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Re: Torpedo Speeds
Posted by:
Yuri IL\'IN
()
Date: October 27, 2001 12:26AM
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Russian copy this torpedo in Papua & New Guinea 20 years back.
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<CENTER><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><FONT SIZE=+1>AMERICAN SPY SENTENCED
IN RUSSIA </FONT></FONT></B></P></CENTER>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<DD>The American administration plans to ask for the release of an American
national Edmond Pope sentenced by a Moscow court to a 20-year term for
espionage. The American request is on humanitarian ground. Vyacheslav Solovyov
examines the spy case and has this to say. </DD>
<DD>The Moscow court has ordered that the 20-year prison term should be
served in a maximum-security prison. Despite the immense pressure on the
court and the Russian authorities especially by the Washington administration.
Same prosecuting counsel was able to prove the charge of espionage against
Mr. Pope. A former serviceman and an employee of the United States Naval
secret service who later turned a businessman, Edmond Pope was engaged
is gathering vital information on Russia's high-tech torpedo the SHKVAL
for onward transmission to his employers back in America. Mr. Pope was
found guilty of spying on Russia and received the maximum prison term according
to the relevant Russian law. The court's tough verdict was due to Mr. Pope's
very serious crime. Concerning the health of Mr. Pope the Moscow court
was glided by the medical report before it and didn't find anything seriously
the matter with Mr. Pope precluding his serving: a jail term. </DD>
<DD>The court's verdict on Wednesday is not the end of the case since the
accused and his lawyers can lodge an appeal against the Moscow court's
verdict. </DD>
<DD>The Moscow-based paper News Time says that whatever will be the final
outcome it will not matter one bit for the Russian counterintelligence
service and the Russian authorities. </DD>
<DD>The most important outcome is that for the first time in many decades
an American citizen has been found guilty of espionage and that indicates
that Russia still regards itself a powerful nation and an independent one,
not prepared to compromise over its national security. </DD>
<DIV ALIGN=right><DD>12. 07. 2000 </DD></DIV>
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<CENTER><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><FONT SIZE=+1>EDMOND POPE SURRENDERING
CLOAK AND DAGGER </FONT></FONT></B></P></CENTER>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<DD>Moscow's High Court has started hearing the case of the Moscow-based
American business executive Edmond Pope, who faces charges of gathering
intelligence on a new Russian rocket torpedo capable of traveling at up
to 100 meters per second and piercing thick armour plates. </DD>
<DD>Mr. Pope is a former intelligence officer of the US Navy. Undercover
Russian security officers copped him red-handed as he was receiving classified
material from a Russian contact, who is now being brought to book for violating
the Official Secrets Act. </DD>
<DD>A few days ago, the Moscow High Court upheld a ruling by a lower court
that Mr. Pope should stay in detention pending trial. It quoted independent
medical experts, who examined the suspect, as concluding the man is fit
and allegations that he has bone cancer are false. </DD>
<DD>Members of the US Congress, however, are urging President Clinton to
enact sanctions against Russia if it fails to immediately release Edmond
Pope. </DD>
<DD>This is another case of double standards at work, leave alone cheap
electioneering ahead of the US presidential showdown in November. Spies
in the US routinely end up behind bars, regardless of health condition
or age. But American spies abroad are entitled to special leniency, Pope's
advocates would have everybody persuaded. </DD>
<DD>A belief that the Russian judiciary doesn't share. </DD>
<DIV ALIGN=right><DD>10. 18. 2000 </DD></DIV>
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<CENTER><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><FONT SIZE=+1>THE AMERICAN CITIZEN
CHARGED WITH SPYING WILL REMAIN IN PRISON PENDING TRAIL </FONT></FONT></B></P></CENTER>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<DD>The Moscow City Court has turned down the appeal of the American citizen
Edmond Pope, who is charged with spying. On Tuesday the Court announced
he must remain in prison pending trial. </DD>
<DD>The Moscow City Court argued that espionage is one of the serious crimes
that carries the penalty of extended imprisonment. Edmond Pope was detained
in Moscow on the 5th of April this year. According to the Federal Security
Service, the ex-colonel of the United States Navy, as a representative
in Russia of a private commercial firm, was collecting intelligence about
a new Russian high-speed submarine missile that has no analogs in the United
States or any other country. Experts say this weapon is the most effective
at present in a duel between submarines. </DD>
<DD>At any rate, the question of guilt or innocence will be decided in
court. The threats of the State Department that the United States may subject
Russia to sanctions, including a ban on business visits, do not befit a
country that claims to be guided by the rule of law. </DD>
<DD>The American authorities and the defendant's lawyers claim that Edmond
Pope suffers from a rare oncological disease and cannot receive the needed
medication in prison. But according to the official conclusion signed by
an oncological specialist following an examination conducted a week ago
on the 14th on the basis of the medical documents of the American citizen
provided by the American embassy in Moscow, his health at the moment is
considered stable. The findings show that the disease is not progressing,
the defendant does not require special treatment. He can remain in detention
and participate in the preliminary investigation. </DD>
<DD>In reaching its decision, the Moscow City Court took into consideration
this medical conclusion. Contrary to the claims of a top American diplomat
in Moscow, the results of the medical examination were that very day made
known to the assistant general consul at the American embassy June Queensman.
