[1]124-90092-10016 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
[3]JFK Assassination System : Date: 5/26/201
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[11]Identification Form
[13]Agency Information
[14]AGENCY: FBI
[15]RECORD NUMBER: —124-90092-10016
[16]RECORD SERIES: HO
[17]AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 65-67235-648
[18]~ Document Information
[19]ORIGINATOR: FBI
[20]FROM: WMFO
[21]TO: HQ
[22]TITLE :
[23]DATE: 03/05/1963
[24]PAGES: 12
[25]SUBJECTS :
[26]WILLIAM K. HARVEY
[27]DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
[28]CLASSIFICATION: — Secret
[29]RESTRICTIONS : 1A; 1B
[30]CURRENT STATUS: —Redact
[31]DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 07/15/1998
[32]OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF CIA
[33]RPT
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[43]I. [cra EFFORTS TO PENETRATE U sa) \5 - ! 5
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[46]11. } INTERVIEW OF[JOSEPH BURK CHIEF,
[47]{ COUNTERINTELLIGENCE, RESEARCH AND
[48]| ANALYSIS, TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES,
[49]|. DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR PLANS, CIA
[51]III. | INTERVIEW OF JAMES. CRITCHFIELD, 24
[52]| CHIEF, NEAR EAST-SUB ASIAN DIVISION, .
[53]| DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR PLANS, CIA .
[55]|| INTERVIEW OF WILLIAM K. HARVEY, - | 29 .
[56]| Cra _
[58]| INTERVIEW OF[EARL ALLEN coup Camarsn,
[59]| RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNICAL
[60]| SERVICES DIVISION, CIA
[62]& ; . be
[63]VI.! INTERVIEW OF SERGE PETER KARLOW, CIA 34 aU)
[65]ca) (assignment eMfechnical aids (SKY 78 | ‘
[66]Detachment ( AD) , Erank? Ly |
[67]Germany ,(1950 -~ 1955 ]5alXS WERT ER
[69](1) [fravel in Europe Durin 32 AS 8 AES)
[70]ffraver at TAD P 6 Cay) CES CREE GEE
[72]ee ; ay Travel to per ial Sayey wy
[74]. (B) (Tenure hs Secretary off: Technical 97
[75]Requirements Board, (TRB)%/ 3958 -
[76]a [959.1664 S18) At
[77]Vil. . INTERVIEW OF MRS. FERIDA KARLOW (u) 115
[78]VIII. | INTERVIEW OF MRS, PETER KARLOW (U) 11s
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[94]GX Fortes « 6f no relatives of the KARLOWs: living f chee
[95]nor was he aware of any financial interests which either of the Gell
[96]KARLOWs held in Germany Pin discussing KARLOW's associates, fey.
[97]furnished, the following in ividuals | as being KARLOW's overseas
[99]friends: is] IDS
[101]GORDON STEWART, Head of the cra(Station at Frankfur
[102]WILL K. HARVEY, CIA fepresentative in Berlin
[103](wanes ICHEL, “CI A representative at at Berlin C62
[104]WALTERX JESSELL) CIA Official in Germany. Efe
[105]2 Ae ;
[107]YG) [coun{ha: hey d KARLOW as being primarily interested
[108]in associating with "front office personnel; that when KARLOW did i
[109]mingle with the co-workers, it was more or less an act of - i
[111]condescendence ais (Sef yO) |
[113]S [Goin] advised that because of the wide area . that TAD
[114]"was servicing in behalf of CIA, it was necessary that a number
[115]of TAD personnel be constantly travelling Q[GOLD remarked that
[116]he was travelling steadily and that KARLOW was a frequent
[117]traveler in behalf of TAD .)(GOLD] could recall no specific dates
[118]of trips by KARLOW during the period 1940 to,1953, but |
[119]furnished the following in this recard. eX)
[121]Fini 5001)
[123]S[EorBJestimated that’ KARLOW probably made 12 to 15 trips
[125]to Vieritté during this period for Agency purposes. He recalled
[126]‘that the. Agency was servicing a number of requests from Vienna;
[127]eh Pfedea’ "We had a riotous operation going the and
[128]p febyeostenpe eded some help. Rea D) believed that [FOSTERF%ould |
[130]Aes suysta information regarding KARLOW's activities '
[131]in Vienna
[133]ee Djrecalled that during this particular period there at
[134]were no trave Pjrecalled tha on American personnel in and around
[135]Vienna; that frequently one was not aware he was even in a
[136]Soviet zone GOLD] could t regajl how long KARLOW remained in |
[137]Vienna on his trips Phere Sa
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[145]was not sure of the date. He mentioned HOUCK was stili1 [Chief ,
[146]of Base at Berlink#nd said he saw HOUCK. KARLOW explained that
[147]military orders Were necessary for any travel into Berlin,
[148]including flight by Pan American Airways, which also operated
[149]undér military control, He stated the orders for travel by
[151]train weye. the ,most formal, sifos'a check by the Soviets was ia
[152]involved, %é] . . 23
[155]GE
[157], '-KARLOW related one of hig men from TAD, /DANIEL C.
