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specific dates of which have not been detailed in the record of
this case.
Petitioner met with Soviet officials in Washington, D.C.,
and in 1989 he met with them in Rome. In the spring of 1989, as
petitioner was preparing to return to CIA headquarters in
Langley, Virginia, the KGB provided him with two written
documents. The first was a financial accounting that indicated
that as of May 1, 1989, approximately $1.8 million had been set
aside for petitioner and that some $900,000 more had been
designated for him. The second document was a nine-page letter
containing a list of the types of classified U.S. Government
information sought by the KGB. The second document also
contained a discussion of arrangements for cash dropoff payments
to petitioner upon his return to the United States, a warning to
petitioner to avoid traps set by the CIA, and a detailed plan
governing future communications between petitioner and the KGB.
After his return to Washington, D.C., in 1989, petitioner
communicated with the Soviets primarily through a complex
arrangement of signal sites (a prearranged location where an
individual leaves an impersonal mark or item to convey a
prearranged message) and dead drops (locations for secretly
leaving packages for anonymous pickup). Petitioner personally
met with the Soviets only about once a year. Throughout this
period, it was typical for petitioner to make a delivery of
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