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land, They offered as evidence forged birth certificates provided by the Hussian spy apparatus. . sports were issued, and Morris Cohen, recruited by the Communtts “while hej pee a student at Mississippi State UsiWersity in the carly ‘S, ar- rived in London with his wife in 1953. Under th@Kroger alias, they set up a book business near Trafalgar Square as a ‘cover, but in reality transmitied via radio from their home top secret informa- tion gathered by Konon Molody, alias Gordon Lonsdale, another Soviet agent. The British arrested Lonsdale and the Krogers in 1961. Lonsdale was sen- tenced to 25 years and the Krogers to 20. But Lonsdale was released on April 22, 1965, in exchange for Grenville Wynne, a British agent the Sovicts had appre- hended. Why do the Sovicts want so desper- ately to get the Cohen-Krogers back to Moscow? Philby says the American couple are innocent, which, of course, is ridiculous. Exchanging Spies There are several possible reasons. Colonel Rudolph Abel, now chicf of the Anglo-American section of the KGB, is extremely fond of the Cohens. They worked under him in New York, and a warm friendship developed. Abel got himself exchanged for Gary Powers. He got Lonsdale, who also worked for him in New York for a short time, exchanged for Grenville Wynne. He now wants to exchange the Krogers for Gerald Brooke, an English schoolmaster recruited by the NTS to distribute anti-Soviet tracts in Russia. The KGB, reportedly dpped off by Philby, picked Brooke up at once, sentenced him to five years in jail. The British are not willing, and that’s why Philby is offering to sweeten the pot by renouncing publication of his memoirs. The Russians know that if they can- not engineer the exchange of the Krogers for someone or something, there is a very good chance the U.S. will ask for the extradition of the Krogers after they have beén# released in Britain. The couple could then be tried in the U.S. on a number of charges and undoubtedly sentenced ta further imprisonment, an action not considercd too healthy for the morale of Soviet spies in the field. There is always the danger that after 20 years in jail, one of the Krogers will o™~ Atel wants to play it sate. He wants his old friends, members of his thtsjy-ip- paratus secure and sound in Moscow where they can help him teach a new batch of spies. The British, however, are not willing to trade two major Soviet agents for 80,- 000 words by Harold Philby, So unless {ithe CIA and the FBI move in on the deal and pressure the British, Philby’s memoirs will shortly see the light of print. . When that happens, red faces will surely rise in-Washington, for “Casa- nova” Philby names the men with whom he was involved, men he blithely and easily deceived, men he politely refers to in his memoirs as “colleagues.” Surely for those in our intelligence ‘aternity, that will constitute the final eval Ay +i bn The “Krogers” now impriso as Red spies, are shown in happier days. ned in Britain Rex tes Brevidhwn, confess or defetr“Céithel “ 5 ogee pa ge NRE hag Ta tne Beg RTE at NOS sce Ae iptigae ncn tT a ‘gia at, NE - Ce ey ee Sa ea ag EE OE ee ee ie [| i | i i