</DD>
<DD>According to his wife Edmund Pope has suffered from cancer of the bone
since 1994. Yet this did not prevent him from engaging in such nerve-wracking
and stress-filled work as his in Russia. </DD>
<DD>It's worth nothing that the American authorities never ease restrictions
on any persons charged with similar crimes on the territory of the United
States, regardless of the state of their health. </DD>
<DIV ALIGN=right><DD>09. 20. 2000 </DD></DIV>
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<CENTER><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><FONT SIZE=+1>THE AMERICAN CITIZEN
CHARGED WITH SPYING WILL REMAIN IN PRISON PENDING TRAIL </FONT></FONT></B></P></CENTER>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<DD>The Moscow City Court has turned down the appeal of the American citizen
Edmond Pope, who is charged with spying. On Tuesday the Court announced
he must remain in prison pending trial. </DD>
<DD>The Moscow City Court argued that espionage is one of the serious crimes
that carries the penalty of extended imprisonment. Edmond Pope was detained
in Moscow on the 5th of April this year. According to the Federal Security
Service, the ex-colonel of the United States Navy, as a representative
in Russia of a private commercial firm, was collecting intelligence about
a new Russian high-speed submarine missile that has no analogs in the United
States or any other country. Experts say this weapon is the most effective
at present in a duel between submarines. </DD>
<DD>At any rate, the question of guilt or innocence will be decided in
court. The threats of the State Department that the United States may subject
Russia to sanctions, including a ban on business visits, do not befit a
country that claims to be guided by the rule of law. </DD>
<DD>The American authorities and the defendant's lawyers claim that Edmond
Pope suffers from a rare oncological disease and cannot receive the needed
medication in prison. But according to the official conclusion signed by
an oncological specialist following an examination conducted a week ago
on the 14th on the basis of the medical documents of the American citizen
provided by the American embassy in Moscow, his health at the moment is
considered stable. The findings show that the disease is not progressing,
the defendant does not require special treatment. He can remain in detention
and participate in the preliminary investigation. </DD>
<DD>In reaching its decision, the Moscow City Court took into consideration
this medical conclusion. Contrary to the claims of a top American diplomat
in Moscow, the results of the medical examination were that very day made
known to the assistant general consul at the American embassy June Queensman.
</DD>
<DD>According to his wife Edmund Pope has suffered from cancer of the bone
since 1994. Yet this did not prevent him from engaging in such nerve-wracking
and stress-filled work as his in Russia. </DD>
<DD>It's worth nothing that the American authorities never ease restrictions
on any persons charged with similar crimes on the territory of the United
States, regardless of the state of their health. </DD>
<DIV ALIGN=right><DD>09. 20. 2000 </DD></DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE></CENTER>
<P><BR>
</P>
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<TR>
<TD BGCOLOR="#0000A0">
<CENTER><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><FONT SIZE=+1>NEW DETAILS IN POPE'S
CASE </FONT></FONT></B></P></CENTER>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<DD>Washington is building up pressure on Moscow to release Edmond Pope,
a citizen of the United States arrested in Russia on charges of espionage.
