• However,
further circumstantial evidence of
Soviet culpability has subsequently come to light,
including a 34-year British dossier relating to the
Soviet spying activities of Gareth’s travelling companion &
co-captee, Dr Herbert Mueller who not only
assured Gareth before his fateful trip; ‘Absolutely Safe. No Bandits!’,
but who was also conveniently and most unusually released
unharmed after two days in captivity.