1954 Press Photo Defected Soviet Agent Nikolai Khokhlov Wants Family Protected

New York, November 17 - Asks Americans to save family - Nikolai Khokhlov, Soviet secret service agent until last April when he defected to the West after foiling a Red attempt to assassinate an anti-Communist leader in Frandfurt, holds photos of his wife, Yanina, and four-month-old son, Alexander, who be believes are being held hostage by the Reds. Shown at a news conference sponsored by the Political Research Project, an anti-Communist private organization, here today, Khokhlov appealed to Americans to urge Congress and the U.S. Secretary General to investigate and so prevent Reds sending his family to a concentration camp.

Photo is dated 1954.

Photo measures 6.75 x 8.75 inches.