AKA Nicholas S. Daniloff

Born: 30-Dec-1934
Birthplace: Paris, France

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Journalist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Journalist jailed by Soviet Union

Harvard roommate of media heir George B. "Barry" Bingham Jr. Arrested in Moscow on an espionage charge, for possession of documents which he claims to this day were fabricated by Soviet authorities. Exchanged in a prisoner swap with physicist Gennadi Zakharov and other considerations.

Wife: Ruth Daniloff

    University: Harvard University (1956)
    Professor: Journalism, Northeastern University (1988-)

    Traveled to the USSR
    Espionage 1986 (jailed)

Author of books:
The Kremlin in the Cosmos (1972)
Two Lives, One Russia (1988, memoir)
Of Spies and Spokesmen: My Life as a Cold War Correspondent (2008, memoir)

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