WORLD IN BRIEF : BELGIUM : Defection of KGB Officer Reported
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A Soviet KGB officer recently defected to the United States and identified his contacts in Brussels, including several high-placed people, the Belgian daily La Libre Belgique reported. The newspaper, which did not identify the officer, said the contacts included a Western ambassador in Brussels, an assistant to European Community Commission President Jacques Delors, a high official of the Belgian Defense Ministry and an employee of Interior Minister Louis Tobback. The U.S. Embassy refused to comment on the report.
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