Russian defector revealed in obituary

Title

Russian defector revealed in obituary

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

28 Jun 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:06

Description

Nick Peters reports from Washington DC on the revelation of a Russian spy in his obituary yesterday in Russian military newspaper Red Star. Mikhail Orlov, a staff member of the KGB had grown up in Illinois as Glenn Michael Souther and worked in the US Navy. Includes clip of Orlov/Souther speaking on Russian TV following his defection; interview with Soviet spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov on reason for his death at age of 32; Bill Gurtz(?) on possibility of it being suicide.

Contributors

Nick Peters; Gennadi Gerasimov; Bill Gurtz(?); Glenn Michael Souther; Mikhail Orlov

Keywords

USA; Deaths; USSR; Espionage; Spies; Navy; Glenn Michael Souther; Mikhail Orlov

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