Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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31 December 1953MEMORANDUM FOR: DEPUTY DIRECTOR (PLANS)SUBJECT: Gregoiro GafencuREFERENCE: Memo to DCI dtd 10 Dec'53, same subject1. Both Whitney Shepardson and Bernie Yarrow were unable to persuade Gefencu to remain in the United Statou. He left for Paris 12 December 1953.2. As a result of his own decision, Gafencu was informed it would not be possible for NCFE to continue support of him so long as he stayed in Europe, as it is now a firm NCFE policy not to give stipends to anyone oversoas. Payments to Cafencu will, therefore, terminate as of 31 March 1954.3. All the meetings between Mr. Shepardson and Gafenou were entirely cordial.![signature of THOMAS W. BRADEN]THOMAS W. BRADENChief,International Organizations Division
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SECRETSecurity Information12 December 1953MEMORANDUM FOR: DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYVIA: Acting Chief, International Organizations DivisionsSUBJECT: Grigoiro Gafenou1. I have just spoken to Whitey Shepardson and he reports that he and Bernie Yarrow have been unable to persuade Gafencu to stay in the United States. Gafenou gave many reasons for wishing to live in Europe. He is leaving for Paris this Saturday.2. As a result of his own decision, Gafencu was informed that it would not be possible for NCPE to continue support of him so long as he stayed in Europe, as it is now a firm NCPE policy not to give stipends to anyone overseas. Payments to Gafencu will, therefore, terminate as of 31 March 1954.3. Mr. Shepardson stated that all of the meetings with Gafencu were entirely cordial.WILLIAM P. CURKEEChiefIO/Branch 1IO/Branch 1:WPD:jbDistribution:Addressee - orig & 1IO/Branch 1 - 2ccCIO - 1ccRI - 1ccGafenou ltr. 12 Dec + attachment(Ltr from de Gaulle 25 Nov 53+Gafenou) returned to DCISECRETSecurity Information20 JAN54
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UNCLASSIFIED RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL SECRETCENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYOFFICIAL ROUTING SLIP| TO   |                    | INITIALS | DATE      || ---- | ------------------ | -------- | --------- || 1    | Chief/IO Division  |          |           || 2    |                    |          |           || 3    |                    |          |           || 4    |                    |          |           || 5    |                    |          |           || FROM |                    | INITIALS | DATE      || 1    | Exec. Asst. to DCI | JSE/dr   | 12 Jan 54 || 2    |                    |          |           || 3    |                    |          |           ||             |                      |           || ----------- | -------------------- | --------- || APPROVAL    | INFORMATION          | SIGNATURE || ACTION      | DIRECT REPLY         | RETURN    || COMMENT     | PREPARATION OF REPLY | DISPATCH  || CONCURRENCE | RECOMMENDATION       | FILE      |Remarks: The Director has noted the attached memorandum. He indicated to me that he had seen "something else on this". Do you know what he refers to?![signature]SECRET CONFIDENTIAL RESTRICTED UNCLASSIFIED
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SECRET80795-072830 December 1953Noted by BLI"Jan 54MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central IntelligenceSUBJECT: Report that Sensitive Files covering Emigra Activities may have been made Available to Senator McCarthy1. The following report was made available to us by Eugene Lyons, former President of the American Coxumittee, who still actively partici- pates in Committee activities ae a policy advisor. Fr. Lyons 18-a mem- ber of the Board of Directors of the American Friends for Russian Free- dom, and he achined this report from an unnamed source in the American Friends' organization.2. A man nered Verbitsky (fru), living in Munich, has somehow managed to obtain the personal files of Georgi Mueller, the NTS safe- house keeper wo es arrested as a Soviet agent last fall. These files contain, among other things, a number of letters to Mueller from Gregori Klimov, an influential emigre who is head of the emigre group known as the League of Fort Har Defectors. These letters involve Klimov in Mueller's activities, and, implicate many other emigres. Verbitsky attempted to tom these documents crer to unnamed authorities in the field; when he was ignored by these authorities, he mailed the entire parcel to Senator Joseph EcCarthy.3. The American Comittee naturally considers that this corres- pondence, which, if it exists, no doubt contains a great deal of that unfounded denonciation and allegation which is se typical of emigre expression, may involve the American Committee as well as other matters of particular concern to the Agency.4. The Crief, SR Division, has been made aware of this report.![signature]Chief/10SECRET