News agencies quote well-informed sources as saying that President Bill
Clinton interceded for him and so did Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
More - in a commentary by Viacheslav Soloviev.</DD>
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<TD>
<CENTER><P><IMG SRC="[www.vor.ru]; HEIGHT=246 WIDTH=247><BR>
<BR>
<B><FONT SIZE=-1>Daniel H. Kiely</FONT></B></P></CENTER>
<UL>
<P><FONT SIZE=-2>US citizen<BR>
born - 1932<BR>
US passport No.093264310<BR>
Head of Energy Science and Power Systems Division<BR>
1313 Park Hills Ave. State College Penn. USA </FONT></P>
</UL>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<DD>The American side is demanding that the former US Navy intelligence
officer be released, arguing that there is no evidence proving that he
violated Russian laws or was involved in collecting data that might be
of interest to the United States. Daniel Howard Kiely, deputy head of the
applied research laboratory at Pennsylvania State University, could, perhaps,
shed light on Pope's case, for he had been Edmond Pope's technical aid.
Pope who maintained permanent contact with Russian defense scientists was
sometimes unable to assess the information he obtained from them. Then
Professor Kiely joined him in Moscow to offer technical advice and determine
the tasks for Pope's further activity. The laboratory led by Mr. Kiely
has for many years been developing torpedoes for US warships and submarines
but up to now has failed to create an analogue to the new Russian underwater
missile developing a speed of more than 100 meters per second. To-date
it is the most effective weapon in submarine duels. A launcher equipped
with such torpedoes can destroy a heavy warship. Edmond Pope was detained
during an informal contact with a Russian scientist who had participated
in the missile's creation. </DD>
<DD>Daniel Kiely's arrest came almost simultaneously. He was interrogated
as a witness. His testimony and objects confiscated during the search proved
his involvement in Pope's espionage. Later the 68-year-old professor was
released and allowed to return to the United States, still another move
indicating that in such cases Moscow is often guided by the principles
of humanity and the character of bilateral relations. Suffice it to mention
Richard Bliss who was arrested in the southern Rostov region in December
1997 with a topographic device outside a secret installation. Later he
was released on a promise backed by written guarantees from the US embassy
and the firm that employed him that he would return to Russia on the first
demand. This was a gesture of goodwill on the part of Russia. </DD>
<DD><IMG SRC="[www.vor.ru]; HEIGHT=250 WIDTH=325 ALIGN=LEFT>By contrast, foreign
secret agents exposed in the United States face a severe punishment. One
example is Jonathan Pollard's case. A former US Navy intelligence officer,
he was convicted to a life imprisonment in 1996 for collaboration with
the Israeli secret service. Despite repeated requests for his release filed
with President Clinton, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Director
of the CIA and Secretary of Defense, Washington is unlikely to show leniency
towards Pollard. </DD>
<DD>As for the allegations in US media that Edmond Pope's health has sharply
worsened, Russian doctors deny them, saying his health is satisfactory
and gives no grounds for releasing him from custody. Incidentally, a similar
punishment applied to 73-year-old George Trofimov, who was arrested on
spying charges in the United States, has not been changed. A spokesman
for the Russian Foreign Ministry accused Washington of a double-standard
approach. The American side shows no mercy towards foreign agents serving
long-term prison sentences in the United States, but demands leniency for
its own agents . </DD>
<DIV ALIGN=right><DD>09.01.2000 </DD></DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE></CENTER>
<CENTER><P><FONT SIZE=-1>а</FONT>а<FONT SIZE=-1>Copyright й 2000 The Voice
of Russia</FONT></P></CENTER></HTML>
Russian copy this torpedo in Papua & New Guinea 20 years back.
