[1]124-10273-10070 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
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[17]To + MR, BOARDMAN oa : January 22, 1958
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[23]SUBJBCT: 0 ERAGE OF MAIL 0 THEY. 8. 8. Re
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[30]V" On January 10, 1958 Ferry stond) Saayt-8 on Rep rconta- Wintetrowd
[32]tAtive with the Bureau, confidentia y advised that higService had mie. [Reon — |
[33]Aes ie determined thatiSovie€ illegal agents all over the world, when they want a - ant
[35].
[37]Galt
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[42]q|° Jt riser with their principal, are under instructions to send a proper comm jeatho pe
[43]PA fo a "kK. &: Smirnov, Central Post Office, Viadimir, U.S.S.R." Mr. Stone]stated¢$)
[44]We 2 orementioned information was being made available to the Bureau and
[45]We Aa CMB only. —— . (erste
[46]On thé ‘basis of this information, we immediately instructed the _
[47]j : Washington Field and New York Offices to institute confidential inquiries with
[49]j
[50]{ appropriate Post Office officials to determine the feasibility of covering outgoing
[51]cortespondence from the U.S. to the(U.S.5. R.), looking toward picking up a
[52]communication dispatched to the aforementionéd address. .
[53]On January 21, 1958, saqPovers ¥ the New York Office called
[54]advising that his preliminary inquirfes at fifSt disclosed that such coverage
[55]- coukt possibly be effected at LaGuardia Airfield. Powers stated that he subse uently
[56]received a cali from the Chief Post Office Inspéctor who told him that he would not
[57]be able to make such arrangements and explained that something had happened in
[58]Washington on a similar matter and that Bureau Headquarters should take up the
[59]matter with Post Office Headquarters here in Washington, The Post Office
[60]inspector said that it did not involve our agency and because of what was going 5, 4
[61]‘on in Washington at the present time, he just couldn't do if On his own. an
[62]Almost simultaneous with this advice, Mr. James Angleton of CIA
[63]approached our Liaison Agent,{Sam Papich)on a personal basis. He indicated
[65]that if it were known within CIA that he was volunteering this information to the
[66]Bureau, he would lose his job. Mr. Angleton stated it had come to the attention
[67]of CIA, through the Post Office,. that we were making inquiries concerning the.
[68][| eoverse of mail to the(U.S.S8.R}, and as a result CIA was expecting to receive
[69]an inquiry in Washington from the FBI, Mr. Angleton then admitted that this
[70]. [|lesro*ge was one of the biggest and most secret operations being conducted by
[71]CIA. He stated the coverage is ce made a bh the ? Po t Office in New, York
[72]YOS- 4 30
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[75]Bee) od geet)!
[77]PY Booman) lig ee go2dwecth, /
[79]- Belmont tf Rie a oes ; ‘
[80]_. 47 l\- Branigan . an a es ™ 46 za wore. g. a ih, =<,
[84]|
[86]| examinations of the material, ‘He said two or three hundred CIA employees ar
[88]| because of the inherent dangers in the sensitive nature of it, its complexity,
[91]4
[93]I items of correspondence to th 'U.S.8. RB each day. Angleton said they have not |
[95]Shai i
[97]MEMO TO: MR, BOARDMAN
[98]RE: COVERAGE OF MAIL TO THE(D. 8.8, R,)
[100]and in view of the volume of material being sent from the U.S., their coverage
[101]is an extensive and expensive operation, He indicated that they had to set up an
[102]elaborate array of IBM machines to tally and tabulate the results. In addition
[103]a complicated indexing procedure was involved, as well as complex scientific
[105]exclusively engaged on. various facets of the 2 coverage, Angleton also indicate
[106]thaf"the“cost ‘of the operation was well over a million dollars a.year, He further
[107]‘indicated that the coverage has been in existence in excess of a year and he ]
[108]stated that the sole purpose forthe coverage was to.dentify persons behind the
[109]Iron Curtain who might have some ties in the U.S. and who could be approached
[110]in ‘their countries as contacts and sources for CIA. Angleton indicated that C
[111]had successfully developed several sources through this means. He stressed -|-
[112]the confidential nature of his information and stated that while other officials’ of
[113]CIA more directly concerned with the coverage were expecting a visit from the!
[117]“FBI, he was passing this along for our guidance,
[118]It would appear that our inquiries of the Post Office officials in
[119]New York have flushed out a most secret operation of CIA. The question
[120]immediately arises as to whether CIA in effecting this coverage in New York
[121]has invaced our jurisdiction. In this regard, it is believed that they have a
[122]legitimate right in the objectives.for which the coverage was set up, namely, -
[123]-the development of contacts and sources of information behind the Iron Curtain
[124]-and-according to Angleton they have had some success: in this regard. At the
[125]-Same time, there is an internal security objective here in which, because of
[126]our responsibilities, we have a definite interest, namely, the identification of
[127]illegal espionage agents who may be in the United States. While recognizing ' ©
[128], this interest, it is not believed that the Bureau should assume this coverage
[130]size and expense. It is believed that we can capitalize on this coverage by’
[131]pointing out to CIA our internal security objectives and holding them responsible
[132]to share their coverage with us... Of course, we are not interested in the
[133]identities of the numerous persons in this country legitimately corresponding _
[134]abroad. The Post Office has indicated sea are approximately four thousand
[136]Ns
[140]. 1, On the basis of our inquiries conducted in New York, we are in
[141]@ position and should, through Liaison, approach CIA, informing them.that it
[142]jhas been indicated that their Agency has-coverage of mail going to the(¥.S.S.R)
[143]We should get from them the details of their coverage and explain our interest in:
[145]Come up with a microdot or Secket mes
[147]CTIGN “4 age communication as yet. §
[149]{being furnished with the results of the coverage as it might effect internal security
[153]"MEMO TO: MR, BOARDMAN.
[154]RE: COVERAGE OF MAIL TO maf. 8.8. R)
[156]2.. Ikis believed that we can and should furnish CIA with the name
[157]Moscow)address furnished us by the] British, telling CIA that we want to cs
[159]be snaithosco of any communications. going to that address. We will not explain
[160]to them our interest in the particular address and, therefore, we will not be
[161]violating. the confidence of tne[British 6)
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[165]1
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[169], 8. In view of the highly. sensitive nature of ‘this coverage, we will |
[170]have. fo work out arrangements so that knowledge of it is strictly confined
[171]within the Bureau. We will handle this the : same as * * pandle Communication?
[172]intelligence data, _
[174]ye)
[181]_ envelopes were microfilmed and the names and addresses appearing thereon were |.
[183]| and it is believed we should request'that CIA furnish us information of the following
[184]‘}types, both that which has been received in the past and that which they will obtain ins,
[186]_ double agent purposes, x. Vos F3BO0FS-
[190]BARR otis
[193]: Office MomarandiaStiXt a D STA TES_GOVERNMENT,
[195]Tenet cham oR! a
[196]HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED EXCeDT “207 71
[198]TO 8: MRL. V. BOARDMAN / Fi HRRRESHOM oTHbatleebroary 6, 1958
[199]— JUNE \ cr fe /
[200]room : MR. A, H, BELMONT | Clas of Ls) foley
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[204]Liaison Agent by CIA representatives on 1-24-58 as to, the nature and extent of | jis: Room —
[206]Foterence my memo of 1-27- 58 advising of the briefing given our = =
[208]{CIA coverage of mail going to and coming from{Russia} Our Liaison Agent 6
[210]determined that CIA began this coverage approximately a year and a half ago-through ©
[212]confidential arrangements made with postal authorities, Initially, this coverage .
[213]involved photographing of envelopes; these envelopes were not to be opened. The
[215]indexed with IBM equipment. Several months ago CIA began opening some-of. this |
[217]ail,
[219]microfilming the contents and indexing pertinent data therein, Approximately 250, 000
[220]names have been indexed by CIA. Examination of certain of this mail for microdots and
[221]secret writing has been made to a litnited extent because the volume of mail has been too
[222]humerous for the establishment of a practical system without delaying movenent of|the .
[223]mail. CIA has advised that to date it has not discovered any microdots or secret writing
[224]or information revealing evidence of Soviet intelligence operations in the United States,
[226]_ ,€TA has also advised that this program has not reached its full potential, but that its ’
[228]system of opening mail is rapidly increasing, CIA has expressed a willingness to
[229]furnish us any information, obtained from this coverage which we feel would be-of .
[230]interest to us. ray
[232]An analysts h: has been made of CIA capahilities as revealed to the Liaison Agent
[234]the future? - (exo
[235]“yy All correspondence of a suspicious nature, such as that t containing doub:
[236]talk, et cetera.
[238]2) All correspondence indicating that the(Soviets) may be utilizing a hostage
[239]situation, i,e., correspondence indicating press
[240]have close relatives in the U.S, or pressure being exerted on individuals in U.S,
[242]8) _Any information appearing in correspondence indicating weaknesses or
[243]dissatisfaction on the part of any Soviet, presently in the United States so that the B
[244]might give consideration to feasibility of approaching such individuals for defection
[246]4) Any information appearing in correspondence indicating Soviet coftrol or
[248]direction of the Cp, USA. wan -
[250]PL:DEM:mn-(9 ,; a
[252]ce = Messrs, ‘}/Boardman Belmont
[253]> v; Branigan _ Litrento .
[257]apich | Turner
[263]e being exerted on Soviet) citizens who }
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[266]or
[268]. Bee ’ . : . a ore gk aN - _ :
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[271]Bélmont to Boardman (2-6-58) ae oe .
[272]re: COVERAGE OF MAIL TO tae. 8.8. 7
[274]; With revard to the above coverage, it is believed desirable that Liaison make
[275]’ arrangements for us to review at CIA any material of this nature and we will then. .
[276]select that which appears to warrant investigation and then make appropriate cheeks. :
[277]‘This procedure will eliminate. having CIA sending us a bunch of worthless material-with .
[278]the possible expectation that we willbe running out leads for them. It is believer this
[279]arrangem ent can be. wweetised out with CIA in a proper fashion.
[281]"Jn addition to the above it is believed the following arrangements can be
[282]effected with CIA:
[284]i. 1) * Place stops against names and addresses of individuals possibly eort ;
[286]. engaged in(Soviel) espionage to determine if they are in correspondence with({U.S.5.R
[287]This would include a check of the back traffic on these individuals also. We Wo
[288]course, make these stops on a highly selective basis.
[290]; 2) Request CIA to place stops against. addresses infoviet Russia believed by the
[291]‘Bureau to be mail drops.or suspected mail drops. (It shouldbe noted tat we already
[293]. have placed a stop with CIA against the name and address of/K,'S. Smirnov, Central
[295]. Post-Office, Vladimir, U.§.5.R), which, according to inforMation received from iMi~5,
[296]is a drop utilized by(Soviet iegSt agents “all over the world arranging emergency ey,
[298]1, ‘Of
[301]‘ We will, of course, continue to analyze this coverage by CIA to see tha
[302]obtain tyaximum benefits, . a ;
[305]a) ‘. That information received from this source be hereinafter designated as
[306]"Bureau Informa Records Section has advised that this informant symbol h
[307]“fot been prévicusly -fsed. . in :
[309]‘ a .
[310]- 2) That this matter an& any mail relating thereto be labeled "June" and then ‘
[312]filed and maintained in the(Sovmé Unit, Room, 1734 (the regular repository of "June" §
[313]mail) to afford maximum security to this sources
[315]3) That our Liaison-Agent orally advise CIA of the type of data set forth above
[317]‘that would be of interest to us and make arrangements with CIA so that we can review,
[319]* this type of information in order to select that which we feel will warrant further i
[320]investigation. Liaison should also.perfect the arrangement with CIA so that on a
[322]continuing basis we can place appropriate stops with them.
[323]; P Vaite obee me CIA ADUISED RE WHE of DATI oF sATT a "i
[324]78 wt ke) AB AAEEMEITS MADE TE Kevide Pook
[326]On) attnmenaters aoe for. Taps fst OX has a ;
[328].
[330]A) In view of tke extreme sensityvity of this matter, a confirmatory némorand amt
[331]__nilLnat Ke furnichad ta CTA ey ra) ‘ 2
[334]$ t Fae ne pence eeenerenneeeenenenee enn eee Sem tee me
[336]. ¢
[338]Cee GSS geener
[340]nae vids? - CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
[341]we 3) > _ WASHINGTON 25, D.C.