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SIFIED RESTRICTED SFIDENTIAL SECRET(SENDER WILL CIRCLE CLASSIFICAT.... TOP AND BOTTOM)CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYOFFICIAL ROUTING SLIP| TO   |                            | INITIALS   | DATE || ---- | -------------------------- | ---------- | ---- || 1    | Ge/Ac                      | gar JAN 4  |      || 2    | Mr. Thomas Braden - 1028 K |            |      || 3    | Durkee - Res.              |            |      || 4    | discuss with mee           |            |      || 5    | Braden 1028 K              |            |      || FROM |                            | INITIALS   | DATE || 1    | Ge/NE                      | std 31 Dec |      || 2    |                            |            |      || 3    |                            |            |      |APPROVAL INFORMATION SIGNATUREACTION DIRECT REPLY RETURNCOMMENT PREPARATION OF REPLY DISPATCHCONCURRENCE RECOMMENDATION FILERemarks:3-5: Have to Selmes about thes. Will putHelmer about them. We are about to engageLadgets. We are about to engage as a major research project.Helmes will cooperate will agency units.Cooperate what work with draw on might likeSECRET CONFIDENTIAL RESTRICTED UNCLASSIFIED![1947 30-4 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE]
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30 December 1963FOR MR. BRADEN1.  Professor Richard V. Burks of Wayne University is chairman of a small team of scholars engaged in a study of the European satellites.2.  The findings of this team are being given as the content of a course on the mid-European area. They are also, I believe, being breadcast.3.  The time of Professor burks and his group is being purchased by the Mid-Suropean Study Center which is, as you may know, ander Er. Stetson Holmes.4.  As yet Berks has no definite plan for the publication of his findings. Manifestly, the kind of book which would emerge from his research would have to receive some sort of subsidy. As you know, Looks of this sort, if they are considered important enough, are publiched as loss leaders by university presses. Also, as you doubtless know, university presses are in pretty straitened circumstances these days. If the Wayne University Press -- the normal place for the publication of Burks' book -- were to consider publishing the book, it might be able to publish it only with outside assistance. The figure would run probably between $1500 and 2000.5.  In my opinion Burks is one of the most competent, if not the most competent man in the United States in this general field of investigation. Anything he turns out will be about as good as it comes. Aitrough I have not seen any of this most recent work, my hunch is that it will be enormously valuable to the policy-raker and us estimators when the time cores for sere deep thinking and critical decisions about the European satellites.6.  I thout ce might be interested in the above, and with a little poking round yourself might feel inclined to give the venture wintever kind of boost seers appropriate.Sherman KentSHERMAN KENTAssistant DirectorNational Estimates*P.S. The proven way to get the hose work out of a scholar is to have him know that it will be published + in normal course of events Submitted to the critical judgment of his peers.*
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# SECRETSecurity formationCO/P 76431 December 1953MEMORANDUM FOR RECORDSUBJECT: Current activities and behavior of GrigoireGafencu.REFERENCE: Paris 06.15 (IN 37959) dated 28 November 1953.1. The reference telegram from Paris contains a recommendation that NCFE do what it can to prevail upon Gafencu to come back to the United States and engage himself in certain activities which may be of some use and value to NCFE. The following information was obtained yesterday from Mr. Tyler who is familiar with the background of the reference message.2. Mr. Tyler stated that Mr. John Hushes has become somewhat concerned about the activities and behavior of Cafencu in Europe, and more especially in and armund Paris, and although he does not believe that a major issue needs to be made of this matter, he is firmly of the opinion that Cafencu is not doing anything useful for the NCFE in Europe and that the net effect of his activities is somewhat to the disadvantage of the interests of the United States. Carencu 18 bolieved to be maintaining a rather close association with Guy de la Tournelle (sp?) and his wife, who are described as "very sour apples and bitter opponents of DC." Gafencu is also reported to have been involving himself with certain businessmen in France in a series of questionable oil promotion schemes. He is also reported to have been engaged in organizing a kind of information center in emigre circles and to be selling this information to Agence France Presse. Moreover,.   