Landed Leonid Zariņš - the check turns out to be useless for recruitment

Leonīds Zariņš čekā

Leonid Zariņš was recruited as a CIA agent in the USA and in 1953 he crossed the border of the USSR on a plane from Germany and landed with a parachute near Auce. Unfortunately, one of the contacts he was supposed to be in touch with had turned out to be a double agent, and Leonidas was soon arrested. He refused to cooperate with the Chekists and was shot without trial in 1954.

 

Leonid Zarins

 
Storyteller: Zigmārs Turčinskis; Wrote down this story: Jana Kalve
Used sources and references:

 

https://laikrasts.com/raksti/6558

JG271 Rolf Ekman. Radio Free Europe / Radio Freedom - VI (zagarins.net)

 

Newspaper "Latvietis": Memories of the Baltic University https://www.laikrasts.com/raksti/6558

 
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