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DRAFT OF PART OF HIS LAST NEWS CONFERENCE:
YALE PROFESSOR HELD BY KGB
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KENNEDY, JOHN F. Typescript, unsigned, with 10 words in holograph, as
President, draft of a statement [delivered as part of a news conference held on November
14, 1963]. The typed statement begins, “We are deeply concerned about the detention of
Professor Barghoorn by Soviet authorities . . .” and, written between two lines in holo-
graph: “His arrest is wholly unwarranted—and unjust.” In lower margin is noted a phrase
in holograph: “not consistent with.” 1 page, 4to; “Russia” written in unknown hand at
upper right, staple holes at upper left, minor creases. (TFC)
Np, 14 November 1963
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In November of 1963, Igor Alexandrovich Ivanov was arrested in NY; U.S. government officials
alleged that he was a spy working for the KGB. Shortly thereafter, Frederick C. Barghoorn, a Yale
professor of political science, was arrested during a visit to the USSR. Barghoorn later explained that a
stranger handed him a roll of papers and immediately Soviet officers handcuffed him and deposited
him in Lubyanka prison on the charge of espionage. 17 days later, he was released after the protesta-
tions of the President,American diplomats, students and faculty atYale, and others.