Gafencu has been selling himself and "throwing his weight around" on the basis of representations and strong intimations that he is a close and intimate friend of Mr. Allen Dulles. liis utterances in this ге- card are regarded by Mr. Hughes as highly indiscreet, the more so since he appears to te living and entertaining on a scale sufficiently lavish to suggest that he is being provided with substantial funds -- well above the allowance granted to him by NCHE.3. Mr. Hughes, as well as the Paris Station, fully appreciates that NCFE is not in a position to force the return of Cafencu to the United States. At the same time, he believes that NCFE should do--SECRETSecurity triomal.on
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SECRETSecurity Information- 2 -all that it can to get him out of Paris and he recommends that a strong invitation be extended by NCFE to Gafencu to return to the United States, and that this invitation be coupled with a statement to the effect that in view of budgetary considerations and the very marginal value of Gafencu's activities in Europe, it will not be possible for NCFS to continue his stipend unless he returns to the United States and engages himself in activities more useful to the program of NCFE.FRANK G. WISNERDeputy Director (Plans)Original: C/IO~cc:DCIC/WEC/SEP. S. Since dictating this memorandum, I have received a report from a well-informed Rumanian source to the effect that Gafencu has returned to the United States within the past few days for the purpose of remaining here indefinitely. (The fact of Gafencu's return to the US has been positively established, and it is possible that within the next day or so confirmation will be obtained concerning his longer-range future intentions.) My Rumanian informant has told me that the real reason for Gafencu's return was an urgent request from Malaxa, who feels that he requires Gafencu's present in the United States to assist him (Malaxa) in government circles, etc. My Rumanian source is prejudiced against Malaxa, but has maintained contact with Gafencu notwithstanding this, and is convinced that Cafercu is still on Malaxa's pay roll and subject to Malaxa's demands for this reason.
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29 December 1953MEMORANDUM FOR: DEPUTY DIRECTOR (PLANS)SUBJECT: The League of Free Rumanians1. Correct title: The League of Free Rumanians.2. The League has no offices but Barbu Niculescu is using the late General Radescu's address at 47 East 61st Street, New York; telephone Plaza 9-5540.3. Its officers and executive committee are attached under Tab A.4. Barbu Niculescu is Secretary General.5. The League now has no offices and insofar as wo know has discontinued publication of its bulletin. It is generally rumored that the organization is supported by Malaxa and it is presumed by knowledgeable people that in particular Malaxa supports Niculescu and Mihail Farcasanu, the two most active League officers, as woll as Malaxa's nephew George Palade, who is a doctor in scientific research with Hockefeller Institute in New York.6. Attached is a letter from Panuch to yourself dated 2 November 1953, your memo to Chief, SE Division and his reply, which you requested, as Tab B.THOMAS W. BRADENChiefInternational Organisations DivisionAttachmentsTabs A and BCIC:THB/ehOrig - Addressee1 cc - IO/I1 cc - CIM1 cc - RI
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# МЕКОКАНИ FOR DEUTY DIRECTOR (PLASUBJECT:Conversation with Foward W. Barrott1.  December 1953Langis fide on thehas been in ve forI week. Do you. *Cardaliwart to go ahead with1.  I had a conversation with Ed Harret Larrett on Friday, Lecomber, who called to tell me about recent developmento in respect to an Inter-suropean i dio iTess Conradttoo. He described the hiatory of Fans Coursson's participation, with which you are faziliar, and he went on to say that the two-fold objective at present is to pot ons sort of cooperation among Stropean nations for broadcasting a frank discussion of foreign affairs in euch other's countries, and secondly, to enlist the dume sort of cooperation for a column which would appear in various countries, perhaps including this one, written by different people and discussing mach weak nome napect of foreign policy differences which acht exist between and among countries.2.  The idea aeans to Fo a pretty good στις. Its principal naset in Wint it will allow the airing and discussion of issues Among nations other than by diplomatic meanס,3.  Barratt pointed out what he is now putting Conrsson definitely in a bick suat, that he will soon come to us with a rood responsible board of directors and officiais. He said that he had enlisted Bob Lam's support and Bob had auggested to him that NCHE sivo the Institute a grant. Barrett said the Instituto neede 25,000 to kee it oing while it finds suitabla loadership. I said that I would discuss the above with you and I would look forward to hearing from Fr. Lang.CIO:TVB/ehOrig1 Addressee - OCIO, C/10/11 cc CIO1 cc RIFA. BADENChiefInternational Organisations Division