[342]ng ) . ‘2 -/
[343]° - PION CONTAINED 6 February 1958 .,~ / |
[344]. Pa ALL VELDTHORATE Ve
[345]RE a lg -/
[347]MEMORANDUM FOR: Director
[348]° Federal Bureau of Investigation
[349]Attention Mr. Ss. J. Papich)
[351]SUBJECT: . 7 INTER Report A
[353]4 a 4
[357]- 1, The intercept project thathas been explaines tly 10+
[358](mr. Papich) will be referred to a “Project HUNTER fin correspondence
[360]between the Federal Bureau of: Investigation: ‘and this Agency.
[362]2, This explanatory. memorandum constitutes HUNTER-Report
[363]* #1, Future disseminations will be numbered consecutively,
[365]3. In submitting possible traces on individuala of interest to.
[366]“you, reports will be submitted j in 2 the following form;
[368]@: a. If the individual named in the intercept appears to be
[369]identical with the individual] of interest to”you, you will be furnished
[370]a reproduction of the exterior, and of the contents if the item has been
[371]opened.
[373]: b. If the individual named in the intercept is only possibly |
[374]identical with the individual of interest to you, only machine run
[375]listing of the items will be submitted. In such cases a reproduction
[376]of the exterior and of the contents, if the item has been opened, will
[377]be available upon request. . . ; '
[379]. -  . 4. In order to facilitate your reading of machine run entries,
[380]there follows an explanation of the various types of replies which you
[381]will receive in connection with requests, A hypothetical request for
[382]any addressee in the U.S. of mail from(P, KROVAN} whose location
[383]a is believed to be aficrcow) might result in the folk wing reply:
[385]NY Os
[387]Gio. C
[388]~<Ee | | _fL05- ISTPF
[389]_ ge PC - EX-135 fo FEB 20 1958 Pa
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[391]ge SECRET
[393]ar
[396].Date
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[400]oe so : SECRET : _ 7 ?
[402]A 57G05C3325 frovan, Paraskoviya \e ABB EVOSWA, Wasyl( ) KM
[404]Name In “Ref Loc Name Out Ref Loc Ban |Firms
[406]\ -
[407]This reply has the following meaning:
[409]4TA'" has no present meaning. All numbers are now preceeded by
[410]"A" only to-allow for future additional classifications, None are
[411]presently contemplated. ©. - ’
[413]— "57CODtis the date of intercept, namely: 57" is the year. "Ct
[414]indicates the mionth. The code key for months is set out as Enclosure 1,
[415], "gs is the day: ‘of the month. Thus, "B7GO5" is 5 March 1957
[417]The group "93325" is our own internal ‘filing number. .
[419]The 'Name In" entry identifies the corre spondent inside the(USSR)) .
[421]The asterisk in "Ref" column indicates that/KROVAN /sent the lettez
[423]the Covict Union)from which the letter was mailed. In this case it was
[424]led from the western séction offUkrainian SSR, The code key
[425]used fox this column is set out in Enclosure 2, This code key is to
[426]be used for all items prior to 1 January 1958, on which date a 4«place
[427]‘code was instituted in order to designate more precisely the localities
[428]within th {ussR) A copy of this new code is enclosed as Enclosure 3.
[430]‘The at Usion from wach 8 column indicates the area or city inside /
[431]'s)
[435]“The ‘Name Out!" entry identifies the correspondent outside the
[436]» (asst In both the 'Name. In" and "Name Out"! columns, the last or
[437]family name is listed first.
[439]The absence of an asterisk in the "Ref" column after EVOSWA
[440]indicates that she is the recipient of the letter,
[442]The entry in the second "Loc!'(ation) column indicates the state of
[443]the U.S. (in this case, New Jér sey) to which the letter was addressed.
[444]The code key uged for this.column is set out in Enclosure 4, You
[445]will note that some 3-digit entries indicate large cities within a state,
[446]thus KO indicates New York. ‘State and KOA indicates New York City.
[447]For your convenience an alphabetical list of the states with their code
[448]indicator is set out in Enclosure 5.
[451]Date
[453]A57D23U 57D18 (AVRUNINA, Vera| (*) AAA ESTERSON, Rosd) . KKB X
[455]e
[459]tents will be reproduced and furnished to you.
[463]The absence of an ''X" in the "Ban" column means, that the letter
[464]‘was not opened and that only the exterior is recorded in our files.
[466]. 5, Since the hypothetical request was. for mail from(P, KROVAN,
[467]who is believed to be located in oscow) only the listing as set out
[468]above would be furnished, | since it would not appear that{ Paraskoviya
[469]KROVAN, located in the western section of the(Ukrainian SSR} is
[470]identical/ If in connection ‘with future investigatio or information
[471]otherwise available, you may believe that OVAN\may be identical
[472]with the individual of interest to you, you néed reférence only the
[473]HUNTER report number and request the exterior photographs of
[474]item No. A57C05C3325, which will be reproduced from the original
[475]film and made available to you.
[477]6. If the hypothetic request is for any mail from the Goviet
[478]Union to Rose ESTERSON) who who resides in Chicago, the reply might |
[479]be as follows:
[481]Name In Ref Loc . Name Out , Ref Loc Ban
[483]The difference in thig Heting from that previously illustrated is as follows
[485]nyt ig our internal identifying designator, The first date is the date
[486]of the intercept. The second date is the date of the communication
[487]inside the letter, The 'X" under the "Ban'' column indicates the letter
[488]was opened. Again this indicator would indicate only a possible identi~
[489]fication since KKB under "Loe!, indicates California, In this instance
[490]upon request, identifying the HUNTER report-number and referencing
[491]both A57D23U and 57D18 mumbers, the outer envelopes: and their con~
[493]7% Normal service of either of the above requests will be 24 hours,
[494]In an emer gency we could | service the request in a few minutes.
[496]‘8. If your first request had been for(KROVAN, or P,. KROVAN,
[497]or Paraskoviya KROVAN} located in the western section of the
[498]Ukrainian SSR) you woul have initially received the photograph of
[500]e envelope, Likewise, in the second instance, if your request had
[507]been for{ZSTERSON, or R, ESTERSON, or Rose ESTERSON) located
[508]in Chicago, or Dlinois, you would initially-have received photographed
[509]~ ~_--copies-of the envelope and its contents. .
[513]aAaS “in order to insure. » most efficient servicing of your request,
[514]it is suggested that you submit trace requests as follows: List the
[515]last name first with any known first and given names or initials, and
[517]address including state, city and street, if known. If an exact addre'ss ;
[519]is not known, a probable state or section will be helpful but is not
[520]required, Thé same would apply to the(UssR) The above should be
[521]listed on duplicate 3x5 cards, If only a phonetic name is ‘known,
[522]‘various combinations of spellings would be appreciated, together
[523]with any other data such as probable address or area... Where an
[524]address is known and there are individuals, other than the subject,
[525]at this address to whom the questioned communication might be .
[526]addressed, their names should also be given. For record purposes |
[527]and in order to facilitate our answers to your request, would you in!
[528]turn number each card as HUNTER Request No, .
[531]: 10, On each request will you also indicate whether the request
[532]is for a one-time check or whether the name should be put on the .
[533]“Watch List. If the latter ’ please indicate the duration of the Watch
[534]List, i.e. 30, 60, 90 days, or "until cancelled". If a Watch List is
[536]bd ‘Fequested, you should also indicate the treatment desired when a
[537]possibld hit is made, i.e. photograph outside only; photograph
[538]outside and contents; photograph outside, contents, and examine for
[539]S/W or microdots. Specifically indicate any Watch List item which
[540]should not be opened. In this‘connection you may also desire to give:
[541]us a white list of corre spondents of interest to you Whoare not Watch
[543]List subjects but whose mail should not be opened in the course of . 5
[545]our normal openings for spot-checking for operational or intelligenc
[546]information. In some instances you may desire to indicate that you
[547]are to be informed immediately when a hit is made and prior to the
[549]receipt of the letter by the. addressee. -
[551]ll, It is possible to make a special machine run of the names
[552]of all correspondents either addressor, addressee, or both, from
[553]_any ‘specific area in the USS to the United States or to any specific
[554]state or city in the U.S., or‘vice versa, There are various other
[555]combinations that could be run, such as all letters mailed in Florida
[556]either on a specific date or for any given period, If the above-listed
[558].
[560]a
[562]Co, , GEPRET
[564]en pee we
[568]"or any other. type of exploratory proces sing is desired, . @ presentation
[569]of the. problem will enable us.to tell you immediately what we can do,
[571]how ling it will take, and the amount of work that is involved, While
[572]this type of service is possible, it does involve a great deal of work
[573]and sont be requested j in connection with very important cases only.
[575]- F OR. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PLANS:
[577]. ; 7 . J iit | Shea
[579]Enclosures (5)
[583]- on alabete a 31.
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[587]wm ee we ee eres at Se ene le ee eee | Serena er EE enn ee he
[589]_ “. . + ms © :
[590]‘" BYANDARD FORM NO, 64 d J
[594]a
[596]|
[600]s
[602]fh phraseology: "Information has been received from¢Sureau Inyo
[605]cme -
[609]1 -, Branigan
[610]; R .L - Litrento. : TAs,
[611]FROM : We As Brakidhn 1 - Schweppe a ape
[612]—_ = | z
[614]‘logical interest in the report, the names involved will be searched
[618]ry
[620]Office “Memorandum ¢ uNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
[621]4 ; . .
[623]Tro :A. E Belmont. \\ “42 = Belmont pate: 4-21-58
[625]ATI ON CONTAINED Oise ——
[629]susyect:( BUREAU INFORMANT 200) — /af.,% yA! ch
[634]: G@ureau Informant 200) is tne symbol number. designated Winterlowd ;
[635]for information furnished py CIA to tne Sureau from its coverage een =
[636]of mail going to and from tne(USSR) This designat ton was approvedagie
[637]in your memorandum to Hr. 8Soardman' dated 2-6-508. That memo pointed \out
[639]the willingness of CIA to furnish us any information obtained from this
[641]coverage which we felt would be of interést to us. That memo recommended
[642]that Liaison effect arrangements with CIA so that we could review
[644]information obtained. from that coveragée Jf
[646]1 is furnishing us witn certain of the results_of the
[648]received i
[650]beled with a report number, for example, Auntér Report
[651]# 19% .
[653]; -Ghe reports received are reviewed in the Goune Unit. When
[654]the information fails to indicate which Section or Unit ‘would kave a
[655]1h,
[657]for identifiable information. ‘shen we can locate no sucn infornati
[658]@ case will be opened if deemed warranted. The objectives of tnase
[659]investigations will be the identification-of persons of pro-Soviet |
[660]sympathies whose dealings with the {fussians)are of a security or
[662]intelligence interest, the identification of those individuals who
[664]might present logical "hostage" possibilities,whicn could be exploited
[665]by the Soviets_and the identification of any(Soviet) individual in the
[666]U.S. who has indicated weakness or dissatisfaction, a situation which
[667]the Bureau might exploit for defection or doyble agent purposes.
[669]Investigations in the. field would include.a check of office
[670]indices and logical sources and informants in order to establish the
[671]subject's background, activities, sympathies and tne strategic
[672]character of his employment. This “could culminate in recommendatians
[673]for interview to clarify certain points not established by invest ygation
[674]and to determine whether tne present activities of the subject ar
[675]inimical to the best interests of the U.S., provided available infg¢r-
[676]mation does not dictate against such interview and provided the
[677]interview can be conducted without compromising (Gureau Informant 200)
[679]Information from Gureau Informant 200) would be forwafded tio
[681]the field, personal attention SAC,.utilizing tie following or simila
[682]05-6 7845 an
[683]HAY 6 58 pat ge p0de 39 fe —N A enemy .
[684], e iA wars tee ne
[686]y 503, sete (74 OD = BOLT.
