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RAAD!'LJ .11 1000
How Are Russian Spies
Uncovered In Israel?
CARL ALPERT
Special to The Jewish News
H
aifa — Before the So-
viet Union broke off
diplomatic relations
with Israel in 1967, everyone
suspected or believed that the
Russian embassy here was a
beehive of espionage. After
all, isn't that what embassies
are for? The smooth Russian
diplomats travelled around
the country, met many people
and cast their net widely,
seeking to draw into their or-
bit every sympathizer, every
liberal, and no doubt did suc-
ceed in enticing into actual
service some who naively
believed that they were
thereby rendering a service to
the greater cause of
humanity.
One such cast of the net
resulted in my being invited,
together with my wife, to a
big reception at the Russian
embassy, located atop the
highest hill in Ramat Gan. It
was some special occasion,
which I don't remember. A
special staff member was
assigned to us, and
presumably sounded us out
on our sympathies. It was a
pleasant social evening, and
we were non-commital.
A week later we received a
gift from the embassy — a
package of genuine Russian
caviar, together with a pic-
ture album, and other items
intended to reflect favorably
on the Soviet Union. Perhaps
we failed to acknowledge
receipt of the gift, for we
never heard from them again.
The caviar? It was not kosher,
and we handed it on to a non-
Jewish friend.
There can be little doubt
that the closing of the em-
bassy denied the Russians
use of its usual eyes and ears
for the gathering of in-
telligence. Ever since large
scale immigration to Israel
from the Soviet Union began
soon thereafter, it was wide-
ly suspected that among
these immigrants were more
than a few undercover agents
who had been planted there
with assigned tasks.
Presumably they were advis-
ed not to engage in any actual
spying or reporting for a long
time, until many years later,
when they would be beyond
all suspicion.
In the past 20 years some
170,000 Russians have come
to Israel. It would obviously
be unjust to point a finger of
suspicion at all of them, but
the authorities here have
been ever vigilant and on the
alert.
Possible moles could come
in one of two categories. They
would be either professional
spies, trained by the KGB,
and implanted among the im-
migrants, or innocent Jews
who had fallen afoul of Rus-
sian pressure, or had receiv-
ed threats against their
families remaining in the
Soviet Union, and were
thereby impressed into ser-
vice. It is said that the Rus-
sians have found it difficult to
find Jews who were willing to
serve as spies in Israel, and
have therefore usually prefer-
red to employ professionals
for this purpose.
For some years there have
been rumors that such spies
had indeed been apprehend-
ed, but the cases were dispos-
ed of quietly. Some of the
Jews who had assumed KGB
tasks got in touch with the
Israeli authorities the mo-
ment they landed and expos-
ed themselves.
Washington is also aware of
the danger, and dropouts at
Vienna who elect to go to the
U.S. are carefully checked
before receiving entry visas.
Many have been screened out
and denied entry. Israel, on
the other hand, does not turn
anyone away. The policy is to
let them come, and then if
they are indeed spies, catch
them in the act. This is said
to be the case with Shabtai
Kalmanovich, recently ar-
rested for spying. He has been
in Israel for many years, and
has worked himself up to
close relationships with many
important figures in public
life.
Kalmanovich will have his
day in court, though the feel-
ing here is that Israel's secret
service would not have mov-
ed so openly for his arrest,
with all the attendant
publicity, if it did not have
very solid evidence against
him.
Assuming for the moment
that he is guilty, one of the
important elements in the
case will be to ascertain if he
had indeed been planted in
advance, scheduled to emerge
only 20 or more years later, or
if he had been reached by the
Russians after he had made
his own way in Israel, and
had become a rather promi-
nent figure in the business
world, a playboy of Tel Aviv's
social night life, and a dabler
in politics, who became a fre-
quent visitor to the inner
circles of the Knesset.