Valery Ivanov

Valery Nikolayevich Ivanov (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Иванов) (born 1948)[1] was a Soviet diplomat.

For the Kazakhstani Olympic biathlete, see Valery Ivanov (biathlete).

As First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy to Australia, he was expelled on 22 April 1983 under suspicion of being a spy after allegedly trying to recruit Australian Labor Party member David Combe,[1][2] see Combe-Ivanov affair.

References
  1. Trahair, R. C. S. (2004). Encyclopedia of Cold War espionage, spies, and secret operations. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 137. ISBN 0-313-31955-3. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  2. "Australia Scandal Erupts Over Soviet Diplomat". The New York Times. 12 May 1983. Retrieved 2009-04-20.


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