NICHOLSON IS INDICTED.

A federal grand jury has formally indicted CIA veteran Harold Nicholson on charges of conspiring to spy for Russia. According to the indictment, Nicholson delivered to Moscow "documents, photographic negatives, and information relating to the national defense." His espionage activities were said to have extended from June, 1994 to as recently as November 16 of this year. (Reuter, November 22) On November 20 Nicholson’s attorney said that his client would plead innocent to the spying charges. (AP, November 20)

Communists Denounce Russo-Chechen Agreement.