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November 29, 1956

Letter, Director-General of Security Colonel Charles Spry to Prime Minsiter Robert Menzies

Spry, the director of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO), apologizes for the arrest of KGB defector Vladimir Petrov, who was under ASIO protection when he left a safehouse and got into an argument while drunk.

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Obtained by Harry Blutstein.

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2018-02-28

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