Red Spy- Col Rudolf Ivanovich Able 55, a master spy for the Soviet NKVD since 1927 aboard a plane returning him to New York to face charges. He was arrested in McAllen, Texas near the Mexican border where he had been held for 30 days for deportation after his arrest in New York for violating immigration regulations. He had $6000 in cash in his pocket to finance his return to Russia.

Associated Press · [ca. August 1957]

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