix corp and general lil Cheirie c o., two important military Contr Clori Logan said. When arrested Zakharov struggled with the Fri agents. Hogan said. They tackled him and wrestled him to the ground before handcuffing him he said. Fri officials did not identify the informant who they said Zakharov tried to recruit while the Man was still a student More than three years ago. Hogan said agents believed that Zakharov was a fib agent. Accused spy Gennady Fedorovich a Zhurav sled into Fri offices in new York a High Speed commuter rail end in upper Darby a overshot a platform saturday and smashed through a Termi no stopping it Nul Wall injuring at least 41 people. Passengers said the brakes failed. Most suffered cuts and bruises but one person was reported in critical condition. The operator Albert chesire 31,  upper Darby broke his ankle. N n one answered Telephone Calls to die Sou i i my wish in Washington. , officials have Long complained that the soviet delegation to the United nations is a spy Haven list year. President Reagan called it a spy nest and in Early March  this year the United states ordered the soviet Union to reduce the size  its mis Sions at the United nations from 279 to 170 by april i9ss. Lie added however that Zakharov had orally it Vered the informant a contract out lining  information the soviets needed fikh Irv Aho asked for manufacturers manuals  military projects thai would one the soviets a better idea  Whai americans were building he Aid. From the time  their first meeting the informant was in continual con act with i he Fri appraising agents  Zakharov s activities Hogan said. Zakharov told the informant he should fed rewarded when he and Zakharov Hurt the United states the Fri said. According to the Fri Zakharov arrived in the United slates in december i1s2 As a scientific affairs officer. As an officer  employee  an International organization his visa gives him Only limited diplomatic immunity that docs not extend to espionage the Fri said. Arraignment Vas scheduled for monday before a . Magistrate in new York. Fri spokesman Ray Mcelhaney said that if convicted Zakharov could be sentenced to a maximum  Ife in prison. New report analyses Kal disaster new York Tui l soviet gunners shot Down korean air lines flight 007 in 1983 because their own blunders led them to believe the passenger plane was a . Scout plane the new York times reported sunday citing an article to appear nest month in the Atlantic monthly the times said . Intelligence agencies intercepted so Viet communications As the Airliner  into soviet airspace but did not a Nafize the data until hours later after the Boeing 747 was blown out  the sky and its 269 passengers and Crew killed. The intercepted data show thai soviet radar operators confused the Kal air Craft with p . Plane  a surveillance Mission and that soviet fighter pilots could not find the Airliner during its first two penetrations  soviet airspace. The Pilot who shot Down the Airliner disobeyed orders to make visual identification before attacking the times re ported. The Magazine article by freelance writer and frequent times contributor Seymour Hersh says the intelligence included recordings  Telephone Calls by soviet Mili Ury officials and Viducu ipacs  soviet radar screens presumably intercepted by the National Security Agency. In one recorded phone Call an officer  the soviet Union s Pacific coast called Moscow to ask about military action against a . Intruder. He was obviously under pressure to see Kal  Page 23  
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