Eye Spy - May 2018

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another reason for his arrest - Moscow

wanted one of their own spies back.

The Kremlin’s move led the United States to

negotiate his speedy release. During this

liaison, and just hours after Daniloff’s arrest,

the case of jailed Soviet spy Gennadiy

Zakharov, a physicist who worked for the

United Nations, was raised by the KGB. He

had been arrested following an FBI sting

operation in 1986. In this case, Zakharov

accepted an envelope containing classified

papers on USAF jet engines in return for

$1,000. Both Daniloff and Zakharov were

released a day apart after the negotiations

between Moscow and Washington.

Spy watchers now recognise ‘Russia’s ruse’

had worked perfectly.

year before the Daniloff-Zakharov
exchange, 1985 would witness the
Alargest Cold War spy swap in history.

THE MACHINEST

Moscow agreed to release 25 Westerners

jailed for espionage in East Germany and

Poland. Observers acknowledge that not all

were spies or intelligence contact people. In

return, however, the United States and its

allies agreed to release four Eastern Bloc

spies, including Marian Zacharski, Poland’s

most famous (or infamous) spy. He had been

arrested in 1981 whilst operating under cover

as President of the Polish American Machinery

Corporation (POLACO) and convicted of

espionage activities against the United States.

He had arrived in the USA in 1975, and his

primary objective was to secure intelligence

on rocket and missile technologies. The

exchanges took place on Berlin’s famous

Glienecke Bridge.

As a footnote to the case of Zacharski, a

decade later he leaked details of a number of

KGB spies in Poland, which ultimately led to

the downfall of Poland’s Prime Minister Jozef

Olesky.

In respect of the world’s second oldest profession -

the exchange of spies is a relatively new event

n 1982, a most unusual multi-nation spy

exchange took place. KGB man Aleksey

IKozlov was exchanged for ten Western

THE MONEY MONITOR

spies and a South African Army general.

Kozlov had been despatched by Moscow to

monitor how funds transferred by Russia to

anti-apartheid movements in South Africa,

were being appropriated. His activities soon

came to the attention of the powerful National

Intelligence Service (NIS) and he was

arrested.

Interestingly, the spy exchange took place

following face-to-face meetings with NIS

Director Niel Barnard and senior KGB

personnel. The liaisons were sponsored by

various Western nations, but the lead country

Marian Zacharski -

he was another spy

exchanged on the

Glienecke Bridge

was West

Germany.

Perhaps

Kozlov’s

health was

also a factor,

in just two

years the spy

had lost

70lbs in

weight, and

despite harsh

interrogation,

had not

revealed any secrets. In 2000, he was

declared a ‘Hero of the Russian Federation’ for

his role in Special Operations. As for the

identity of the Western nationals, this remains

a secret.

KGB spy

Aleksey

Kozlov

ilitary conflicts more than most create

‘arenas of espionage’. Intelligence is

Mmore valuable than ever as adversar-

MOSSAD’S HORSE RIDER

ies scheme to place agents in areas and

positions which enable participants to gain

insight into operations, troop strength and

tactics. One figure who could claim such a

position was former British Army man

Wolfgang Lotz, who would go on to spy for

Israel against Egypt in the tense Middle East

theatre of the 1960s.

Lotz, who was born in Germany, had been

‘schooled’ to participate in post-WWII spy

operations in Egypt by the Mossad to gather

intelligence on its military strength and secure

contact with the scientific community, many

being exiled Germans or those with links to the

country. The Mossad created a ruse whereby

in return for his espionage role, the