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[46]Chief of Station, Londeny< , 4° 38 Fareh 1302 ©
[51]C: Operaticnal/REDKOUD/LCINPROVE/AELADLE Saas
[52]Michael WYNKE-ELLIS Jo a
[54]POELEING Can 6 A OGED
[56]See below 8Y QUALEED BQ Ot+8 Onat
[58]OBLW~19307, 23 January 1962
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[61](Suorw appresiated the KGB docusent forwarded with
[62]Reference and have submitted the following comments and
[63]questions: ee Te
[65]1. "We have a number of questions about this document
[66]on which we should be grateful for your comments, and aa
[67]background to some of these we think it will be useful for
[68]you tohave. an account of QYNNE-ELLIS dealings with AELADLE:
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[72]--' g. “phey date from June 196) when he was cone
[73]sidering a visit to the U.S.5.R. He mentioned this to the
[74]Soviet Ambageador, whom he.met.at. the Queen's drthday
[76].-° Gelebration in Helsinki, (he did not realise at first that
[77]- 9 was the Ambassador co whom he wae talking), The Ambassador
[78]2°" guggested that ha should get in touch with Ivan Efimovich
[79]SERGEEV, an identified R.1.S. officer, ob
[81]b&b. “Between Sth and 15th July 196 (rye ELIS co
[82]went to the Consular Section of the Soviet Embassy to see
[83]-gbout the visa. Apparently he. did not see SERCFEV but met
[84]AELADLE who showed a good deal of curiosity about him and
[85]asked whether he had ever been to the U.S.3.R. before,
[86]whether he had applied in London for a visa, what he wae
[87]doing in Helainkt oto. The possibility of ABLADLE taking
[88]English lessons from {WYNNE-ELLIS was mentiogned and AELADLE
[89]gaid he would get in’touch wit YANECELLTS gout this. He
[90]asked for a short biogephy of W E-ELLIS)~
[92]o. “He drought the visa application forms and his
[93]biography to AELADLE two days later and | ithough AELADLE was
[95]_ apparently very busy he asked WYNNE-ELLIS) for slarification
[97]- of various details.. AELADLE did not) take English lesaons
[98]from (WYNNE-ELLIS Jol C
[100]ninipeinea weeds sere ssmanemeitet nieeimene (emmnine ne emmeeiN ee
[104]ad, gat the end of September, or beginning of
[105]Octobes 1961, (WYNNE-ELLIS )received a letter from AELADLE
[107]ys _péking for the address of’ his pen friend in Russia, Stanislav
[108]rw - . AVALKIN, who: had, been concerned in (WYNNE-ELLI 14 recruitment
[110]by the R.I.S@ (WYWNE-ELLIS) telephoned AELADLE to say that
[111]he did not have the new address. AELADLE told him that if
[112]he wanted it, he could have a visa ‘tomorrow! to visit
[113]“Stalinegred .fnow Volgograd) and.in.the ceurse of sonvexsaticn
[114]-gaid ‘sometines it is better to visit places but nol old
[115]friends!, We wondered at the time, and ever more after
[116]AELADLE's defeotion, whether this remark had any special
[117]significance. ; ; 6
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[121]e. “on 16th November AELADLE invited (WYNNE-ELLIS)
[122]to attend a Soviet ooncert, AELADLE told him that he had
[123]been granted a tourist visa but that if he wished to visit
[124]his pen friend he would require a letter of invitation from
[125]him. ARLADLE asked about Hs British frionds in Helsinki and
[126]said that he would phone @YNNE-ELLIS) next week to make a
[127]further appointment. He 1d pot do this, ~
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[159]f. “A further develepment which may be of interest
[160]ie that in early January 1992 (WYNNE-ELLIS) received a further
[161]letter from his Russian pen friend giving nim a fairly
[162]preasing invitation to visit him.oG (MINKE ELLIS) who was not |
[163]aware of AELADLE'e defecticn, wrote to AELADLE telling him
[164]that he had now receivea the invitation, and inviting hin
[166]to coffee at hie house}
[168]‘ 2. "We thought that the arrival of this letter (it 6
[169]wae dated 25.12.61) so shortly after AELADLE's defection,
[170]and after a long gap in the correspondence between WYNNE-ELLIS)
[171]and hig pen friend, might indicate that the R.I.S. suspected ~
[172]that NE+ELLI d had a hand in AELADLE's defection.
[174]of, (WYNKE-ELLIS) was never aware that AELADLE was'an R.I.S. officer,
[176]6 you know from an earlier conversation about
[177]this >. oh WYNNE-ELLIS)is 4 most unsatisfactory character
[178]to deel with, and we believe that the R.I.S. have found him
[179]equally unsatisfactory! We have no reason to suppose that
[181]ae (he has double-crossed us since he was. turned) but we would
[182]not exclude this as a poagsibility - or at ledsat would not
[183]exolude the possibility that he might hpve considered this.
[185]4, “our questions on the( WYNNE-ELLIS) docunent supplied
[186]by AELADLE are as follows;
[188]a. “What ie the manusoript word at the top of the
[189]first page, and what is its significance? -
[191]b. "The two typed words, one immediately below
[192]the manusoript word on page 1 and the other to the left, are
[193]not legibie on our copy,
[195]eo. “Is there anv significance in the date llth
[196]' November being in inverted commas, thus "11"¢%
[198]ad. “We are puzzled by what at firat sight appeared
[199]to be a date, 22.XYI.1961, in the heading immediate)yv above
[200]the text on page 1. In fact the Roman numerals 'Xiz? are
[201]the cyrillic letter X77, but we do not understand their
[202]meaning. Can .AELADLE explain this?
[204]e. “What is the name in which the document is
[205]signed, and does AELADLE know the true identity of this person?
[207]f.o"we are a little surprised at the cyrillioc trang-
[208]literation of WYNNE-ELLIS"s name. We should have expected the
[209]KGB to have a eystem which would enable them to get back to
[210]the correct English spelling, Admittedly (MNNE-ELLIS}s name
[211]is an awkward one to deal with. oG
[213]g. “We should have expected that AELADLE would havo
[214]- pent a trace request to his Headquarters shortiy after the
[215]first meeting with (IYNNE-~ELLIS, in July 1951. Yet the reply
[217]was apparently sent~only on lith November, Can AELADLE
[218]comment on this? ©
[220]5. "We do not wish to suggest by these oomments that
[221]WS BUBp)est that this document might be a forgery, but we
[222]would be grateful for your oonflrmation that you do not
[223]consider this a possibility.
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[242]CONTINUATION OF
[246]6. “You will no doubt in due couree be queetioningg&
[247]AELADLE in detail on his knowledge of the WYKNE-ELLIS)caze.
[248]We do not at this etage wieh to suggest détailed questions
[249]except te renarx that we do not know the real namee of any
[250]of the R,I.S. officera who dealt with his - including the
[252]wan whom, it is stated in the AELADLE docusent, be (it in
[254]the U.K. There le some mystery about thie because (WYsNE~0
[255]ELLIS \deniee having met any R.1.5. officer in the Ke»
[257]he did however have contact with various Russians here
[258]{including an R.I.5. officer) and we euepeot that
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