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14-000001.  December 1953MEMORANDUM FOR: DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCEVIA:SUBJECT:DEPUTY DIRECTOR (PLANS)Conversation with Lee Pennington1.  On Friday, 11 December, I had a conversation with Lee    Pennington, formerly of the FFI and recently appointed director of    the National Americanism Commission of the American Legion.2.  Pennington was most cordial. He showed me a letter which    he had written to the members of the Americanism Commission of the    Legion in which he dismissed charges against WVF based principally    on an attack by Kurt Glaser. The arguments he used in his letter    he had drawn from briefings by this Agency. He thinks that this    will be the end of the matter and that members of his Commission    will no longer press for investigation of NCL and WVF.3.  I took this opportunity to brief Pennington thoroughly on    the World Veterans Federation which the Director had previously    mentioned to him and about which he had had a little information,    most of it false. He had been under the impression that we had    something to do with it out that it was a left-wing outfit which    we were investigating. At the end of our conversation he told me    that he was thoroughly satisfied with the information I gave him    and that he would take two steps in accordance with my request:a.  He would notify the Ford Foundation that the legionlooked upon the World Veterans Federation as a worthwhileoutfit and would certainly not criticize the Foundation ifit were to make a grant to the organization.b.  He said he would prevent any attacks on the organiza-tion coming from Legion members being given serious con-sideration. He said that this could be taken care of byreferring all such attacks to the Americanism Commission forstudy.THOMAS W. BRAZELChiefInternational Organizations DivisionCIO/ITAL/ehOrig & 1 - Addressees1 cc - DCD1 cc - C/10/11 cc - CIO1 cc - RI
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14-0000011 DEC 1953MEMORANDUM FOR: CHIEF, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DIVISIONSUBJECT: R&W Summary ReportsREFERENCE: Memorandum from C/10, dated 17 November 1953, Subject as above.The appropriate EE Branches and Staffs have read the R&W Summary report for October 1953, which you forwarded to this Division as an attachment to referenced memorandum. We have found the report well prepared and useful, both for FE Headquarters and for our field personnel working on propaganda projects. We would therefore appreciate your sending this Division two copies of subsequent R&W monthly reports, one of which will be retained by EE, while the other will be sent to our Athens Station.JOHN H. RICHARDSONChief, FEAdimouse: 2SECRET
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MEMORANDUM FOR: CHIFF, IO DIVISION4 December 1953SURJECT:"News from Behind the Iron Curtain" - MailSubscription for Mr. Arvo TuominenREFERENCE:a. 055-1630, 20 Nov 1953b. Memorandum to WE/PP-1 from IO/Branch I, 8 Oct 53c. Memorandum to IOD/TONIC from WE/PP-1, 23 Sept 53d. Memorandum to IOD/TONIC from WE/PP-1, 6 June 531. A recent dispatch from the Stockholm Station (reference a) reports that Mr. Tuominen is not receiving Subject publication.. In light of reference memorandum b, which states that he has been on the mailing list since June 1952, it is apparent that there has been some slip-up in the distribution channels of this publication. A check of address indicates that Mr. Tuominen's address is the same as given in reference d.2. It is requested that appropriate measures to taken to insure that Mr. Tuominen will receive thie publication in the future. Please inform WE/PI-1 of the action taken regarding this matter.PAUL BIRDSAILC/ME
