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DATE: SATURDAY, October 30, 1993                   TAG: 9310300141
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A8   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: QUANTICO                                LENGTH: Short

SENTENCE CUT FOR MARINE CONVICTED OF SPYING

A former Marine Corps embassy guard sentenced to 25 years in prison in 1987 for spying for the Soviet Union had his sentence reduced Friday to 20 years.

The action will make Clayton J. Lonetree, 31, eligible for parole consideration immediately because he has already served one-third of the 20 years, said Maj. Ron L. Rodgers, the government prosecutor.

Lonetree showed no emotion when the sentence was read. But he and his mother could be heard sobbing during a private meeting afterward.

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