[689]rrant ZOO
[690]ay
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[692]Ws ,
[694]OES Ug} dg. et UF gil gop ab _ — ‘
[696]S F-(Q,
[698]coverage off Soviet mail under.the caption "Project Hunter." ] Hach report
[700]CPOE LRA oe te BIS re nero
[703]: as 7
[705]mation obtained from
[707]Memorandum to ltr. Belmont
[708]es: BUREAU INFORMANT 200 ;
[709]105-6745, —_
[711]. t i ' :
[712]a most sensitive’ and reliable source, indicating é John Part)
[714]in aifeet.cantact withzer...” .The contents of thep Hunter Report] should
[716]then be summdrized as necessary. dnd paraphrased... Following
[718]Le
[719]reporting of information found in Sufiles on the Subject, and y Fa,
[721]Ynstructions regarding the investigation to be conducted a paragraph
[722]as follows should also, be added: “You are being cautioned that in
[724]Eure Informané 200)is not to be disseminated
[725]outside the Sureau and-should not be set’forth in any investigative
[726]reports. Information from this informant should be utilized for 1
[727]purposes. only. You must. avoid any statement concerning the scope
[728]the coverage in effect. in this instance and under no circumstances
[729]is the subject or any unauthorized’ person to become aware that we
[730]knowledge of his contact with a person in@ussia,)"
[732]located. at the Bureau, the
[733]appropirate Section Chief o
[735]in those in neces where .opened or closed case file an Lah Ae
[736][net mentioned in ah Hunter Report tp
[737]FZ
[739]imttr Report will be forwarded to
[741]Supervisor for his information and any action“he deems necessary. |Said
[742]‘Supervisor might desire to. advise the fild in the mgnner -descriped
[743]-above ‘or place a brief, paraphrased version of thef Hunter Reportinto
[745]the subject's main file for information purposes.
[747]BECOMMINDATTO : oe -
[749]In view of the extreme sensitivity of this Sources, the
[750]knowledge of the same is to be confined to a need-to-know basise
[751]Therefore, within the Domestic Intelligence Division the Sectiorn
[752]Chiefs of the Nationalities -and Intelligence Section, the Internal
[753]Security Section, and the Subversive Control, Section will be advised .
[754]of the above procedure for their personal information. All supervi
[755]in the. Espionage Section welt aiso be informed of this procedure.
[757]ad
[761]coco Le es
[764]e
[765]‘ 5 | .
[766]. . ’
[767]OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10 ad : . : : . \
[768]. . /
[773]a { CG eae
[774]Memorandum | Age
[776]‘ . . ° Mdlone —_.
[777]TO - : MR A. H. BELMONT — _ DATE: "
[779]DATE: March 10, 1961 Tel
[781]raom :" MRD, E, MOORE Eye Parsons" | > &
[783]. , oes , Conrad Pn" Fe f iF
[784]- Belmont Y
[785]sunyecr: — Bane Pe a D. E. Moore
[786]; Ge - kT { Branigan
[788]INFORMATIONCONTAINED We B. Stewar
[789]HEREIN Spy pal,
[790]q ATE 12
[791]4 be
[793]ensitive project involving. the re-
[794]‘view: “of - mail going to thefSoviet Union} CIA makes available .
[796]Hunter is CIAts 2(
[797]to. us results of their a
[799]lysis relative to. this Pro. ject.
[800]Ce : oT we ie a
[801]- On 3-9-61 duritk OT {iteget $s es-
[802]pionage activities, between Special Agents Litrento, SS
[803]‘ Duckett and mt andf Messrs. Angleton, Hortom\ar ee CIA, wW K¢
[804]ere advised thay C IA has now established abora oky dn
[805]New. York in connecticen with this project whi
[807]an examine cor-.,
[808]respondence for secret Writing, microdots and possibly codes.
[810]Said the labératory is ‘fully equipped and they ‘would be ‘gla
[811]to make its facilities available to us if at any time we desire
[812]an examination of this nature to be made in NYC and time was of
[813]the essence and would not permit the material to.be brought to
[814]our Laboratory in Washington, D.C. We expressed our appreciatio
[816]; fox the offer and said that in the event we desired to utilize i
[817]their laboratory, we would contact “GPP
[819]ACTION: For information,”
[822]cn O, 0% ae
[824]i
[826]rene
[830]0-14f (Rev, 10-16-70) wr)
[832]re __ Seen -
[833]ROUTE 1 LN IN V SLOPE
[835]March 10, 1972
[837]BY GIA COURIER:
[839]Director
[840]Central Intelligence Agency ~
[841]Washington,.D. C. 20505 | °
[843]ATTENTION: Deputy Director for Plans ’ Trauss into)
[845]Bis freowren Paosscr x} . JEM
[847]~ (J 1. For your information, I am enclosing communications which may be
[848]of interest to you." .
[850]to 2. It will be appreciated if you will have the investigation conducted.
[851]as requested in the enclosed memorandum and furnish the results.
[853]jws.
[855]- ; .
[856], . am) 3. No further investigation is ean with regayd to this matter. “, .
[857]“ m “weed HO
[858]elopments in connection’
[860]_ REC-5!
[861](4. You will be advised of thé pertinent
[863]1 . with thie inquiry, —
[865]or"
[867]* (2]5. Please note change. in caption of this case.
[869], Te WAR 10 yy
[871](C16. Status of case: [—] Completed Incompl eve
[872]Very truly yours, .
[874]GROUP 1 he. |
[876]Excluded from automatio ‘
[878]Freres or el |
[879]deciassiti 7 Director. SECRET {.
[880]Bac, , a ate wn
[881]EET PCLOD EEA CRE NENTS G
[883]eference, ts made be our spect gtion on
[885]: (iohter Repdré Wo. 2,826, Teen ae
[886]‘Attached is 6 Meee ‘5; tubes of traffic we.
[888]would like to Tecetvee :
[891]oars cfs . oe "cs
[892]> a . Ld .
[894]- . . ary oa -
[896]. - _ "fl <M. a. Triplett) +
[897], SEGRET l-¥% 0. Cregar <
[901]ROULE IN
[903]Horch10, 1972
[905]o
[907]wet) OPH
[909]- Ue RE; ssossce sunt
[910]~~ ee . - .
[911]t a .
[912]= ~"¥e are in the process of reviewing the Watch List
[914]and will qdvise you. of additions and deletions. The following
[915]types of traffic have been of asatatance and continue to be of
[917]‘tnterest to use
[919]i. current and, porner [outed exchange students, visttors,
[920]researchers and actantvsts.
[922]2. Current and former Soviet Josftotal utsttora,
[923]“Current and sorner Sovtet|nonoffictal visitors wigs a8
[924]Ss
[926]oytets
[929]2.
[930]contacts are subversive, would *be of interest to the
[931]because of thetr access to classified data or are in a
[933]tion to be of assistance to the Soviets)
[935]q
[937]been in the USSR with American exhibitions and delegations. |
[939]U.S. se eaagf students, researchers and persons who have
[941]Se Current and forner UeSe- atudents and researchers in the
[943]USSH] who do not cone under offictol Zast-Feat Exchange pine nl
[944]hts does not tnelude the short-term student tours but does
[945]include individuals who are in the [Us&R Jer some time, e-
[946]would, of course, like to. receive any, traffie on individuals
[947]who are there for a short time if they have deen ‘Sponsored by
[949]' subversive organizations and subversive tndtuiduals or have
[951][sousetsh spectal invitations or special treatment from the
[955]outets} . -
[957]6, Ve have no interest in the hundreds of legitinete travelers
[958]who vistt the lussRjon regular tours or go to see relatives, W
[959]do have an interest tn travel and contacts tnuoluing persona oh
[960]the VYatch Liat; known communists, New Left activists, extremists
[961]and other subversives; suspected and known esptonage agents$
[962]tndividuals known to be of interest to the)Sovtetsl because of
[963]thetr spectalized knowledge orf work on clasSified matterss
[965]indtviduale who appear to heave been compromiseds; and persons
[966]who meet with Soviet connected with organizations Known to
[967]spectalize in propaganda on in obtaining information regarding
[969]the U.S. 7<
[971]° 7. Comnuntst Party and front organizations (such as famertcan
[972]&usstanjinstitute,
[974]and UEratinian. a
[975]105-93089 vo,
[976]eke Peeeteesh et om > I. eo fe
[978](a) ie (: Tt a
[980]‘Original to CIA, Att'n ‘James Angleton} by -
[981]£74 courter 3- 10-72.
[983]National Council of L [Aner tcan-Soviet Friendship}
[984]) , extrenist and Jew 40) ce
[985]X'
[987]we
[988]crour'1 “th Pp Y~
[991]* downgrading and
[993]declassi fication |
[994]Ta
[996]oH
[999]ee, v -
[1001],
[1003]SRT aa
[1005]&, Protest.and peace organizations, auch as People's Coalttton
[1006]for Peace and Justice, National Peace Actton Comnittes and
[1007]Wonen's Strike for Peace. 7 a
[1009]9. Communists, Trotskyttes and neabera of other Marzist~
[1010]Lentnist, ‘subversive and extremist groups, such as the Black
[1011]Panthers,’ Shite Panthers, Black Netionalist and Liberation
[1012]groups, Venceremos Brigade, Vencerenes Organization, Weathermen,
[1013]Progresstve -Labor Party, Yorker's Student Alliance, Students
[1014]‘for a Democratic Soctety, Restst, Revolutionary Union and oth
[1015]New Left groups. fhis would inelude persone sympathetic to
[1016](Saytet Union, North Zorea, North Vietnam and Red China. F2,
[1021]; 106 (Cubans ond pro-Castro) individuals tn the U.S.
[1023]di. Traffte to and fron. Puerts Rico and the Virgin Islands)
[1024]showing anti-US. or subversive syupathiase — ‘
[1026]12, Contacts with the (Soviet Red crosd, particulerly thoae
[1027]gerade or -recetved dy tindtuviduala. .
[1029]13. (soutet Conntttee for Cultural Relations wlth Conpatriots
[1030]Abroad )(contacts with enigres and enigre organtzations in T.S54)0
[1032]14, fraffice between U.S. nationale and altens tn the 7.5.
[1033]with individuals attending such institutions as thefCentral
[1034]‘Komsomoz, School and Frtendship) University, This would include
[1035]any aliens in the U.S. who have previously been in the( USSR
[1036]as students. — “ , ;
[1038]Hunter Report-
[1040]NOTE: Above sent in answer to specia notation on
[1041]4) hng as follows: "Ypur
[1043]27,226, Iten go" seaudnene of tuniten oh reac
[1045]30 Octaber 1962 statement off HUNTER Projectjrequirements does| not
[1046]cover contacts such as the om reflected tn attached item. P ease
[1047]aliens
[1049]advise whether you wish to see traffic from U.S, nationals or
[1050]temporarily residing in the U,S. (nn, foreign students) to rela-
[1051]tives-or friends studying at (Friendship) University or similar
[1052]instituttons, You may wish to take this opportunity to review, and
[1053]posstbly revise, your above-cited requirements statement,” ,
[1054]Subsequent to 10-30-62 meno,
[1055]for other types (Items
[1056]we desired infgrmation on New Left and Black-Hationalist Jtelds on
[1057]_ 1-15-69 and we advised them that we did. They had made a similar
[1058]tnquiry regarding P.0, Bores. utilized by tne (Soviets by Soujet
[1059]Comnittee for Cultural Relations with Compatriots Abroad) Hunter
[1060]Report 27,226 was dated Jan Petter.
[1062]b y 25, 1972, and transmittal
[1063]_was stgned by/James Angleton 2
[1065]°° .  7a&-
[1067]there have been-severa] oral requests
[1068]1,2,3,12 and 14) snd “sinter asked us| if S 4
[1070]2B!
[1072]prt ee te i et ww me
[1074]“ROW MLIN BE TELOP
[1078]+} REESE. Aue
[1080]. _ UNITED STATES covernnen SCR ; ve. Fefi_|
[1081]lex, EB, S, Miller te taken Ca
[1083]Memorandum l-ir, J, Ps Lee t Se —
[1085]: & i-Miss M. E, Triplett te Cobherdt
[1087]TO : Ue Be S. Mi the ‘pate: (February 15, 1973 tf Jenkins,
[1089]. 1-Mr. Brani PANE eee
[1091]er een Be - eee EAM is
[1093]‘rom; Wo Ac Branig: oF
[1095]Mr. Soyora
[1096]oe ie plat te Me. Waltars |=
[1097]— folggfed ag. =
[1098]SUBJECT: [Bureau THFORMANT a fol. wy suscet pay Mi. Bowers
[1100][Bureau Informant. 206] is the symbol number
[1102]esignated for information furnished on a highly confi-.