[158]_NIESCHIUR was stationed in [Berlinpfinder the name of DANTEI AO" NEILL,
[160]fe thought this was in 1951 or affer 1951. He so stated at
[162]other men from TAD had temporary duty in fBerlid nd recalled
[164]vaguely the photography men d set up some new equipment and
[166]dark room there, JJOHN KOPE Shad visited Berlin in connection with
[168]some Polish matteY¥, WESLEY PARCELLS on some German things," and
[169](SPOUBLANC] the chemist, in connection with some eas SENG)
[171]» -KARLOW said he could not say whether he was in Berlin
[172]in August, 1951,, but recalled he was there on at least one
[173]occasion in the summer becauge ke, clearly remembered how early
[174]the sun rose in the morning NG)
[176]KARLOW stated he rarely beca: fi operations
[177]- and was usually occupied in making arrangements and setting things
[178]~~ ~< up for use of the facilities of . He vrecalled,, however, he was
[179]Qe" involved in an operation with [Jo ARKER d HARR OSITZKE of
[180]GL? the SR (Soviet Russia) Division arnd*flew to Berlin’if 1952 in
[181]im this connection, KARLOW explained the qperation involved a planned
[182]attempt to steal the latest: model MIG fighter plane and great
[183]preparation had been made but at the last minute the adventure
[184]C because of possib €, political and diplomatic
[185]rovercussyonaQp Hm Loiceinars Renee NOS)
[187]VAs as a
[189]KARLOW first said he was unable to recall visiting
[191]Berlin in 1953 but later said he recalled seeing WILLIAM K, HARVEY,
[193]Chief of Station, (December, 1952, to August, 1959) on more than
[195]one occasion so he supposes he did make such visits. When
[196]informed that it was understood that KARLOW had been to Berlin
[198]ten to fifteen times in the period 1950 - 1953, ‘KARLOW offered
[200]no objection and said it was possible that this was true, With
[202]reference to his later assignment in Munich from November, 1953,
[204]to the end of 1955, KARLOW stated sof fairly certain he had
[206]not visited Berlin during this period
[208]~ 83 -.
[210]Y Macey uposirzxe
[212]Sea,
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[222]KARLOW stated he had stayed with Agency” associates on lw
[224]some visits to Berlin and on:one or more occasions he stayed
[225]the Harnach House, an Army guest house for the Berlin comman f
[227]KARLOW further advised that before his marriage he
[228]and his mother had visited Italy and Corsica, and also the
[229]Austrian spa town of Bad Gastein and thought that may have been
[230]during the Summer of 1951, He said on a second i hose
[231]areas he was accompanied by his mother and his wife - U)
[233]KARLOW also stated that after his marriage he and his
[234]wife had gone to Corsica on two occasions, and to Rome, and had
[235]spent New Years Eve 1952 - 1953 at a small town in Austria, u
[236]These were purely personal trips. He said he did not reca
[237]having taken a trip to Berlin for purely personal purposes }
[239]KARLOW stated that before their marriage "LIBBY"
[240]RAUSCH had gone to Berlin and stayed at the residence of
[241]WILLIAM K, HARVEY. KARLOW said he had not visited Berlin. with
[242]"LIBBY" before marriage but recalled he had doge so on one
[244]occasion after marriage and he recollected h ome ill
[245]on the train from some oysters he had eaten, i (uy)
[246]LO _ KABLOW explained in early. February, 1950, he proceeded
[247]“toGFraneurt nd ,fook over Chief of TAD which was ae
[248]in. he Fran! furtKhsuburb of [Hoechst at Feldbergstrasse 44 ,and
[249]a had maif address APO 709, RLOW resided in an apartmen
[251]located in an adjoining building. -KARLOW advised when he
[252]assumed char of TAD the unit consisted of only about nine
[253]persons, Fr se e lection KARLOW identified TAD personnel
[254]as FOTW
[256]s oft ‘Major or ance ean, the previous Chief -and a
[257]we former officer of Nati 1 Security Agency, (NSA§¢ 7) &) &)
[258]Captain GUY DRENNAN, also formerly with NSA, . and
[259]currently night Duty Officer git uy ee Branch of
[260]the no of State; 20S
[261]EARL ALLEN GOLD,} a civilian O etctononset who
[262]vecane & uty of KARLOW alid had a small laboratory with several
[263]technicians any operat, what KARLOW described as a postal
[264]censorship; a za ys )
[265]ML RMIT 2) RS SECRET.
