57 years on, a twist to the Petrov affair

By Robert Wainwright
Updated November 9 2012 - 8:09pm, first published April 3 2011 - 11:06pm
Evdokia Petrov, flanked by two Russian couriers, is escorted to the plane at Mascot Airport. 19 April, 1954. Image courtesy of Gary O’Callaghan (second from left).
Evdokia Petrov, flanked by two Russian couriers, is escorted to the plane at Mascot Airport. 19 April, 1954. Image courtesy of Gary O’Callaghan (second from left).

A BRITISH flight steward has emerged as an unlikely key player in the 1954 defection of Evdokia Petrov, the wife of Russian spy Vladimir Petrov.

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