[1103]rey, dential basis by CIA and referred to by them as “PROJECT HUNTER. '
[1105]Lieutenant General. Vernon A. Walters, Deputy Director ./7
[1106]of CIA, has an appointment to meet with Acting Director Gray <
[1107]on February 16, 1973, In this connection, at 5:50 p.m, on
[1108]February 15, 1973, My, James Angleton, Chief, Counterintelligence
[1109]-Btafi, CIA, advised that thé reason for General Walters’ visit
[1110]iis to discuss PROJECT HUNTER, Specifically, General Walters ~
[1111]will raise the question of ‘the Bureau taking the PROJECT ov.
[1113]instructed Walters to weet with Mr, Gray prior to his,
[1115]Commencing in January, 1958, and continuing to the
[1116]resent time, the Central Intelligence Agency has furnished this.
[1118]% Bureau. with the product of its highly confidential review of mail .
[1119]going to and coming from the USSR, Arrangements for this review |, ;
[1121]were obviously worked out between the Agency and Post Office
[1122]‘ iciais and we are not privy to the details,
[1124]; It is obvious that both incoming and outgoing mail
[1125]is opened and photographed. At one time in March of 1961,
[1126]we were advised that CIA had established a laboratory in
[1127]New. York where they could examine correspondencefor secret
[1128]writing,:- microdots, and possibly codes, At that time CIA
[1129]offered to make these facilities available if we needed then,
[1130]During the same approximate time, CIA advised that about
[1131]500,000 items per month passed to and from the USS#] and about
[1132]200, 000 of these items are screened : Approxima ely 1,200 item
[1133]"month received “close Sorutiny Mee a 7 +
[1134]° RELICS eT
[1135]on February 15, 1973, liry~James Angleton adviuctt®
[1136]aS hat - at the present time, he has 9 of his people in Washniigton.
[1137]working on PROJEET HUNTER, and there are 2 additional ‘personnel
[1138]working in New York, for a total of 11, Presumably, ail or most
[1139]of these pecple have sian Salicia ability. Angleton 2 ith
[1141]a
[1142]aucolin eee CONTINUED ~ OVER
[1144](5) a ce =“ SE GRET Lj
[1145]US ON
[1146]HIN ENVELS
[1150])Angileton stated that Dr. Schlesinger, Director of CIA, had =| zjX
[1152]hlésinger's, return fron overseas planned for February 19, 1973.
[1154]Beer ree we emi eh
[1157]Memorandum from W, A. Branigan to Mr, E. 5. Hiller
[1158]RE: Doonan 1 INFORMANT T 200) .
[1160]a
[1162]advised that the T. Ss. Postal Service had raised a question ‘as (OG
[1163]to CIA's “necessity to continue PROJECT HUNTER in view of possible
[1164]’ geéurity proVlems within ‘the Postal Service,
[1166]The Bureau has always handed fpRoscr HUNTER imaterial
[1167]on a strict need-to-know basis. The material received/is handled
[1168]on one desk in the Domestic Intelligence Division where it is
[1169]screened for items of possible royed. fRUrTE Hse and retention. St
[1170]Material of no interest is destroyed. ] HUNTER material can be
[1172]only transmitted to our field divisio aphrased form
[1174]and can oniy be used for investigative purposes, The material
[1176]can never be incorporated.in any Gommunic lise ich is intended %
[1178]for dissemination outside of the Bureau. aterial that
[1179]is retained is kept in a Special File Room in the Records Branch
[1180]at the Identification Division Building. Periodically CIA has
[1181]been furnished with general guidelines as to_the material which
[1182]woukd be of special interest to our needs. {| For example, we are
[1183]currently interested in material concerning current and former :
[1184]-‘Soviet| exchange students, visitors, researchers, and scientists: (5) :
[1185]e aré likewise interested in Americans who are in the[USSK]fo
[1186]an appreciable period of time, We are interested in American
[1188]communists and extremists who may be corresponding with , R%Z
[1190]pergons in the issr fsa
[1191]We have always considered the product fronJPROJECT HU a |
[1193]as valuable to our investigative interests. (in this*tonnection,
[1195]it hag provided us with the identities of Americans in contact
[1196]with [Soviet] exchange students in the United States who offer some
[1197]potential ‘as informants regarding the Bovied] students' activities,
[1198]- We know from highly confidential sources that a proportion of
[1199]these students have already been recruited by one or the other
[1200]of the major Soviet] Intelligence Services. We know also that
[1201]many of the exchafge students will subsequently be posted to the
[1202]United States in some official capacity. |(S) ;
[1204]JPnoszer HUNTER fhas identified numerous individuals
[1205]from the ted States d from other areas of the world, in
[1206]attendance at the)Centfal Komsomol School and Friendship] Universsty. @)
[1208]CIA has permitted. us to furnish them the names of
[1209]‘specific individuals in whom we have an investigative interest, se
[1210]and this ar hea in covering their activities, | The
[1212]Se
[1214]product fro
[1215]who > pian to
[1217]as also been valuable in identifying] Sovie te]
[1218]visit the United States./(S). .
[1220]SECRET comm - = .
[1222]lat.
[1225]= oe a re | >“ SEHET a, 7 e
[1227]Memorandum from We A. Br iden to Mr. zg S. Miller |
[1228]RE: [BUREAU INFORMANT 200, 7
[1230]| sO ‘ the [Soviet Union|is currently building up. the number
[1231]of trade -representatives o will be assigned in various areas
[1232]of the United States‘where we normally would not have coverage.
[1234]We anticipate that PROJECT. HUNTER would be valuable in providing
[1235]leads for any necessary coverage of these people. ¢
[1237]With the. relaxation of tensions between the U. S. and
[1238]‘the fuses? the volume of correspondence has obviously increased.
[1239]We do not currently know what that volume is. To the best of
[1240]’ our knowledge, CIA has maintained this PROJECT smoothly and
[1241]without: ‘hitch, It would be necessary to now examine. what -
[1242]“security: problems | the U. S.-Postal ‘Service is experiencing.
[1244]ACTION $
[1246]: The above is submitted. for possible use by the
[1247]Acting Director for the visit of General Walters, _
[1249]Cou rena LviTt Ge | bo¥yonts
[1250]LUA EPS FOP Aion AA .
[1251]Toman ~, 2-30-23
[1258]Ka
[1260]TO
[1261]FROM
[1263]SUBJECT:
[1265]7 he
[1267]raf '
[1269]PH ee
[1272]a
[1276]VY ene ore I30F 7 &
[1278].
[1279]OPTIONAL FORM WO! 10 $010~108 Fe
[1280]MAYT1962 EDITION ,, .
[1282]GSA OEN, REO, NO, 27 Tolson —_—_—
[1284]‘UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ~ oo i" | a -
[1285]M. emorandum ROUTE IN ENVELOPRE==
[1286]Mr. Ds J. Brennan, oy * pare: January 16, 1969 a
[1288]} Al NFORMATION CONTAINED Tees ——t —
[1289]se Ji Papich(fff HEREIN} Se, Tele, Room
[1291]+ Se Pap “DATE, oli, s—
[1292]BUREAU INFORMANT 26 \- Pakeney , UD / ,
[1294]UTILIZATION OF SOURCE IN. THE
[1295]NEW LEFT AND BLACK NATIONALIST FIELDS KK \ Lo, 24
[1296]. @@ -
[1298]On January 15, fame Over) Cen Ia
[1299]Intelligence Agency (CIA), su sted to t Liaison Agent
[1301]that the-Bureau should-mpt overlook the utilization of -the
[1302]' Agency's} Huoter project or the develo + leads in the iL
[1303]_ ‘New oy ef Black Na ct for th fields: }) Ober Ydmitted the Od
[1305]traffic involving individuals in these ea ight be light
[1306]but that the Bureau might wish to give consideration to placing
[1308]stops on certain key personalities,
[1309]* The ‘Hunter project] or wh W ich we have ‘given the WF Y
[1311]designation ° ureau Inforriant 200)essentially consists o
[1312]Specialized coverage of mail between the United States an
[1313]‘Russia a) * If we have some reason to believe that one of 3
[1314]yject's is communicating with anybody in the (Soviet. Union
[1315]eit mene be worthwhile to place a stop.
[1316]oo
[1318]"We should bear in mind that this’ coverage is
[1319]xtremely sensitive and the handling of any matters involving
[1320]Bureau Informant 200) should conform with the ground rules
[1321]which have been established. (See(Mary Tripiett, extension \
[1322]‘ 631, Soviet Section.) a .
[1325]ACTION: | we” UC8 954, oy 7) | AW
[1327]. The above information is™being directed tothe
[1328]. attention of the Internal Security ‘Section and the, Racial
[1329]Intelligence Section. . Saenee weee SE
[1331]18FEB S 1969"
[1333]C. D. Brennan
[1334]G. Cc. Moore
[1335]M. E. Triplett
[1337]Liaison
[1338]S< J. Papich,
[1339]SIP: cee . Lana
[1340]ow
[1344]PUNE DUNE UTTER TRTR REE ETE me oes
[1348]7 OPTIONAL roam RO. 10
[1350]BUREAU INFORMANT 200
[1352]January, 1966.
[1354]The majartt
[1356]tions and for information,
[1357]from several itens,
[1359]An analysis of vtaoned. 1)
[1360]ae the past year is. attached.
[1362]Rncdlosure. ~
[1364]“ROUTE IN EN\ LOPE
[1366]UNITED STA TES GOVERNMENT
[1368]Memorandum
[1369]7 We Ae mos
[1372]ae i oy beet iple a
[1374]: August 24, 1966
[1376]- te
[1379]From 8-14-65 through 8-13-66, 302 2e/munter won
[1380]transmitting 6077 items were received fron Bureau Informa
[1381]This is a slight increase (almost 3%) in number of |
[1382]ttens over the previous. years.
[1384]a
[1386]over those written the
[1387]More than 260 new cases were opened and 96 cases
[1388]of new cases were opened on the
[1389]baste of travel to the USSR)and contacte of U.S. cttizens
[1390]Americans and (Cubons\ in the U.S. with individuals in the
[1391]Information was sent to the field to assist in pending inves tga~-
[1392]in some cases, data was extracted
[1393]summarized and sent to the field in one con-
[1394]muntcation under more than one caption to skow relationships
[1395]between. various subjects.
[1397]recetved from the source
[1398](oo- 750 F7 - 78)
[1399]ecm)
[1401]This ‘sok your informatiGnSeP 12 1968
[1403]~ W A, Branig
[1405]1-8. Papich
[1406]l-HM, &. Triple
[1408]ficpes eget J Gehan a
[1409]#) Bites dyn .
[1411]Although ttens’ were received on a continuous ‘basis,
[1412]the number dropped during the pertod of August, 1965, through
[1413]This ts ‘believed to be due te the or bad
[1414]ansfer of personnel and change in supervision over ’ Hunte
[1415]reject at CIA which was. taking place during this nae
[1417]Fron ‘February, 1966, to the present, there has been
[1418]' @ marked tncerease tn number of ttens received.
[1419]for the past four months has been 627 per month, whereas the
[1420]average for the same pertod last year was 421,
[1421]no significant change in the type of material except that more
[1422]ttems are being recetved.regarding subjects on whom the source
[1423]has not furnished information previously, necessitating more
[1424]The value of this material is shown by the fact tha
[1425]there was an increase of 53% tn number of new cases opened on
[1426]the basis of tnfornatton furnished by the source.
[1428]The average
[1430]There has been
[1432]This
[1434]USSR
[1436]Tolsen — 4
[1438]DeLooch 1
[1440]Mohr
[1442]Wieck ——|
[1444]Casper —
[1445]alichan
[1447]Conrad
[1449]~ Felt
[1451]Rosen —
[1453]Sullivan
[1455]Tavel
[1457]Trotter
[1459]Tele, Roon; —__
[1460]Holmes
[1462]Gandy —____
[1464]a
[1466]ation,
[1467]are
[1469]Approximately 580 letters were written on information
[1470]_ furnished by {Bureau Informant 200) during’ the past year,
[1471]ts an increase of approximately
[1472]previous year.
