Jean-Louis Jeanmaire


Jean-Louis Jeanmaire was a brigadier in the Swiss army who passed highly classified Swiss military secrets to the Soviet Union from 1962 up until his retirement at 65 in 1975.

Background and significant events

He was recruited as a spy by Colonel Vassily Denissenko, the Soviet air attaché.
He never accepted money for the information he passed to the Soviets; his motivation appeared to be the result of bitterness at being passed over for promotion.
He was sentenced to a prison term of eighteen years but served only twelve due to good conduct. Jeanmaire was released from prison in 1988, and died of natural causes in 1992 in Bern.

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