<CENTER><TABLE BORDER=4 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=15 WIDTH="640" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" >
<TR>
<TD BGCOLOR="#0000A0">
<CENTER><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><FONT SIZE=+1>AMERICAN SPY SENTENCED
IN RUSSIA </FONT></FONT></B></P></CENTER>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<DD>The American administration plans to ask for the release of an American
national Edmond Pope sentenced by a Moscow court to a 20-year term for
espionage. The American request is on humanitarian ground. Vyacheslav Solovyov
examines the spy case and has this to say. </DD>
<DD>The Moscow court has ordered that the 20-year prison term should be
served in a maximum-security prison. Despite the immense pressure on the
court and the Russian authorities especially by the Washington administration.
Same prosecuting counsel was able to prove the charge of espionage against
Mr. Pope. A former serviceman and an employee of the United States Naval
secret service who later turned a businessman, Edmond Pope was engaged
is gathering vital information on Russia's high-tech torpedo the SHKVAL
for onward transmission to his employers back in America. Mr. Pope was
found guilty of spying on Russia and received the maximum prison term according
to the relevant Russian law. The court's tough verdict was due to Mr. Pope's
very serious crime. Concerning the health of Mr. Pope the Moscow court
was glided by the medical report before it and didn't find anything seriously
the matter with Mr. Pope precluding his serving: a jail term. </DD>
<DD>The court's verdict on Wednesday is not the end of the case since the
accused and his lawyers can lodge an appeal against the Moscow court's
verdict. </DD>
<DD>The Moscow-based paper News Time says that whatever will be the final
outcome it will not matter one bit for the Russian counterintelligence
service and the Russian authorities. </DD>
<DD>The most important outcome is that for the first time in many decades
an American citizen has been found guilty of espionage and that indicates
that Russia still regards itself a powerful nation and an independent one,
not prepared to compromise over its national security. </DD>
<DIV ALIGN=right><DD>12. 07. 2000 </DD></DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE></CENTER>
<CENTER><TABLE BORDER=4 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=15 WIDTH="640" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" >
<TR>
<TD BGCOLOR="#0000A0">
<CENTER><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><FONT SIZE=+1>EDMOND POPE SURRENDERING
CLOAK AND DAGGER </FONT></FONT></B></P></CENTER>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<DD>Moscow's High Court has started hearing the case of the Moscow-based
American business executive Edmond Pope, who faces charges of gathering
intelligence on a new Russian rocket torpedo capable of traveling at up
to 100 meters per second and piercing thick armour plates. </DD>
<DD>Mr. Pope is a former intelligence officer of the US Navy. Undercover
Russian security officers copped him red-handed as he was receiving classified
material from a Russian contact, who is now being brought to book for violating
the Official Secrets Act. </DD>
<DD>A few days ago, the Moscow High Court upheld a ruling by a lower court
that Mr. Pope should stay in detention pending trial. It quoted independent
medical experts, who examined the suspect, as concluding the man is fit
and allegations that he has bone cancer are false. </DD>
<DD>Members of the US Congress, however, are urging President Clinton to
enact sanctions against Russia if it fails to immediately release Edmond
Pope. </DD>
<DD>This is another case of double standards at work, leave alone cheap
electioneering ahead of the US presidential showdown in November. Spies
in the US routinely end up behind bars, regardless of health condition
or age. But American spies abroad are entitled to special leniency, Pope's
advocates would have everybody persuaded. </DD>
<DD>A belief that the Russian judiciary doesn't share. </DD>
<DIV ALIGN=right><DD>10. 18. 2000 </DD></DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE></CENTER>
<P>а</P>
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<TR>
<TD BGCOLOR="#0000A0">
<CENTER><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><FONT SIZE=+1>THE AMERICAN CITIZEN
CHARGED WITH SPYING WILL REMAIN IN PRISON PENDING TRAIL </FONT></FONT></B></P></CENTER>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<DD>The Moscow City Court has turned down the appeal of the American citizen
Edmond Pope, who is charged with spying. On Tuesday the Court announced
he must remain in prison pending trial. </DD>
<DD>The Moscow City Court argued that espionage is one of the serious crimes
that carries the penalty of extended imprisonment. Edmond Pope was detained
in Moscow on the 5th of April this year. According to the Federal Security
Service, the ex-colonel of the United States Navy, as a representative
in Russia of a private commercial firm, was collecting intelligence about
a new Russian high-speed submarine missile that has no analogs in the United
States or any other country. Experts say this weapon is the most effective
at present in a duel between submarines. </DD>
<DD>At any rate, the question of guilt or innocence will be decided in
court. The threats of the State Department that the United States may subject
Russia to sanctions, including a ban on business visits, do not befit a
country that claims to be guided by the rule of law. </DD>
<DD>The American authorities and the defendant's lawyers claim that Edmond
Pope suffers from a rare oncological disease and cannot receive the needed
medication in prison. But according to the official conclusion signed by
an oncological specialist following an examination conducted a week ago
on the 14th on the basis of the medical documents of the American citizen
provided by the American embassy in Moscow, his health at the moment is
considered stable. The findings show that the disease is not progressing,
the defendant does not require special treatment. He can remain in detention
and participate in the preliminary investigation. </DD>
<DD>In reaching its decision, the Moscow City Court took into consideration
this medical conclusion. Contrary to the claims of a top American diplomat
in Moscow, the results of the medical examination were that very day made
known to the assistant general consul at the American embassy June Queensman.