[266]- Ban iS HASae
[268]ike antiga Ghd
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[283]today is closely similar to that of his appearance 15 years
[284]ago. He said he has never worn glasses and his weight —
[286]has increased only ten pounds since he was in college and
[287]it has never varied more than/fthat,at any time. He said
[289]he has never worn a mustache (Sl (4)
[291]Late in the interview, fu.ry aid upon further
[292]recollection he remembers contacting a Professor HAROLD
[293]KLOSELEY, who was Head of Soviet Studies at Columbia University
[295]Mi’ NeW" York City, when [DULIN hs recruiting employees, (DULINIS)
[296]said that upon thoughtful consideration of his activities at
[297]that time he recalled that there was a CIA interest in ob-
[298]taining a well-qualified man for a position in Moscow, He
[300]said efforts were being made to find a man who was to have
[301]GC cover in the Embassy in Moscow.J5)This person to be hired
[303]as supposed to have a fluent command of the Russian language
[304]and he had to be of Anglo-Saxon descent, He said CIA gave
[305]instructions that the man to be placed in the position in
[306]Moscow could not be of Slovak descent (9[DULIN|said it_is
[307]possible that HAROLD MOSELEY referred RT 0 (DULIN] as
[309]a prospective employee for: the position in ow ©
[311]but at this time he has no recollection of either. the name
[313]or the face of fROBERTS.{S$)He said he could definitely state
[315]he had never taken anf*¥ecruit’'to Admiral HILLENKOTTER to
[316]discuss employment D LIN] said he does not know and does
[318]not believe he has €ver kno; t identity of any CIA eT
[321]Ri ne wer
[323]enployee in Moscow, Russia Precacrs
[324]. te. :
[328]Bunj2sa he is unable to explain why (RopERTS KS)” *
[329]would have add¥essed any correspondence relating:to his CIA
[330]employment to an individual“using the name of MULIN]@ He
[331]further said he cannot understand why rrespondencé would
[332]have been addressed to(SPENCER ROBERTS}%tn New York City with
[334]. an address, on the bottom of the letter "c/ofR, E, DULIN KS)
[335]* 2001 16tipStreetZOn, W., Washington, D. C.' LIN}said he
[336]“ ad never authorized HARRY ROSITZKE or WILLIAM HARVEY to
[338]use his name and address as a cover An goprespondence re-
[341]Pa Gouursffaia he is acquainted with HARRY A; ROSITZKE,
[342]“ who is alSo employed with CIA.Q(DULIN] said his association |
[343]with ROSITZKE is not now and has never been close. He said | |
[344]he is unable to recall exactly when he became acquainted CRE
[345]with ROSITZKE but he associates their meeting with a period TE i
[346]shortly following World War II. He is unable to state ‘how :
[348]they became acquainted because they have never been assigned,
[349]to the same work. . They have never lunched together and the . iQ
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[361]vm WILLIAM K. . 29, 40, 83, 84, 124 .
[362]HARVEY, Mrs. WILLIAM K. 38 .
[363]HECKSCHER, HENRY 82 ,
[364]HEILMAN, GRANT me 58
[365]HEILMAN, PETER @ 109
[366]EINZ 34, 85
[367]HELMS, RICHARD 78, 97
[368]ENINWAY, THOMAS (Deceased) oo : 56 |
[369][urcn, JOE BENTON oe 35
[370]ILLENKOTTER , A al . 124, 125, 126
[371]OFFMAN, WALDO BUSHNELL fq 72
[372]HOLT, HARPER o , 87, 106
[373]OUCK, LESTER C. 82
[374]HOUSTON, LAWRENCE R. 102
[375]IN-EXFILTRATION PANEL, tee 14
[376]JACOBSEN, "ELLIE" (Deceased) 115
[377]JACOBSEN, FANNY |. 70, 115
[378]JACOBSEN, HARRY . 70, 115
[379]JACOBSEN, OTTO ) 70,
[380]JAMES, PATRICK J. “113
[381]JAMESON, DONALD 107
[382]JESSELL, WALTER . 40
[383]JOHNSON, QUENTIN 98 _—
[384]JOUBLANC, JOSEPH CHARLES (sax) ’ 35, 83, 87
[385]KALNAY, FRANCIS 1© 72, 73.
[386]‘[KALNAY, FRANK ; 61
[387]KARLOW, ELIZABETH (LIBBY) ” 28, 42, 88, 94, 118
[388]KARLOW, FERIDA : 27, 29, 39, 115
[389]KARLOW, SERGE PETER 43
[390]RLOW, SONJA 46, 55
[391]KATEK, CHARLE 18, 24, 81
[392]KATZ, MiLtTon |©@ a9)
[393]UFEMAN, WALTER J, 102
[394](KAUFHAN, ' JOHN HEIDEN |(5). 67
[395]OKHLOV, NIKOLAI mongey oe a 98, 104 |
[396]KHRUSHCHEV , NIKITA RA GCE C3 F 111
[397]KIRKPATRICK, LYMAN B. WAS CASA .. 97
[398]ISTNER, HARRY on BNE Ge oS 95
[399]KLEBANSKI, BERTHA 63
[400]KLEBANSKI, ELIAS MEYER 63
[401]| [xtapanses, SAMUEL — ff 68
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