-Caveat Lector- http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/2000/09/22/timnwsnws01028.html September 22 2000 BRITAIN Case of the poisoned umbrella is closed BY DANIEL MCGRORY BRITISH spy chiefs learnt yesterday that the files were being closed on of one of the most infamous murders carried out by secret agents in London. The Bulgarian dissident Georgy Markov was on Waterloo Bridge in September 1978 when he was stabbed by a poisoned umbrella and died four days later. The killer, who appeared to bump into his victim at a bus stop, was never caught. Yesterday the Bulgarian authorities said they have stopped looking because the crime had been committed 20 years ago. In 1990 a double agent who worked for Russia and Britain, Oleg Gordievsky, revealed in his memoirs that the Soviet KGB had provided the poison and had coached Bulgarian secret services in how to commit the murder. This was confirmed by the former head of the KGB, Oleg Kalugin, who claimed that the murder had been ordered by Bulgaria's Communist dictator, Todor Zhivkov. He died in jail in 1998 still refusing to confirm that he had been responsible. Now the public prosecutor in Sofia, Nestor Nestorov, said Bulgaria would supply information to British authorities whose inquiry is still open. -- ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ----------------------- ________________________________________________________ 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
