His testimony was the first of many Americans at TASS , coming in response to a claim by defector Yuri Rastvorov in 1954 .
He did say that he had never spied against the U.S. and had no association with the Communist Party since August 1941 .
His testimony was the first of many U.S. at TASS , coming in response to a claim by defector Yuri Rastvorov in 1954 .
He did say that he had never spied against the U.S. and had no association with the Communist Party since August 1941 .