</DD>
<DD>According to his wife Edmund Pope has suffered from cancer of the bone
since 1994. Yet this did not prevent him from engaging in such nerve-wracking
and stress-filled work as his in Russia. </DD>
<DD>It's worth nothing that the American authorities never ease restrictions
on any persons charged with similar crimes on the territory of the United
States, regardless of the state of their health. </DD>
<DIV ALIGN=right><DD>09. 20. 2000 </DD></DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE></CENTER>
<P><BR>
</P>
<CENTER><TABLE BORDER=4 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=15 WIDTH="640" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" >
<TR>
<TD BGCOLOR="#0000A0">
<CENTER><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><FONT SIZE=+1>THE AMERICAN CITIZEN
CHARGED WITH SPYING WILL REMAIN IN PRISON PENDING TRAIL </FONT></FONT></B></P></CENTER>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<DD>The Moscow City Court has turned down the appeal of the American citizen
Edmond Pope, who is charged with spying. On Tuesday the Court announced
he must remain in prison pending trial. </DD>
<DD>The Moscow City Court argued that espionage is one of the serious crimes
that carries the penalty of extended imprisonment. Edmond Pope was detained
in Moscow on the 5th of April this year. According to the Federal Security
Service, the ex-colonel of the United States Navy, as a representative
in Russia of a private commercial firm, was collecting intelligence about
a new Russian high-speed submarine missile that has no analogs in the United
States or any other country. Experts say this weapon is the most effective
at present in a duel between submarines. </DD>
<DD>At any rate, the question of guilt or innocence will be decided in
court. The threats of the State Department that the United States may subject
Russia to sanctions, including a ban on business visits, do not befit a
country that claims to be guided by the rule of law. </DD>
<DD>The American authorities and the defendant's lawyers claim that Edmond
Pope suffers from a rare oncological disease and cannot receive the needed
medication in prison. But according to the official conclusion signed by
an oncological specialist following an examination conducted a week ago
on the 14th on the basis of the medical documents of the American citizen
provided by the American embassy in Moscow, his health at the moment is
considered stable. The findings show that the disease is not progressing,
the defendant does not require special treatment. He can remain in detention
and participate in the preliminary investigation. </DD>
<DD>In reaching its decision, the Moscow City Court took into consideration
this medical conclusion. Contrary to the claims of a top American diplomat
in Moscow, the results of the medical examination were that very day made
known to the assistant general consul at the American embassy June Queensman.
</DD>
<DD>According to his wife Edmund Pope has suffered from cancer of the bone
since 1994. Yet this did not prevent him from engaging in such nerve-wracking
and stress-filled work as his in Russia. </DD>
<DD>It's worth nothing that the American authorities never ease restrictions
on any persons charged with similar crimes on the territory of the United
States, regardless of the state of their health. </DD>
<DIV ALIGN=right><DD>09. 20. 2000 </DD></DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE></CENTER>
<P><BR>
</P>
<CENTER><TABLE BORDER=4 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=15 WIDTH="640" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" >
<TR>
<TD BGCOLOR="#0000A0">
<CENTER><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><FONT SIZE=+1>NEW DETAILS IN POPE'S
CASE </FONT></FONT></B></P></CENTER>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<DD>Washington is building up pressure on Moscow to release Edmond Pope,
a citizen of the United States arrested in Russia on charges of espionage.
