One bit of rebuttal of some HB claims has long been that the Soviet program would have known. There is an article in the latest issue of Novosti Kosmonavtiki which fills in some details, apparently for the first time in a public forum - if I get the time and permissions, I could post a translation on my space-history site... Anyway, for readers of Russian, it's posted here.

Written by E. Molotov, the article describes the initiative to use the 32m dish near Simferopol (in the Crimea) for this purpose. The initial justification was that this would be the first realistic way to test their network of land- and ship-based stations for their own planned lunar missions. Illustrations include spectral scans locating the frequency of the Apollo signals, and a ratty-but-recognizable TV view of Earthrise. This last one is listed as being from one of the Apollo ships, which implies that more than one was followed in detail.