Event Details
January 01, 1985
Description
Ronald Pelton betrayed by KGB double agent.
Participants (2)
| Name | Type | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| KGB Agents | person | 0 | View Entity |
| Pelton | person | 44 | View Entity |
Source Documents (2)
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This document is page 224 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' (likely by Edward Jay Epstein, given the file code 'Epst' and ISBN), marked as a House Oversight exhibit. It details historical KGB infiltration of the NSA during the Cold War, focusing on the 'MICE' recruitment acronym and specific spies including Dunlap (a driver for NSA generals), Robert Lipka, Ronald Pelton, and David Sheldon Boone. It discusses how Dunlap used his 'no inspection' status to smuggle documents and mentions financial payments for espionage, specifically $60,000 paid to Boone.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020325.jpg
This document page details Cold War era espionage cases involving the KGB and SVR, specifically mentioning spies Ronald Pelton and David Sheldon Boone. It primarily focuses on the recruitment of CIA officer Harold Nicholson by the Russian SVR in the 1990s, explaining how he was manipulated from a "dangle" operation into a mole due to psychological vulnerabilities.
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The Chicago Tribune published an article by George E. Curry titled "Ex-intelligence Expert Guilty Of Espionage" about Pelton.
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1973-01-01 • USA
Ronald Pelton walks into the Soviet embassy in Washington DC to sell information.
1980-01-14 • Soviet embassy, Washington DC
Cherkashin smuggles Pelton out of the embassy disguised as a utility worker in a van.
1980-01-01 • Washington DC to Georgetown
Pelton Debriefings
Date unknown • Vienna, Austria
Arrest of Ronald Pelton
1985-01-01 • USA
Ronald Pelton walks into the Soviet embassy in Washington DC to offer services.
1980-01-14 • Soviet Embassy, Washington DC
Pelton is disguised as a utility worker and smuggled out of the embassy in a van.
1980-01-01 • Soviet Embassy to Georgetown
Ronald Pelton enters the Soviet embassy in Washington DC to offer intelligence.
1980-01-14 • Soviet Embassy, Washington DC
Pelton is disguised as a utility worker and smuggled out of the embassy to Georgetown for debriefing.
1980-01-01 • Washington DC / Georgetown
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