ðə pɹˈɑːsɪkjˌuːɾɚz ɐlˈɛdʒd ðæt smˈɪθ wʌz ɹᵻkɹˈuːɾᵻd æz ɐ spˈaɪ baɪ kˈɜːnəl vˈɪktɚɹ ɑːʃtʃˈɛŋkoʊ, ɐ kˌeɪdʒˌiːbˈiː lˈaɪn ˈɛks ˈɑːfɪsɚ, hˌuː bᵻfɹˈɛndᵻd hˌɪm æɾə jˈuːniən mˈiːɾɪŋ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti fˈaɪv ænd ɹˈæn hˌɪm ʌntˈɪl sɛptˈɛmbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti nˈaɪn.
The prosecutors alleged that Smith was recruited as a spy by Colonel Viktor Oshchenko (), a KGB Line X officer, who befriended him at a union meeting in 1975 and ran him until September 1979.