[1473]were reopened,
[1475]Ladin
[1477]“2
[1482]not be unnecessarily éxpended by our Bureau processing unwanted
[1484]‘I fraffic Which Holds No Interest: |
[1486]2, Americans traveling to the(USsR) as tess travel is permissible and
[1488]Be 1 material emanating from: fest Rice) of an Anti-v. S. nature
[1490]10-30-62
[1492]after ‘an. extensive review of - 2500) Tunte Reports since our
[1493]last memo captioned as above and dated 8/24/62, wd have made the
[1494]following observations in the interest of economy in regard to Project
[1495]Hunter as it related to our Bureau and your Agency to insure time will
[1497]material and to save your Agency the expense involved in the preparation
[1498]of such material.
[1500]1. Goviee-vies immigrents desiring to | repatriate t0(usst) - These
[1501]people are interviewed by INS and INS refers anything of interest to ug.
[1503]several vyhundred people a year visit the {USSR)while on tour abroad as
[1504]well as{Soviets}returning to visit relatives. We, of course, have an
[1505]interest in such travel involving people on the CIA Watch List, Ikmown
[1506]Communist Party manber'ss and suspected intelligence agents.
[1508]3 Use Se professors in Academic. Research corresponding with each ark e:
[1510]It Is not likely if U. S. professor is passing any data he would identify
[1511]himself at the s4me time.
[1513]it Traffic of Specific Interest:
[1515]1. Ali data roe Guba} This serves to identify prooasta) followers in
[1516]the Ue Se
[1518]2. All data re Ur send in contact with (Cubans ovtonaing Prtenasttp
[1519]University in Moscow ;
[1520]and pro (soviet)
[1522]he Data re Ue. S. peace groups going to fuses) and while 2 sn(gusete)
[1524]5. Data indicating death of any U. So Communist abroad.
[1527]- oruae
[1529]sO [Bz PROJECT sum’)
[1531]8, - Any traffic from or, to Ue S. Students in oscow)or to U. 8. pa
[1532]who were former’ students in Closcow}
[1534]% Any traffic between U. 8. persons: who are w th a current
[1535]exposition or a previous exposition | in ‘the (USSR,
[1537]sons
[1539]ar 7 > . =
[1541]a
[1543]. ’ . ° o - .
[1547]yok on, r
[1548]- - _ * Tolson |,
[1550]tw OMTHOKAL FORM NO. 10
[1552]ann v 5 . Belmont
[1553]; UNVLED. STATES GOVER, \.NT ed ——
[1554]. 7 Conrad
[1556]_ Memorandum ~ ——
[1557]. a Malone
[1558]ape pe autiivan W ane: Bate
[1560]TO 80: Mr. W. Ge Sullivan ¥ y vate: 6/9/61 _ Tavel
[1562]o . ; Trotter ——|——__
[1564]~ , ~ DQ, 1 - W. C. Sullivan Tele, Roo ——
[1565]FROM : Mr. W. A. Branig af 1=-W A. Branigan Gandy
[1567]Ch + eo - 7. De Stewart
[1569]; oo ; t, Tr ? ‘ : f (p Cer
[1570]. susjecr; (BURA. IMPORMANT 200 ys POLICY ¥i (ne ee
[1572]Lhe purpose, of this memo is to bring to yoy» attention, as a
[1573]atter of interest, &t tnerease in the volume orfitunter Reports
[1574][received jrom CIA, the naa sona2 administrative bontrols inst? trae
[1575]0 cope, with increased volume, and lastly the desirable type of infor=
[1576]mat ton (Bur eau Informant 200)has been continually furnishing.
[1578]al . :
[1580](Bureau Informant 200)is the symbol’ number designated for injor~
[1581]smatton furnished on a highly confittential -basis by CIA and‘referred to
[1582]by CIA as "Project Hunter" and the reports emanating from this proje
[1583]‘as Hunter Reports. This informant originated in 1/56 and furnishe
[1585]its first Hunter Report in,2/58: As of 6/6/61, ue have received |’
[1586]unber 50053 many reports transmit’: ° @s many as twelve
[1587]E_nunber 50058)
[1590]eins, and some repor nsmitting up to twenty items. . a memo to.
[1591]ifr, A. H. Belmont dated )12/5/60 revealed as of that date 3425 Hurter ,
[1592]eports had been recetOed. You may Gboldunter Be to learn that in| the
[1594]last seven menths we have received 1680 Hunter Reports pr almost 50%
[1595]of the number recetved from 2/58 until 22/60. On 3/9/81 CLI advised
[1596]representatives of this Bureau that it had recently established a.
[1597]laboratory in New York City jn connection with this project. This :
[1598]aboratory i$ able/p ocess| unter material for secret writings migrodots '
[1599]and possibly codes. Our liaison representative advised the Laboratory
[1600]‘would probably increase the Hunter Report volume to us by 20%3 -however,
[1601]rom Be above figures tt appears this increase in volume is far 4 youre
[1602]476) Oe. . oa
[1604]1
[1606]A memo W. D. Stewart to W. A. Branigdén 2/21/61 re capt toned
[1607]matter recommended and receiped approval the utilization of al stamped!
[1608]notation on the front of thd Hunter Report [permitting the Hetil
[1610][Hun
[1612]supervisor to destroy conte of a ter. eporé Jis found to be of no
[1613]value.after checking the appr tat ock on & stamp indicati his
[1614]eason for destroying same. jee oval to destroy these Hunter Rep res)
[1615](was received from CIA.which., ten, a necessary, at a later date repro-—Y
[1616]ée any Hunter Report. A mm rom Mr. Belmont 3/3/61 to All Suber- /,~
[1617]visors of the Espionage, Natioralities Intelligence, Internal Security
[1618]and Subversive Control Sections instructed all recipients re use of
[1619]above-mentioned stamp. In addition, akgye memo 21/6] received approval
[1620]for @ proceedure whereby[Hunter Reports would be screened for testruction
[1621]by substantative desk hartiling captio matter prior to sending |these
[1622]reports to Records Section for handling t& préclude any indexing jor
[1624]handling which would later be deemed yt CSSUT TTT report is destroyed.
[1626]; | a (798° PAO fmm AY ;
[1627]Gos-23069) . f REC- 8 ee JUN. 14 196! tA ‘)
[1628]- ” 1 _ : . a) ” Lt
[1631]Memo Branigan to Sullivan_
[1632]Res \BUREAU INFORMANT 200 9 POLICY
[1633]105~93089 |
[1635]A- great_deal of material furnished by the informant relat
[1636]directly te contacts and activities of individuals who are of cu.
[1637]‘ interest: to us, such as top level comnunists as William Z. Foster
[1638]- Elizabeth-Guriey Flynn and such espionage subjects as thefMauric
[1639]Halperins, who were identified by Elizabeth Bentley, who stated
[1640]Halperin was’a source of ‘Nathan Gregory Silvermaster. The Halpe
[1641]Gre now in Russia) Pertinent information relating to individual
[1642]current interest fis passed to the field for its. intelligence int
[1643]In addition, material is received which reveals the (Soviet) sympa
[1644]of some U.S, citizens and @lso indicates certain arrangements wi
[1645]Sovietsjwhich may be considered against the best interests of th
[1646]Se Government. Tre larger amount of data received tends to co
[1647]-tnformation already ‘mown and it does not require in itself that
[1648]field be advised of same. ’
[1650]e «
[1651]. The informant furnished two spec ific) Hunter Reports| refle
[1652]that two different individuals were (sending ‘post cards to USSR w
[1653]Gnother post card deliberately and carefully sealed to the first
[1654]card. Ina case opened entitled "V. Podgoretsky, IS - R" (105-9
[1655]the informant advised that noth of the post cards forwarded by
[1656]“Podgoretsky contained a clandestine message on the inner side of
[1657]back post card. Investigations concerning James D. Cawthon, the
[1658]former individual mentioned, : and Podgoretsky are st til in progre
[1659]_  ,. DPypical data furnished by Bureau Informant 200) are set ou
[1660]bel dws - . a .
[1661]oy Information congerning travel plans abroad of several SUu-
[1662]Subjects; one namély, (iartin’ Field: (101-1019)) Contacts in this
[1663]country of Security I7miex (SI) subjects vacationing and studying
[1664]abroad; namely, “ary Lou Patterson (100-136466)) Data relating
[1665]to @ contact by{2ernon Ferguson Hitchell) with
[1667]NSA a short ti @go before they defected to Russia} Data that.
[1668]@. C. idac OA tel of Brighton, Lassachusetts) equested publ
[1669]f the(Soviet/"Pravdayt to forward to him old issues of that pape
[1670]he could distribute same to Americans in various cities here t
[1671]their language skill and to acquaint them with the(Us Data ec
[1673]cerning nugerous individuals who sent New Years’ greetings to(wikita
[1675]Hhrushchevpjand expressed their sympathies toward Soviet) way of 1
[1676]namely, Donald A. SawtejJie (1085-15570), a New Yor# SI ‘gubjéct.
[1677]revealing a contact by fJonn Peter Grothe (624105833) with the (e
[1679]of Culture in MoscéwsJrequesting this individual to Dromisé the (li ‘seyov)
[1680]to
[1682]dancers would perform in U.S. and also, indicating to. him he ex,
[1683]visit issk)agaan “in the near future. (Grothe) advised him that la
[1687]Cd
[1689]s mother ‘in(California
[1690]AS you recall, fiitchell and Ftilliam Hamilton Martin. were employed at
[1692]Date
[1694]ting
[1697]499);
[1698]the
[1700])
[1702]one
[1703]tshers
[1704]sO
[1705]Prove
[1706]Ons
[1712]st year
[1715]a
[1716].
[1720]Memo_Branigan to Sullivan
[1721]Re: \ BUREAU INFORMANT 200 Poutoy
[1722]10593089,
[1724]he worked for senator or ftubert snmpreey) as a foreign relations advisdr
[1725]‘and did a lot of work in field of disarmament. He further indicated
[1727]to Senatorf{Aumphrey} Bufiles reveal one(Victoria Ivanova Sandor
[1729](2105-58070
[1731]‘ he was. orl graduate work at Stanforg but still served as a consultant
[1733]a Russ Zandborn alien and her husband (Yonn Sandor) who
[1735]ts
[1737]presently employed as an'attorney in the Office ofthe Attorney General,
[1739]State of Minnesota, are close friends of Orville Freeman, former
[1740]Governor of Minnesota and present Secretary of Agriculture, Washi
[1741]De. GC. Ihe informant advised:regently in regard to Gi
[1743]ctoria Sandon
[1745]Eons
[1747]that she advised wer mother in(USSR)she expected to move to Washington
[1749]where ner husband will work for Secretary of Agriculture, Freeman;
[1751]she and her husband will be friends of Freeman and President Kenne
[1753]that.
[1755]Ys
[1756]and that she hopes through these connections she will.be able to obtain
[1758]@ necessary permitfor her mother to come to the U.S. She jn oot ee
[1760]she will go to the President, to his wife, or to whomever it will
[1761]necessary to achieve this goal.
[1763]Information récetved from(Bureau Informant 200) cannot be
[1765]disseminated directly as & might tend to reveal this ‘highly confident ial
[1767]_ sounce; however, the information is used to great advantage by the
[1769]Bureau for its aun intelligence at the Bureau and in the field. JImvesti-
[1770]gations are opened on data furnished as above and if we can ascertain
[1771]confirmation, of same data from our sources in the field we oan then
[1773]- appropr tately disseminate pertinent tnformation.
[1775]ACTION: oe |
[1776]. .
[1778]None, above wae are furnished solely for your information.
[1787]rt —_. ere cree a Me ome eee | yo ee
[1789]« * . Fi «
[1790]a Ma,
[1792]cinbnat form NO. "10 ” i @ > , , . : ®&. Belmaat
[1793]« , ; : , pein
[1794]~. UNITZD STATES GOVERN. NT : ‘J Getlebon
[1796]! Memorandum a | Di
[1797]. : Malone ———__
[1798]ro: ofA MRS WC, SULLIVAN pare: - 8/21/61 —————
[1799], - Trottdr
[1800]re : ; . » . a . —aa Tele.| —_
[1801]FROM: . Wes Ay pra o CLASS] ED By 0 ; poe :
[1802]' ae ° ,
[1803]suyecr: >S/|BUREAU INFORMANT 200}. POLICY... Gs, aa
[1804]“a een ‘ ‘ . . C/ | od
[1805], IV NA AK
[1806]Reference is made to memorandum Stewart to Branigan Rye?
