U.S. fears Sato leaked secrets to Russia

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　日本外務省の宣伝工作という位置付け？

Abroad, he was also in frequent contact with Israel's Mossad intelligence agency and Russia's SVR intelligence service. Sato is also known to have contact with Russian intelligence officers in Tokyo, the sources said.

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Washington fears that classified U.S. information was passed to the Russian intelligence service through Sato and is interested in learning what information Sato obtained and delivered to Suzuki.
U.S. officials are displeased by Sato's frequent contact with the Russian intelligenceagency, the sources said.