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Dieter Gerhardt

South African Navy commander and soviet spy

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born: 1935
died: 2026
age at death: 90
known for: spy

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Dieter Felix Gerhardt was a commodore in the South African Navy and commander of the strategic Simon's Town naval dockyard. He was arrested by the FBI in New York City in 1983 following information obtained from a Soviet defector. He was convicted of high treason as a spy for the Soviets for a period of 20 years in South Africa together with his second wife, Ruth, who had acted as his courier. Both were released prior to the change of government following the 1994 general election.

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