[1807]8/8/61 re same subject wherein it was requested a conference, be 14>"
[1808]arranged between Special Agents Gan J. Papich, W. D. Stewart and
[1809]_an_interested CIA reéepresentative-to explain to CIA specific type
[1810]of "Project Hunter" material we desir af K. Crs .
[1812]. - On 8/17/61 Special Agents{Sam J. Papich,.W. D. Stewart)
[1813]‘and CIA representatives, {James Hunt,-. ohn -Nertz and ‘Thomas Chalner's)] He
[1814]‘conferred at CIA concerning the "Project Hunter." The observatio iN
[1815]yet out on pages 2, 3, and 4. of the referenced memorandum were *3) :
[1816].. individually discussed with theJCIA representative They appeared .
[1817]~*~. very pleased with our analysis the Hunter material received a
[1818]w=) were also pleased with the attention afforded it. fMr. Hunt), at the
[1819]~ >. conclusion of the conference, requested we furnish“a set of guides,
[1823]'“ , Similar to ourafore-mentioned observations discussed, for his
[1824]'. people. Attached is a blind memo for CIA setting forth material jin
[1825]which we have no interest.and a specific interest. = :
[1826]™ oo. order to better understand the. coverage of Bureau
[1827]Informant 200 the writer specifically asked the following questions
[1828]and received*the following answers: | .
[1829]OO + 1. Is the informant. covering all traffic or selected
[1830]No traffic? Be ; Se ;
[1831]t Answer: Approximately 500,000 items pass to and fron
[1832]- each month. Approximately 200,000 items are’ screened. The other
[1833]“ 300,000 escape screening because they pass through at hours when
[1834]. 0 one ison duty.. Of the 200,000 items screened, approximately f }
[1835]Ss 1,200 items receive "close" scrutiny. ;
[1839]. Q) _ 2, , What portion of the informant's coverage are we
[1840]getting on eee |
[1842]opus - | i, aS
[1843]eee Answer: Of the 1,200 items closely scrutinized, we .d
[1845]_ | }+Beceiving approximately 250: an monthly A fee Gy
[1846]. “ Bye ; ae - af et A
[1847]; yy . Sk REG 82 (
[1848]+ (WDS:ct AX a t
[1849](yosset of | santo race gs AUG 29: 1961
[1850](105-93089 ALLINESS UNCLNS ERNSE : t=
[1854]AT SEPT ton
[1856]hy andum Branigan to sullivan ‘
[1857]foe INFORMANT amy POLICY.
[1859]1105-93089
[1861]3. are we getting specific type (azatevic +H
[1862]Exchange stuaénts, tng, are, we Kazakevich) material (Kazakevich) i
[1863]a Preece letter "writer now in{USSR)who was formerly a pro-
[1865]economist-living in the UNS.), and Intourist) rag to
[1871]Coencrat data re arrangements for America traveling to
[1873]son who is a(Soviet-biod exchange student in U.S. and sends famil
[1874]love" and vice versa. tters are synopsized and are of no inter
[1875]as such) has been sent because CIA is surveying a certain area of
[1876]traffic. @r. Hun advised they derived no. intelligence benefit
[1878]Answer: tog exeh Student traffic ("Mother writes to
[1880]st
[1882]from their “survey and was interested to learn of our similar results,
[1884]In regard to (Kazakevich ) ota develops a great déal of foreign
[1885]intelligence Caza from
[1886] fe1% material would be of interest to us, He was advised we-have
[1888]- deri¥ed nothing to date from this material as we are soldy iy
[1890]in the individuals involved and in order to protect this highly
[1891]sensitive informant we do not route the informant's material arou
[1892]general intelligence interest. (ir. Hurt} was advised all of the
[1893]informant's material is handied ‘on a stfictly need= ‘to-know hasis
[1894]‘and the material retained is under strict control. (ir. tang) was
[1895]pleased in regard to our secure cautions as very
[1896]CIA people have any_ knowledge of }'Project "Hunter J In regard. to
[1897]Catourist traffic, ir, Hunt) advi we were fufffished same becaus
[1898]e of the individu assdciated with an intourist agency was
[1899]suspected of being aGoviet intelligence cOntact. . Hunt}agree
[1900]with our observation That dil Americans traveling a road
[1901]had to gbtain a passport from State Department, such travel to
[1902]the (USSR being permissible, we could obtain any necessary data
[1903]re ah individual from State. CS) .
[1904]In regard to item_number three et it was agreed
[1905]we would not receive any mord Hunter materiallre Exchange Student
[1906]Vladimir Kazakevich) (who alone provided 30 ems in 1960) and-
[1907]ntourist) traffic. /In addition "holiday greeting" type traffic
[1908]411 not ‘be furnished. Specific exceptions to the above-mentione
[1909]traffic we will not receive are’set out in our blind memorandum t
[1910]CIA and were set out in the referenced memorandum on pages 2 and
[1914]F
[1916]terial he transmits and receives. (Mr. Hunt
[1918]d for
[1920]e
[1921]d
[1923]b
[1925]A ETERS 9 ROUT CEPT mee we
[1927]9
[1929]Ray!
[1930]| ko sett icwaak §
[1931]Memorandum Branigan to Sullivan
[1932]Re: BUREAU INFORMANT 200 7 PoLrey
[1934]| 105-93089 mye mo,
[1938]_ mo .
[1940]" @he matter of recéipt of illegible seria was
[1942]or
[1944]. =
[1946]also discussed and it was pointed out toliir. Hunt)no matter how
[1947]important the ¢ontents may be if the name-and address of the U.S.
[1948]addressee or addressor is illegible the material is of no value.
[1949]It was specifically requested more legible material be furnished
[1950]and, if it was obvious reproduction would be poor, we would
[1951]appreciate it if U.S. person's name and address could. be printed
[1952]or written out. Gi, Hint advised they were aware of reproduction
[1953]problem and stated Xerox equipment was to be installed in the
[1954]near future. This, he believed, would help the problem.
[1956]In regard to the CIA Watch List, approximately 535
[1957]names now appear on this list’ which? is supplemented each Monday
[1958]morning. (Hr. Hunt)requested we specifically place on this list
[1959]the individuals on whom we want coverage even though we are
[1960]presently receiving items re these persons. If their names
[1962]appear on the Watch List, we will possibly get closer coverage.
[1963]Attached with the blind memorandum, for CIA is a list, of individuals
[1964]presently on the Watch List which(Mr. Hunt)requested. Interested
[1965]supervisors will be advised and additional names of Communist Party
[1966]members now in(Soviet-bloc) countries will be furnished CIA via our
[1967]Liaison Agent. ,
[1969]; ws In regard to CIA'ssampling of certain types of traffic .
[1970]and furnishing same to us,/Mr. Hunt)was requested to advise our
[1971]Liaison Agent what-it was doing and after a period of six months
[1972]we would furnish the results of our observations which would: dictate
[1973]whether we would continue to receive this:new type material.
[1975]dir. Hunt) desired that in regard to any correspondence .
[1977]gith CIA wherei reference is made to afsuater Report or the
[1978]Proje j e sent via Liaison as mia 4
[1979]only a few. CIA péople have any knowledge of "Project Hunter" and aka
[1980]CIA does not want such Letters in regular mail channels.
[1982]As pointed out in the referenced memorandum, the
[1983]need for this conference was to insure the{Bureau Informant 200
[1984]Program will continue to operate under maximum economy and
[1985]efficiency to the mutual intereSts of CIA and the Bureau. It is
[1986]believed as a result of the above conference that the Hunter material
[1987]now received will bé reduced approximately 50%. 2
[1990]Memorandum Branigan to Sullivan | : a , = ‘
[1991]: BUREAU TNF ORMANT 200 ~ POLICY. . \
[1992]105-93089 . Lo
[1994]4
[1996]At: the ‘conclusion of the conference, (ir, Hunt)
[1997]and his aides who were obviously pleased with our observations
[1998]wequested a gimilar ¢onfermce. in approximately six months.
[1999]SA Stewart)will prepare an appropriate tickler in this regard
[2000]and set same for PO yi8/62, at which time a suitable memo will. be
[2001]prepared indicating observations which might be discussed and requesting
[2002]permission to attend such a “conference.
[2004]RECOMMENDATION:
[2006]That the three copies of the attached blind me randum
[2007]be furnished to CIA by our Liaison,Agent as a. guide: to ete
[2008]traffic in which we have an-interest.
[2010](4) eZ : :
[2012].
[2015]Eee 1a
[2016]a AERIS ; 0
[2017]1 eRe gui OF Le é -
[2018]WERE SHOT RE: ) PROJECT HUNTER ggiFiED BY
[2019]Wee CLASSIFY
[2021]Tolson
[2023]. Belmont —____.—.
[2025]Mohr
[2027]Conrad
[2029]Sullivan —_._—.
[2030]|  Tavel
[2031]| Trotter
[2032]Tele. Room —_—
[2033]Tanram -*
[2035]2=ty) «SECRET. ye
[2037]. : SEGRE! 4 . Stewart z
[2039]eee ntNED ae 7 + August 21, 1961
[2042]pL MeoelicLasslt
[2044]; oft."25
[2045]i x 8 2 . ; SES
[2046]After an extensive review of 5600/Hunter. Reports) COB!
[2048]transmitting innumerable items, we have made the followi
[2049]pbservations the interest of economy in regard to.
[2050][froject Hunter As it relates to our Bureau and your Agency
[2051]nsure time“will not be unnecessarily expended: by our
[2052]Bureau processing unwanted material and to save your Agency.
[2053]the expense of furnishing our Bureau this unwanted material.
[2054]I TRAFFIC WHICH: HOLDS NO INTEREST: ‘ a J ‘
[2056]. “)
[2058]for Americans traveling tofRuss Such travel is
[2059]pernissibie and arrangements have been previously made
[2060]hrough State Department for a passport, (5) ,
[2062]le Intourist) traffic (general Araseiade Suche arrangements
[2063]a,
[2065]2 = Personal type letters, which have been translated into
[2066]English, between the United States relatives, sweethearts,
[2067]stamp collectors, and their(Russiar) counterparts.
[2069]. 43 - Letters to and from Exchange Students, which again
[2070]' are synopsized in Eriglish and reveal that.."Mother
[2071]writes to son who is an Exchange Student in the .
[2073]United States and sends family's love,".and vice versa. ?
[2075]4 = No "holiday greeting" type traffic desired. . “ :
[2077]In regard to the above four categories, your
[2078]igency’s laboratory processes aif) Hunter material for secret _,
[2079]writing, microdots and possible cédes and presently furnishes )
[2080]us its observations concerning any«me of these appearing in
[2082]e traffic. -
[2084],
[2087]IZ EXCEPTIONS TO THE ABOVE FOUR CATRGORIES: =~
[2088]A. Any traffic in the abovementioned nondesired categories a
[2090]wherein the translator feels there is some intelligence
[2091]_ Significagce. Numerous letters have the translator's
[2094]G
[2096]¥ << . al . . wk
[2097]Tp EE yt —— By ¥
[2098]NS & - - wv, ae. Lf oe . .
[2100]i |
[2101]i
[2107]Project Hunter
[2109]-connents indicating your Agency's Watch List shows
[2111]‘the person ‘is a suspected intelligence agent or that
[2113]Be
[2115]Seen,
[2117]Cc.
[2119]'¢o assist.
[2121]- sympathies.
[2123]the text of the ‘etter. indicates sone type of COdey
[2124]et cetera.
[2126]Any ‘traffic wherein “at is revealed United ‘States
[2127]addressee or addressor is a United States Government
[2128]employee or is employed in a sensitive industry, 1.esy
[2129]missile field.
