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  • Spies honoured by Bush ‘were Soviet agents’

    11/21/2004 1:48:27 PM PST · by Tailgunner Joe · 48 replies · 1,807+ views
    The Sunday Times ^ | November 21, 2004 | Justin Sparks
    A DECISION by President George W Bush to decorate two German spies who fought against the Nazis has caused embarrassment in Washington after claims that they were really Russian double agents. The posthumous awards will be conferred on Anton Ruh and Paul Lindner, who were recruited by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), forerunner of the CIA, while living as refugees in wartime Britain. A campaign led by Hillary Clinton, the New York senator and former first lady, to honour the men succeeded last month when Bush gave his approval. Relatives of Ruh and Lindner are due to receive the...