The World - News from Jan. 22, 1986
Jane’s Defense Weekly reported that Soviet-trained agents infiltrated the women’s anti-nuclear peace camp outside a U.S. military base west of London, where 96 U.S. cruise missiles are being deployed. The magazine, published by the firm that produces authoritative yearbooks on planes, warships and other military matters, quoted Soviet defectors and informants as saying that three to six Soviet-trained women agents have been in the Greenham Common area “at all times” since cruise missiles began arriving at the base in 1983. Both the women’s group and the Soviet Embassy denied the report.
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