[2131]Any traffic wherein we have an obvious intelligence
[2132]interest g sgeh as an open offer by.an individual
[2134]Soviets, an indication an individual is ©
[2135]going to tissiajand wants to .,becone, a citizen or wherein
[2136]any individual professes profSoviet) or proconmunist
[2140]III. WE ARE, SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN:
[2142]“ &
[2144]he
[2147]IV
[2149]Le
[2153]3
[2157]AM traffic relating to top cermmnists traveling
[2159]which we have been extracting a great deal of
[2160]intelligence data such as (Mary Lou Patterson, the
[2161]Pittmans, William 2. Foster, Claude Lightfoot, :
[2162]Elizabeth Guriey Fiynn et cetera.
[2164]. abroad which we have been ges regularly and fron
[2166]' Al traffic on. specific individuals we place on
[2167]the Watch. List.
[2169]rer traffic on special individuals such as NSA
[2170]alfehetayoo Hamilton Martin and Bernon Ferguson
[2171]che
[2173]All traffic of a clandestine type such as 3 that
[2174]in the(¥. ° aanee he case. ;
[2176]I? possible, it would be appreciated if an effort *
[2178]could be made to furnish as. legible a copy of Hunter material
[2183]Project Hunter”
[2185]ag possible. In particular,. if it ds evident paper from
[2186]which copy is to be made is not type to give a good
[2187]reproduction, it would be appreciated ie a notation
[2188]concerning name and address of United States recipient
[2189]or sender could be made from original. Frequently
[2190]information of interest is received but United States
[2191]person’ $ name en-repreduction is indistinguishable and
[2192]nformation becomes of. no value.
[2194]vo LIST OF PERS ON DESIRED ON THE WATCH List AS oF AEST 8, 1961
[2196]o
[2198]MAME ADDRESS
[2199]BERLAND, MARK V. Flat 15 Lasvinskaya St. 11
[2200]a oe Perm 24, US |
[2201]* .
[2202]FOSTER, WILLIAM Z. ae ' Apartment 6B, 1040 Nelson.
[2203]7 ‘ Avenue, Bronx, New York
[2204]HASKELL, ROY . . + 12 Crown Street
[2205]. oe 7 Brooklyn, Rew York
[2206]ae a
[2207]KAHN, ALBERT EUGENE Poe : 1362 Henno Way,
[2208]SO a Glen Ellen, California
[2209]KOVOLENKO, v. Pe. Be General P. sot?
[2210]| on
[2211]PECHTER, BERVARD DAVID 2161: Shattuck Avenue
[2212]a Berkeley, California
[2213]ROBERTS, ‘HOLLAND DE sini | 383 Hadonia, Palo Alto,
[2214]California. During Week
[2215]. a . Days = 787 Castro Street,
[2216]| . , San Francisco, California
[2217]| SUCHOBECK, ALEX (NMI) --1315 Ldncotn Avenue,
[2218]t Pacific Grove, California
[2219]ma : ah
[2220]2:
[2221]Peal a
[2224]Project Hunter .
[2225].\" TRILUPATTIENE, ALDONA
[2228]TRILUPAITIS, LEONAS —
[2230](also card on
[2231]Leonas Algeda)
[2233]131/14~1, Antakaenio Street
[2235]Vilnius, Lithuania
[2237]Apartment 1B, 104 Irvington
[2239]Street, S.W.,-
[2240]Washington, D.C.
[2242]Ski
[2244]Sd
[2249]. -UN ITED STATES GOVERNMENT
[2251]| "Memorandum
[2253]To : We, soy DATE: =: 11/2/62
[2254]a .
[2255]° fy 1 - Sullivan
[2257]t. FROM: We -t. “Br mleath 1 - Branigan
[2259]1 - Stewart
[2260]SUBJECT: in INFORMANT 200) - POLICY
[2262]This is to advise you that on 10/31/62, ‘representatives od
[2263]his Bureau conferred with CIA representatives James Hunt, John. Mertz
[2264]and. Thomas Chalmers) at..CIA concerning "Project Hunter." At this
[2265]| conference. our observations concerning Hunter material furnished since
[2267]‘our last conference on 2/13/62 were given CIA. In addition, we advised
[2268]CIA specifically of certain Hunter items which were of no interest.
[2269]|j.to us and of certain Hunter items which were of interest to us.’ These |
[2270]items were set forth in memorandum form and furnished to CIA; a _—
[2271]of same is attached, _
[2273]} CIA advised that its (ounter-Don) coverage © was peing~
[2274](Loperatea seven days a week until” November 15.. This concentrat
[2275]vérage is for the purpose of determining if there is any patet
[2276]] agent traffic. After November 15 all Hunter coverage can be- expected)
[2277]to be reduced uatil after the Christmas mail rush has subsided,
[2278]\ .
[2280]Frne CIA. representatives were very pleased. with. our- analysis. i
[2281]of the Hunter material received and with the ‘attention afforded-it=> {
[2282]‘py us. They are very cooperative in that they are willing to foc
[2283]reir attentiion on any particular phase of coverage we suggest fo
[2285]our own benefit. For CIA's interest we furnished them a copy of Hea
[2286]attached memorandum of our analysis of typical information furnished |
[2287]. by {Bureau Informant 200) of interest to us.
[2289]a
[2291]ACTION:
[2293]None. . Above data furnished for your information.
[2294]‘AINED
[2296]| ALL INFORMATION cone
[2297]whe UY se alpilil ae
[2298]G ey ; Ss
[2299]- Qos-es089 ) & : Z as - 7 FP,
[2300]Enclosure ‘ .
[2301]see . .
[2302]we . gt ©
[2304]2 At fo
[2305]Bones 2 a
[2307]i
[2310]- _«
[2311]oe penne FORM KO. 10
[2313]UNITED STATES GOVERN .dNT i .
[2314]Memorandum | ¥en aeoonionutioe
[2315]a im ; * 2 .
[2316]einer. JewmSéeunrt,,
[2317]To We Co Sullivi pate; 9-25-61 —
[2318]' 7 mo . Trotter 1
[2319]o ' . WA. . C so Tele. Room —____.
[2320]“FROM |: —Wo Ae ae on - os, Ingram
[2321]. ee ee Be #) ., . . — Gandy —_
[2322]a f i a . ~— . L L . 7 ; Pee oe, te .
[2323]- SUBJECT: BUREAU INFORMANT 200, POLICY _
[2325]_, On 8-17-61,.a conference took place between Special
[2326]- Agents {Sam J. Papich, &% D. Stewart) and representatives of CIA in «
[2327]regard o(Bireat Informant 200} As’ a result, CIA was recently
[2329]. furnished G. guide as to Bureawl Informant material we desire.
[2330]. ' This guide was prepared after discussion with several members
[2332]' of the Espionage, Nationalities Intelligence, Subversive Control,
[2333]and Internal Security Sections. In addition, CIA was furnished
[2334]& current list of names previously placed on the CIA Waten List
[2335]by use In this regard, the CIA representative advised that,
[2336]-|although we are getting coverage. on certain individuals, to insure
[2337]{we get complete coverage on each individual we desire it on,
[2338]they should be specifically added to the Watch List. ‘This watch
[2339]L4st is revised each Monday; therefore, any person not included
[2340]on this list to (i De can be ineluded by forwarding a routi
[2342]ng .
[2343]slip anytime tof. D. Stewart, Room 644 RB\bearing the irdividuallts —
[2344]name, his addre in UcSe, and indicating the period coverage is |.
[2345]Gestred, <A list will be compiled by(lir. Stewart) weekly and furnished
[2347]o CIA via liaison. The CIA representative further advised that
[2348]very. few people there have any knowledge of "Project Hunter" and that
[2349]‘any Commurtication referring to this project or a "Hunter Report" -) ~
[2350], Should be forwarded to CIA via Liaison and appropriately flagged |-
[2351]for our Liaison agent's attention to avoid the comminication gettt.
[2352]‘énto CIA's regular mail channel. . . —
[2354]__” he GIA representative further advised, if any security
[2356]subject travels to the (USSRjand his name ts added to the Watch ~~
[2358]List, :CIA will promptl pu 7d him coverage while he is abroad.:
[2359]. - “9. . . _ 4%
[2361]BECOMMENDAT ION s REC- 47 fy G 2! pRG —_ ro)
[2364]I
[2365]'
[2367]L That the above information.be discussed, at the next
[2368]conference held by the Espionage, Natien&lideed* Intelligence,
[2369]Subversive Control, and the Internal Security Seations and that
[2370]all agents in the above-menttoned secttits—be.réminiied to furnish
[2371]Lire. Stewart) a copy of any letter prepared from Bureau. Informant 200
[2372]terial to assist him in continually evaluating the program
[2373]o
[2375](assert (wt) wie Masad coll!
[2377](05-3088) LM,
[2378]a _ LS qq a Cy
[2381], 10/30/62
[2383]. .
[2384]_
[2386]ae - RE: emu INFORMANT 200)
[2388]a ,
[2389]7 ical data fuy ished > ai reau Informant 2003
[2391]Information indicating travel plans to the/fUSSR jof numerous
[2392]Communist Party sudjects; data indicating ea, thies of
[2393]Ue. 8. individuals; data indicating a U. S. per son may be senving as a
[2394]Soviet courier; data indicating the existence of particular{Russian
[2395]ocial and art clubs in the U. S.3; data indicating a, desire Of U. S.
[2396]students to study in(Uash} data indicating prof écastr sympathies of
[2397]U. S. persons; data ing present activity, “feelings, and former
[2398]associates of(Bernon Ferguson Mitchell and William Hamilton Martin, -.
[2399]recent Nationa Security Agency (NSA) defectors; data revealing U. S.
[2400]military personnel are in contact with official establishments and/or
[2401]individuals in(USSR} data revealing activities of sho(i
[2402]Halperins now Yesiding in Cuba) and of their son Carlos Halperin
[2403]@ medical! student at the University of Chicago on data indicating
[2404]curren?| whereabouts of (Caz and Alice Jerome unist Party subjects;
[2405]and data relating to t current whereabout of G James M. McMillin, Jr.,
[2406]a former Ue S. soldier attached to U. S. Embassy, Moscow, Russia, who
[2407]previously defetted and married a rent)
[2409]_ Data of | 5 social -Interest:
[2411]. i. Duving the present (cuban crisis, w we have identified several
[2412]mG Castro sympathizers in U. S. through their contacts with (Cubans
[2413](friends ip University, Moscow} and have been alerted to their aétivi
[2414]e|learned that (Russian) sch6ol authorities are greatly displeased
[2415]hfftaldah S. Clark, “daughter of Negro Communist Party subject
[2416]Wit |Clark of Newark) because of her behavio jue too evidenced
[2417]Wiliten [Clerk there. er educational trip tofu Foerved as CP
[2418]propaganda. We were alerted ast aurice Halper (iss ntended return to
[2419]U. & We have been inGlose ft Guiis Mas Teslich's) intended visit to
[2420](ass), Her Aaugnter int bigsoay is suspected as being the propaganda-radi
[2421],~announcer (Hos cow Moll are developing U. S. contacts. of
[2422](Helen cert =Pozner, i ortae discharged in 1950's for failure to
[2423]answer questions re possible esplonage involvement, through
[2424]correspondence of her with relatives in {Russia}
[2426]|
[2427]|
[2429]Maurice Hyman |
[2431]by.
[2436](ase) to vote (i Sovtet)if he can obtain a divorce, Items
[2438](Irene Rakoczy)and three unidentified individuals plan to study
[2439], dancing tn{Ktev) this summer (possibly at the above-mentioned school
[2441]i)
[2444]such as Valeriy rereshonenkd),_ One hes hehento 's) contacts ts
[2445]believed to be a target por contact bd EKGB)and another is the
[2446]son-in-law of the woman in, whose apart t(Viktor Eravehenko had
[2447]been visiting. (Xravchenko)is a Sovtet)defector who recentl
[2448]committed suicide. The informant has advised of the activities
[2449]and contacts of (Vladislaw Krasnow, Soviet )defectgr to Sweden in
[2450]1962, The Buread was not aware previously that (crasnov) was
[2452]in the 9.5. ’ ‘
[2454]| * Although “much mnatertel regarding communists and the
[2455]Comnunist Party (CP) ts also received from other sources, the
[2456]tnformant continues to furnish additional detaiis and new infor-
[2457]mation regarding changes of employment and residence, travel,
[2458]contacts and activities, Data regarding attempts of the DuBois -
[2459]Clubs to expand nationclly and tnternationally was furnished in
[2461]items on (Paula Garb) International Secretary, who went to the
[2463]értaining to y Lo Camache) (daughter of CP leader) told of
[2464]the birth of hér daughter, recenctliation with her Cuban husband,
[2465]plens to go to Cuba to live and that one of her friends;
[2466]Security indes subject, was Fun Ghana when she was believed to
[2467]be tn the U.S.
