Sir John joined SIS in 1971 and over the 20 years served Nairobi, Paris and twice Moscow Africa, Eastern Europe and Soviet Union. ..…

Hersh found that Pollard primarily stole documents on how the United States spied on the Soviet Union. The Israeli government, Hersh suspected, “was trading Pollard’s information to Moscow in exchange for the emigration of Soviet Jews with skills and expertise needed by Israel.” ..…

In January 1990, he visited Moscow and met with Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev. ..…