# Statement by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Speakes on the Arrest and Detention of Nicholas Daniloff in the Soviet Union

The American Presidency Project, 1986-09-16

- Address: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-principal-deputy-press-secretary-speakes-the-arrest-and-detention-nicholas
- Kind: primary document
- Last checked: 2026-09-26
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## Cited by

- [Soviet Union: arrest and seven-week detention of American correspondent Nicholas Daniloff in Moscow, 1986](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1986-ussr-daniloff-moscow-arrest)
- [Claim 788: Daniloff, the U.S. News & World Report Moscow correspondent, was arrested on August 30, 1986.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/788)
- [Claim 789: The White House said Secretary of State Shultz would raise the Daniloff case as the first item in his meeting with the Soviet foreign minister.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/789)

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