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Petrov Lives in Fear *
Since He Deserted Reds
BY ARTHUR MORLEY
North American Newspaper Alliance
SYDNEY, Aug. 10.—Vladimir
Petrov, the Russian Embassy
official and secret service agent
whose name w as blazoned across
the world last year, lives today
with fear as his constant com
panion.
Remember the sensational
Petrov case?
Petrov was third secretary at
the Russian Embassy in Can
berra —officially.
Unofficially, he was head of
the Soviet intelligence network
in the dominion of Australia,
with the job of collecting such
British. American and Australian
military information as he could
gather in this capital.
Then, last year, he walked out
of the Embassy and told his:
story to Australian security offi-j
cials, from whom he sought!
guarantees of political refuge.
The news was announced by.
Prime Minister R. G. Menzies;
Russian sources denounced Pe
trov as a traitor, and at first
claimed that he had been kid
napped.
In Fear of Life
That was last year. Petrov is
known to be in fear of his life.
Like the Russian official Vic
tor (“I Chose Freedom”) Krav
chenko, in Canada, he hasj
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Fears for His Life
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sought to “lose” himself among
the scores of thousands of
European migrants who are
now living in the capital Austra
lian cities.
Only the Australian security
agents who guard him, and a
handful of personal friends,
know where he is.
His name has barely been
mentioned in the Australian
press for months; inquiries on
his movements are not welcomed.
His whole appearance has
changed, it has been determined,
however, when he surrendered
himself, he was jaunty and ro
tund. When last recognized In
Sydney, several months ago, he
appeared a sick and thin man
hobbling with the aid of a walk
ing stick.
Health Undermined
The strain of his break with
the Embassy and the Australian
Royal Commission Inquiry into
Soviet espionage here, have, ac
cording to reliable sources,
gravely undermined his health.
He has undergone hospital
treatment for pneumonia, and
subsequently has been in the
hands of the doctors for throm
bo-phlebltls. acute arthritis of
the right ankle and knee joints,
and spondylitis.
But it is understood that he
is still satisfied that his decision
to leave the Soviet service and
to come into the Western camp
with his wife was the correct
one. He Is reported to say it
would be better to work as a
laborer In a free country than
to live in the atmosphere of
5 constant suspicion and hatred
f that he remembers in the Rus
, slan Embassy.
' The findings of the royal com
mission Into espionage in Aus
tralia. started as a direct result
f of his disclosures, will probably
1 be made known In September.
Lasted 11 Months
i! After sittings that extended
l over 11 months, and produced
i 3,200.000 words of evidence, the
March in Haifa Ends
. In Window-Breaking
t 3
1 HAIFA. Israel, Aug. 10 UP). —
" Demonstrators demanding a
; speedup of immigration from
" North Africa to Israel ended a
1 march through Haifa streets
“ yesterday by breaking into the
Jewish Agency offices and
smashing its windows,
j The group numbered about)
j 100, all of them Immigrants!
j from North Africa. They said
. they were disturbed by reports
of increasing anti-Jewish agita
’ tion in Morocco and Algeria,
j The Jewish Agency finances
1 and manages much of the im
* migration into Israel. The crowd
: was dispersed by police without
■ casualties.
’ commission concluded its hear
. ings in April.
\ Some of the disclosures were
I sensational. Communist wlt
j nesses said in evidence that a
t large branch of the Communist
t Party existed in Canberra, and
t that many trusted civil servants
, were among the members,
j One self-confessed Communist
I told the commission that he had
. been in charge of government
security arrangements at the
. strategically important rum
. jungle uranium project.
[ Petrov, the man who started
r it all, received a payment of
$14,000 from the Australian gov
ernment when he surrendered
Soviet documents to Australian;
1 security. But whether he can
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