Claim

Claim 795

President Reagan denied that Daniloff's release and Zakharov's release amounted to a trade.

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

Statement: President Reagan denied that Daniloff's release and Zakharov's release amounted to a trade.
Field: status
Value: Reagan denies a trade
About: incident 1986-ussr-daniloff-moscow-arrest
Source: The President's News Conference
Publisher: The American Presidency Project
Method: primary document
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: high
Status: current
Source date: 1986-11-19

Quotation from the source

I know some persist in saying that we traded Zakharov for Daniloff. We did not.