# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1986-ussr-daniloff-moscow-arrest)
- Source: The President's News Conference. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-963
- 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.

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