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discussed orally/inst contsent sterile veisconWhitneyHivor End, s. Roberts LaneH. Arlington, Virginia4 December 1953Dear D'Arcy:This is in reference to your telephone call of this afternoon. I have just had a full report on the matter of the seven visitors.I am afraid you have got yourself on the hock on this one and nothing can be done about it except to go through with the bargain you made. This bargain, the documents indicate, was to bring the seven Czecha over here and take the responsibility you assumed when you signed the seven declarations of support affidavits.Now having gotten that bad news off my chest, I hasten to add that I do not think this is going to be burdensome w you. You are doing a real public service, as I shall explain in a moment, and all of us will do our level dost to help you.I realize that you did not think you wero assuring the responsibility for seven people. It is clear, however, that everyone else thought you were, and I think it is maply too late to change it now. The Csuch rezime is attacking the United States for its handling of enigres; it is attacking the camps which you have seen; it is pointing un the general hopelessness of an emiyre's Lot and the dullness and dreariness which you have noted at first had. This litala trip of our seven friends has set all the refugee circles in Geramy gossiping. It is exciting news. It is undoubtedly known behind the Curtain. To call it off now would make a real diferenco -- not test in torre of the Crusade, but in terms of vant raingeen think about the United States and United States citizens.The procedure from res on seems to lay itself out as follow৪:The seven refugees will arrive sometime during the month of December. Tus arrival dato is important. HICCO has made every effort to orpedite it so that they can come in December, and aly overdelning ressons ought to dictate a postponement. They will go to work and do whatever you, Clyde and food want them to do on behalf of the Crusade. After their work for the Crusade is over, all seven doubtless will wish to remic in the United States. We will all then jointly try wind Jobs and places for then. The visas are good mail next April, but if they can find Jobs here it will probably be possible for us to secure special legislation for them to stay an indefinitely.
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-2-Now as to the questione you raise in your lotter of November 24th. The National Committee for a free Europe should certainly look after these peorlo when they arrive and while they are here except insofar as they are directed by you to take up certain activities on behalf of the Crusade. The National Committee should also cooperate in trying to help you in your effort to find jobs for then wien their tour is over, and I we sure the people there will do their bost. I am sending a copy of this note to hitnoy and I know that he will cooperato to the fullest.As to your secciat question, I trink the expenses of all seven ought to be paid for out of Crusade funds. They are over hero on behalf of the Crusade Hund you aru the one who asked them to come.On the third question, as I indicated above, I think it would be a great blow to Culted States polictes in this field if they were s turn around alter Wheir cuties were over and limp back to a dusty refugee camp.I think the is the way the whole thing ought to rost now and I do moet earnestly urge you not to be too concerned about your personal meponsibilities. We will all be lucky if we have to tackle no tougher problams.Sincerely,Mr. D'Arcy BrophyAcer can Heritage Foundation345 2. 461. StreetLew York 17, New Yorkcc: Mr. Whitney ShepardaonCIO:TWB/ehOrig - Addressee1 ce - Mr. Shepardson1 cc - 10/Brl1 cc CIO 1 cc RI
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# MEMORANDUM FOR: Doputy Director (Plane)# SUBJECT: Romanian Enigro Organization# REFERENCE:1.  Pemorandum to Chief, SE from Deputy Director (Plans), dated 5 November 1953- Subject: Rumanian National Council1. In agreement with Mr. William Durkee of International Organisations Division, I share your view, as stated in paragraph 3 of the referenead motorandus, that Hr. Anthony Panuch should discuss the problem of the organization of Funanian rofugees with the SCE rather than with this Agency. We were informed by Mr. Durkee that Mr. Panuch is fully aware of the ECPE position that the refugees should resolve their own differences before presenting a solution for the consideration of the ECFE. Mr. Durkeo also informed the Rumanian Branch on 13 November that he had discussed this matter with Mr. Whitney Theyardson who concurred in the view stated above.2. With reference to Mr. Panach's statement that the "League in its present state is a useful operational vehicle," namo traces reveal that fourteen members are Iron Quardists, five are suspected communist agents and four admit that they are on Nicolae Malaxa's payroll. Because of this unsavory composition, it appears unlikely that the League as presently composed would be useful operationally.JOHN H. RICHARUSONChief, SRcc: C/PPC/IO/PPIQ/PP (Mr. Darkee)General Counsel