News agencies quote well-informed sources as saying that President Bill
Clinton interceded for him and so did Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
More - in a commentary by Viacheslav Soloviev.</DD>
<TABLE ALIGN=RIGHT BORDER=1 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 >
<TR>
<TD>
<CENTER><P><IMG SRC="[www.vor.ru]; HEIGHT=246 WIDTH=247><BR>
![www.vor.ru](http://www.vor.ru/Exclusive/Keily.jpg"){kind=link}
<BR>
<B><FONT SIZE=-1>Daniel H. Kiely</FONT></B></P></CENTER>
<UL>
<P><FONT SIZE=-2>US citizen<BR>
born - 1932<BR>
US passport No.093264310<BR>
Head of Energy Science and Power Systems Division<BR>
1313 Park Hills Ave. State College Penn. USA </FONT></P>
</UL>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<DD>The American side is demanding that the former US Navy intelligence
officer be released, arguing that there is no evidence proving that he
violated Russian laws or was involved in collecting data that might be
of interest to the United States. Daniel Howard Kiely, deputy head of the
applied research laboratory at Pennsylvania State University, could, perhaps,
shed light on Pope's case, for he had been Edmond Pope's technical aid.
Pope who maintained permanent contact with Russian defense scientists was
sometimes unable to assess the information he obtained from them. Then
Professor Kiely joined him in Moscow to offer technical advice and determine
the tasks for Pope's further activity. The laboratory led by Mr. Kiely
has for many years been developing torpedoes for US warships and submarines
but up to now has failed to create an analogue to the new Russian underwater
missile developing a speed of more than 100 meters per second. To-date
it is the most effective weapon in submarine duels. A launcher equipped
with such torpedoes can destroy a heavy warship. Edmond Pope was detained
during an informal contact with a Russian scientist who had participated
in the missile's creation. </DD>
<DD>Daniel Kiely's arrest came almost simultaneously. He was interrogated
as a witness. His testimony and objects confiscated during the search proved
his involvement in Pope's espionage. Later the 68-year-old professor was
released and allowed to return to the United States, still another move
indicating that in such cases Moscow is often guided by the principles
of humanity and the character of bilateral relations. Suffice it to mention
Richard Bliss who was arrested in the southern Rostov region in December
1997 with a topographic device outside a secret installation. Later he
was released on a promise backed by written guarantees from the US embassy
and the firm that employed him that he would return to Russia on the first
demand. This was a gesture of goodwill on the part of Russia. </DD>
<DD><IMG SRC="[www.vor.ru]; HEIGHT=250 WIDTH=325 ALIGN=LEFT>By contrast, foreign
![www.vor.ru](http://www.vor.ru/Exclusive/Poup.jpg"){kind=link}
secret agents exposed in the United States face a severe punishment. One
example is Jonathan Pollard's case. A former US Navy intelligence officer,
he was convicted to a life imprisonment in 1996 for collaboration with
the Israeli secret service. Despite repeated requests for his release filed
with President Clinton, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Director
of the CIA and Secretary of Defense, Washington is unlikely to show leniency
towards Pollard. </DD>
<DD>As for the allegations in US media that Edmond Pope's health has sharply
worsened, Russian doctors deny them, saying his health is satisfactory
and gives no grounds for releasing him from custody. Incidentally, a similar
punishment applied to 73-year-old George Trofimov, who was arrested on
spying charges in the United States, has not been changed. A spokesman
for the Russian Foreign Ministry accused Washington of a double-standard
approach. The American side shows no mercy towards foreign agents serving
long-term prison sentences in the United States, but demands leniency for
its own agents . </DD>
<DIV ALIGN=right><DD>09.01.2000 </DD></DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE></CENTER>
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