Claim

Claim 793

Daniloff had been held in an 8-by-10-foot cell shared with a suspected informant and subjected to daily interrogation.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: Daniloff had been held in an 8-by-10-foot cell shared with a suspected informant and subjected to daily interrogation.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Conditions of detention
About: incident 1986-ussr-daniloff-moscow-arrest
Source: Remarks at a White House Ceremony for the Elementary School Recognition Program Honorees
Publisher: The American Presidency Project
Method: primary document
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: high
Status: current
Source date: 1986-09-12

Quotation from the source

Mr. Daniloff is out of the 8-by 10-foot cell, which he was sharing with someone we think was an informant, and that he won't be subjected to 4 hours of interrogation every day.