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hit the Trifecta on this one: Time magazine, CBS, Hollywood producer, KGB agent & propagandist.
'''Stephen Laird''' was a [[Hollywood]] producer, ''[[Time magazine]]'' reporter, [[CBS]] correspondent, American citizen, and Soviet spy.
'''Stephen Laird''' was a [[Hollywood]] producer, ''[[Time magazine]]'' reporter, [[CBS]] correspondent, American citizen, Soviet [[propagandist]] and [[KGB]] spy.
He became a Communist in the 1930s and in the 1940s provided information to agents of the Soviet Union. Laird was recruited by the Soviets while he was at Swarthmore College in the early 1930s. Laird told the ''Allentown Morning Call'' in 1986 that he became close friends with former Soviet Ambassador to the [[United Nations]] [[Oleg Troyanovsky]], son of Aleksandr A. Troyanovsky, the first Soviet ambassador to the United States from 1934 to 1938, while at Swarthmore. Troyanovsky was a fellow student and member of the football team, of which Laird was assistant coach. Troyanovsky later became a foreign policy assistant and interpreter for [[Josef Stalin]] and adviser to [[Nikita Khrushchev]].
He became a Communist in the 1930s and in the 1940s provided information to agents of the Soviet Union. Laird was recruited by the Soviets while he was at Swarthmore College in the early 1930s. Laird told the ''Allentown Morning Call'' in 1986 that he became close friends with former Soviet Ambassador to the [[United Nations]] [[Oleg Troyanovsky]], son of Aleksandr A. Troyanovsky, the first Soviet ambassador to the United States from 1934 to 1938, while at Swarthmore. Troyanovsky was a fellow student and member of the football team, of which Laird was assistant coach. Troyanovsky later became a foreign policy assistant and interpreter for [[Josef Stalin]] and adviser to [[Nikita Khrushchev]].
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[[Category:KGB Agents and Sources]]
[[Category:KGB Agents and Sources]]
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