CIA Reading Room cia-rdp81m00980r000600040009-3: DID DEFECTOR LAVISH CIA MONEY ON WOMAN?
— oe ~--+ Pays for “‘companion” -who-left'a high United Nations post. ‘ion, NBC News reports. : ‘money came from the CIA, but Shev- : tary general. -° SFR : asylum in the United States, citing _ originally paid her.$500 a night, then > $5,000 a month. She said he took her ‘with him to the Virgin Islands. and ARKADY SHEVCHENKO iki 5 From News Services Arkady ° Shevchenko, the- Russink and defected. to the United States, gave.a young woman between $35,000 and $40,000 to be his ‘‘paid compan The woman, Judy Chavez, ‘said the chenko. said it came from his U.N. | severance pay of $78,000. The CIA confirmed that it was paying- the|-epough money. It was not ioe? defector’s living expenses and NBC | Sive.’ quoted a spokesman as sayin ~ “How. * e if Aare -| got intend to comment on this.’” enevenenhy. spends. that money is u to him.’ + PR? . At the: request of the Soviet Union.” ary: apartment building in Washing-| Shevchenko, 47, was-given the post of - ton using a Finnish name, and had a U.N. undersecretary general: for’ po- on ecco Liles Sy ashing litical and Security: Council affairs. …
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— oe ~--+ Pays for “‘companion” -who-left'a high United Nations post. ‘ion, NBC News reports. : ‘money came from the CIA, but Shev- : tary general. -° SFR : asylum in the United States, citing _ originally paid her.$500 a night, then > $5,000 a month. She said he took her ‘with him to the Virgin Islands. and ARKADY SHEVCHENKO iki 5 From News Services Arkady ° Shevchenko, the- Russink and defected. to the United States, gave.a young woman between $35,000 and $40,000 to be his ‘‘paid compan The woman, Judy Chavez, ‘said the chenko. said it came from his U.N. | severance pay of $78,000. The CIA confirmed that it was paying- the|-epough money. It was not ioe? defector’s living expenses and NBC | Sive.’ quoted a spokesman as sayin ~ “How. * e if Aare -| got intend to comment on this.’” enevenenhy. spends. that money is u to him.’ + PR? . At the: request of the Soviet Union.” ary: apartment building in Washing-| Shevchenko, 47, was-given the post of - ton using a Finnish name, and had a U.N. undersecretary general: for’ po- on ecco Liles Sy ashing litical and Security: Council affairs. acne ARTICLE APPEARED 10 October 1978 ONS PAGE A- ae Asked NBC “reporter James ‘Polk: “How much. has Shevchenko given ‘you: sik page iv bagi tue ars,”* Chavez said. : .o7t'Have you any indication phere i 's coming from2:" | Polk asked:.: -»-. “the FBI called me at home. They wanted an emergency meeting. with | me to try to find out exactly how | much money. was receiving because the CIA had asked em: to question me. - “What they ‘told | “me: ‘was. " that Arkady goes to a high official in the CIA, he in turn gives the money to Arkady, who in turn gives the money tome.’ Shevchenko had made a date with Chavez for lunch, but an NBC cam- era crew showed upinstead. “At the present moment,” he said, “I don’t like to meet with the press.” Asked where the money to pay Chavez came from, Shevchenko said, “I gota lot of money from the United | Nations.” Asked who paid for the Virgin Ts. lands trip, Shevchenko said, “I had Interrupted a CIA agent: “we do} ~ Shevcheko had been living in a. lux. This ‘made. him the highest-ranking: bank, NBC News said. Ea Russian in. the Soviet U.N’ mission and was.one rank below: that of secre=. _ON. APRIL it Shevchenko ~ peared’ and on April 25 applied for “serious differences of political phi-| losophy and conviction ‘with the present Soviet system.’’ A number of published reports said Shevchenko _ had been in touch with U.S. officials since 1976. :. . Chavez approached. ‘NBC with, the information that . Shevchenko _ had met her through an -escort.agency,; ‘bought/her a $9, o00 b spars: car,. NBC’ said. - ase Plies. 2 WEEWENES ¢ “aT ONE ‘POINT, * she “feplied, | - JUDY CHAVEZ es thr : y | Claims CIA gives money. ~-4 Approved For Release 2004/05/21 : CIA-RDP81M00980R000600040009-3