[2469]Data is ‘peoeived regarding travel and contacts op (ary
[2470]Pakoczy (widow of suspected esponage agent), who attended the .
[2471]Higher Party School of the Ukraine in Kiev, USSR) Information
[2472]continues. to be recetved regarding her son, (And ew Rakoczy,) who
[2473]was allegedly studying ballet but actually dttended the abéve
[2474]school for almost two years, This has included his contacts,
[2475]ehange of employment and residence and racial, poverty and
[2476]Progress tue Labor Party activities in Chicago. One of his cone
[2477]tacts now at this school has been tdentifted as(Teddie Kardash)
[2478]son of Canadian communists, The source has also advised that
[2480]which maintains a spectal section to combine lessons in dancing
[2481]and indoctrination) and that (B Buith Francis Taylom (son of CL
[2483]official), who went to the G ) with,a musical vs dancinggroup,
[2484]renained in tt ev) to attend G35») ut Gon Zurilko), son of the alien
[2486]wife of a U.S. citiz siding in State of Washington, is
[2487]attending school in ‘Cie He ts believed to be from the U.S, or
[2488]Canada.
[2490]Additional information is received regarding persons
[2491]tnvolved tn the peace moveménts, anti-Vietnam demonstrations,
[2492]wenen's organizations, "teach-ins" (one has been in contact with
[2493]_ a GRU officer), tracial matters, Progressive Labor Party, Students
[2494]‘for af Democratic Society, DuBots Clubs, Students Non-Violent
[2495]Coordinating Committee and other organizations. Items revecl
[2496]nomes of U.S. contacts with members of such(Soviet propaganda
[2497]organizations as the Govtet Peace Comnittee, Soviet Women's
[2498]Committee, Committee For Return to the Hone land) and others,
[2500]| ° -
[2503]“ ernie FOR WO, 10 , o . . ( ‘Y
[2505]- Tolson —|
[2507]FROM ‘iW BR. Wannall < be oat ; Mr. Wannail Holmes
[2510]aif Ox Ls
[2512]_# SUBJECT: UREAU INFORMANT 2a) POLICY
[2513]| ; Mr. Harrel
[2514]* Gy fofee i
[2515]For approximately one month beginning in Vebruare » 1963,
[2516]Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had coverage of mail destined to.
[2517]uba, which was funneled ‘through New York City from approximately
[2519]project were furnished us under the code ("Hunter-Vince') through
[2521]discontinued so CIA can analyze the results and decision will be i
[2522]as. to its reinstitution based on the results achieved. : i
[2524]a
[2526], During the period the coverage was in effect, we received
[2527]94 items and opened 15 new cases based on the material, While no
[2528]specific data was developed indicating clandestine messages were
[2529]beimg transmitted, we know that one of the illegal, Cuban)
[2531]uid conceivably lead us to these drops in the future, We ha
[2532]‘Previously furnished CIA summaries concerning positive results
[2533]achieved through its coverage of Govie mail for its assistance in
[2534]evaluating whether that program should be continued, it is beli
[2535]WS. should do so in this instance. -
[2537]ACTION:
[2539]If you approve, the attached memorandum containing a'
[2540]uumary of the action taken by us as a result of the(Hunter-Vinco
[2541]“coverage will be furnished CIA by liaison for assistatice of CIA
[2542]evaluating whether the program should be continued.
[2544]Enclosure
[2546]‘ 105-93089 )
[2550]a
[2551]38
[2554]a L
[2555]6'7 APR4A- “4983 . APR i
[2557]e-half of the United States. ‘The results of this highly confiden’ A
[2559]“OPA FILED isk ey «
[2561]. : z
[2562]UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT . Esimont —[
[2564]Casper |
[2566]Memorandum , SES
[2567]TO : We Cc. Sulliven j DATE: March 27, 1963 ) _ =
[2568]- oe Mr, Belmont van
[2570]Mr. Sullivan/] troter —[
[2572]Mr. Branigan | Sst
[2573]Mr. Stewart SYS 4 et |
[2574]Liaison Aig t
[2576]special arrangements made with CIA. The project has been temporarily |}
[2580]3
[2581]agent networks
[2582]has plans for mail drops in the New York City area,~and this coverage i
[2585]. , - Ci ae er .
[2586]clea va CEE ves, ~"
[2587]. . se wit aye BI :
[2589]. INFORMATION RECEIVED rrou{ BUREAU INFORMANT 200)
[2591]' Data received regarding the following current and
[2592]former double agents, and sources has been utilized to evaluate
[2594]their reliability: (Luke Chia Liu Yuans;[Pedro Celestino Jimenez
[2595]HMorenot Gordon Phiitp Polley; Huge Rodriguez-Ramirez; Julius CG?
[2596]Shell; [NH 445-53) Phyllis Oja; Samuel Jaffe;[NY.2911-5; NY 3556~
[2598]CG 6562-8;| ur. and Urs. George R. Atkins; and Boris I, Oblesow
[2600]The field has been advised of individuals in close contact with
[2602]; (Soviets) with the request to consider for development as sources
[2604]are (KGB) agents) includes names of associates, activities, trave
[2606]types of matertal requested to obtain and individuals with whom
[2608]they continue to naintain contact after they leave the J.8S.
[2610]Sintlar information is furnished regarding other (Soviets) tn the
[2612]U.S. a8 a@ result of the exchange pregram. Material Geen eT)
[2613]Ui
[2615]25X I }
[2617]MDe-tlo
[2619]Information regarding(Sovtet) exchange students (eight
[2622]Ed
[2624]cs)
[2628]“2 furnished regarding U.S. citizens who travel to the USSK)as part
[2629]RES of the exchange. ; . :
[2630]ae - Data regarding current and former U.3, exchange students
[2631]=BH “shows (Soviet and U.S. contacts before and after return, romanti
[2633]ao involvements, sympathies and difficulties encountered tn @hussia
[2635]S& 4 former exchange-student has been in contact with a.suspécted
[2637]SS espionage agent regarding(Ralph Matlaw\ (according to(Nosenko\ the
[2638]EGB)was to, attempt recru ent of (iMatlaw}, The source has revealed
[2640]ormer exchange student (ivohaes Cole's) travel plans and continued
[2642]*contacts with(Soviets (one is son of an espionage agent) and(Henry
[2643]Huttenbdch's)attempts to obtain a divorce in order to marry ¢ Soviet)
[2644]girl, Simtlar information ts furnished regarding U.S. citizens
[2645]who are, or have been, in{ Russia) but are not under the exchange
[2646]program. These include(Sélly Harris, Natasha Kent, Kathy Boudin
[2648]‘ 4, , and Alerander Nikolauk} fwe of the four U.S. citizens who have
[2650]Bs applied for entrance vo Woviet untuersities have stated that they
[2652]Bui destre to becone (Soviet) citizens. (uilayros Eutgz Aponte, Puerto
[2653]362 Rtcoan nationalist in the USSR) is using an alias in her corres-
[2654]E&= pendence ino ther (Puerto Ridan\ went to (Cuba) before he left for
[2655]Suh the (USSR, |
[2657]Px. ;
[2659]B42 . Haterial has been received regarding three employees
[2660]ES=s of USIA, two U.S. citizens employed by the UN, a Federal employee
[2661]=pn who intends to marry a(Sovied girl, three individuals involved
[2662]or with (Soviet) women and too U.S, contacts of(Gelina Smirnova (an
[2663]Bia Intourist guide) who has compromised Americans in the past).
[2664]age |
[2667]U.S. from (Caneda, Peru, Cuba, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Braz
[2668]Uruguay, Colombia, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexioo, Chile, Haiti,
[2669]Italy, France, iIrag and Africa) with their friends tn the(USSR wi
[2670]are studying at(rriendship University or other schools show th
[2672]. vitigen (-2-(loX 19° 6) 78.
[2674]Contacts of foreign exchange students and aliens in che
[2675]i,
[2677]0
[2680]e
[2682]aS A f . . . a
[2683]; i the USB contact o, fajer Abdel Okeil of United Arab Repubtio)
[2684]stung w FBI -Nattonal doadeny) with individual tn
[2686]* ato the U.S., thetr contacts, activities and relatives, Several
[2690]tre - .
[2692]a . . .
[2693]. t a . :
[2694]ma Dg
[2695]¥ , , )
[2697][
[2701]. ak oe eae ) -
[2702]" Sela E |
[2704]they may be communists. Two foreign students and an extle from
[2705]Hattt)}have: been acting.as intermediaries, Several have applied
[2706]or admittance to friendship University: and other schools in th
[2707]USSR) because of finances or tdeelogy. A(Nicaraguan)Marzist in -
[2708]the U.S. is acting as an intermediary for-an, individual at
[2709]CEntendehip) Universi ty by forwarding mail to(Bolivic) Data ts
[2711]eat é
[2715]ma ::)
[2717]urnished regarding foreign students who attended. school in the
[2718]( USSR) and-are now in the U.S, One. of these appears to have, been
[2719]compromised before he left(hussta)and another brought his Govie
[2720]wife to the U.S. . -
[2722]. Items.are recetved regarding Soviets) who have entered
[2723]the U.S. as wives of Americans: “oisen) a Sandor (now a Federal
[2725]employee); Ala Anderson; Ludmila Olsen) who has advised that sh
[2726]pas approached by (Sevier) Intelligence when tn the( USSR in. 19653
[2728]an(at Horwitz; Nataliya Konigsford; and Rosita Brayton) wife o
[2734]an Alaskan) politician and newgpapermdn, who has become’ involved
[2735]wt a(Russtan}born U.S. Army Captain. The source advised of
[2736]contacts, travel and study in the( USSR of Mrs. Kemp Tolley, Soutet)
[2737]wife of former U.S, Naval Attache, who has admitted furnishing
[2738]informetion regarding Americans to the Goviets) tn the 1940's,
[2739]% .
[2740]Huch material has been furnished regarding U.S. citizens’
[2741]travel plans, tneluding those of known subversives, their (Govt t
[2742]relatives and contacts and difficulties encountered by twe tourists
[2743]with (Soviet)authorities, Data has been received regarding ovilets)
[2744]and former U.S. citizens who have traveled, or intend to travel,
[2746]had renounced their U.S. cttizenship- and had been engaged tn
[2747]questionable activities in the past. (Mary Mackler), who recently
[2748]returned to the U.S., has had numerous-contacts with known subuer-
[2749]atues, at least two of whom were connected with esptonage, tn the
[2750]past, Material is recetved on U.S. defectors now in the (USSR
[2752]x
[2754]Additional information received includes: plans of
[2755]seven individuals to repatriate to the fan U.S. contacts wit
[2756]current and former known and suspected{Sovt dagents now tn the
[2757]SSR (Vladinir Sossinskiy, Vladimir Poaner, Eugenia Olkhina
[2758]Leontds Rimjans, Vladimir Paramonov, Igor ketch) and others);
[2759]activities and contacts of current and former known and suspected
[2760]esptonage agents new in the U.S. (Aaron Pressman, Josef Zarevich,
[2761]Victor Perlo, Helen Pozner Wilga) dnd others); the death of Georgi
[2762]Lieb) (suspected of working, as black market currency operator for
[2764]GBY' and continuation of his contacts by his wifes activities af
[2765]Kirill Alereev} (suspect in inde) case) family; obied contacts |of
[2767]' “Gerard Piel} he has been in contact with a (KGByofficer; (Soviet)
[2768]contacts and travel of(D, Gs Brennan} who, according to fedora
[2769]was te be approached b KGB; contacts of (Olga Yourtevitec
[2770]of ship designer) with KGB)agent, travel “to (uss as a gue8t of
[2772] organtzation to 1s oe r husband's archivés ‘and her illness
[2774]who was attending the
[2775]the( USSR; U.S. contacts of several defec
[2776]+ ‘ _ a :
[2778]ors and(Soviet repatriates, .