1966 Press Photo Tass news agency said Harold Koch defected to Russia.

Tass, the Russian news agency, said yesterday that a man identified as Harold M. Koch, above, an American Roman Catholic priest from Chicago, had defected and asked for asylum in Russia, saying he opposed the U.S. role in Viet Nam. In Moscow today the U.S. asked the foreign ministry for permission to see the man, and the Soviets promised to consider the request.

Photo is dated 1966.

Photo measures 8 x 8.25 inches.