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# The Attorney GeneralDirector, FBI1 - Mr. J. A. Mintz(1 - Mr. J. B. Hotis)1 - Mr. W. R. Wannall1 - Mr. W. O. Cregar1 - Mr. R. L. MooreFebruary 27, 1976U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEEON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC)By letter dated November 7, 1975, the SSC submitted 19 Questions concerning the disappearance of Mr. Thomas Riha for response by the FBI.Enclosed for your approval and forwarding to the Committee is the original of a memorandum which is in response to the Committee's questions as contained in referenced communication.A copy of this memorandum is being furnished for your records.Enclosures (2)62-1163951 - The Deputy Attorney General 62-116375-1461Attention: Michael E. Shaheen, Jr.Special Counsel forIntelligence Coordination.7. MAR 9 1976RLM; emj(9)"TO BE HAND-DELIVERED BY THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS"![photo of handwritten stamps and signatures, along with typed administrative details.]
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#62-1163951 - Mr. J. A. Mintz(1- Mr. J. B. Hotis)1- Mr. W. R. Wannall1- Mr. W. O. Cregar1- Mr. R. L. MooreFebruary 27, 1976U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TOSTUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONSWITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC)Reference is made to SSC letter to the U. S.Department of Justice dated November 7, 1975, submitting19 questions concerning the disappearance ofMr. Thomas Riha to be answered by the FBI.The SSC requested that answers to thesequestions be provided in both classified andnonclassified forms. Pursuant to this request the FBIhas prepared nonclassified answers to all questions.There was no need to prepare answers in a classifiedform.It is to be noted that on June 13, 1975, andNovember 21, 1975, the SSC was furnished with documentsrelating to various questions proposed by the SSCconcerning the disappearance of Thomas Riha. With thesubmission on November 21, 1975, the enclosuresrepresented the entire information available at FBIHeadquarters (FBIHQ), including the IdentificationDivision, with reference to this matter. Any documentnow being furnished to you was obtained from the DenverOffice of the FBI and was not previously available atFBIHQ."TO BE HAND-DELIVERED BY THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS"ORIGINAL AND ONE TO ATTORNEY GENERALSEE NOTE, PAGE ELEVENRLM:emj(8)Assoc. Dir.Dep. AD Adm.Dep. AD Inv.Asst. Dir.:Admin.Comp. Syst.Ext. AffairsFiles & Com.Gen. Inv.Ident.InspectionIntell.LaboratoryPlan. & Eval.Spec. Inv.TrainingLegal Coun.Telephone Rm.Director Sec'yNW 88326 DocId:32989603 Page 146
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# U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TOSTUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONSWITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCEACTIVITIES (SSC)1. Question: Does the FBI know the whereabouts of Riha--whether he is alive or dead? Where?Answer: The FBI does not know the whereabouts of Riha or whether he is alive or dead.2. Question: Was Riha known to the Agency? If so, when first known and why?Answer: All information relating to the FBI's knowledge of Riha has been previously furnished to the SSC. The first communication pertaining to Riha was a memorandum from CIA dated October 27, 1958. This memorandum was furnished the SSC on June 13, 1975.3. Question: Was Riha employed by FBI? If so, in what capacity? Dates of employment?Answer: Riha was not employed by the FBI.4. Question: In March or April 1969 or thereafter, did Mrs. Gloria (Galya) Tannenbaum of Denver and Boulder, Colorado, contact the FBI in Colorado or Washington to assure the FBI that missing University of Colorado Professor Thomas Riha was alive and well and had left his home for personal reasons on March 15, 1969? If so, who in the FBI received this information and to whom was this information passed on in the FBI and the CIA? When was this done?Answer: Mrs. Gloria (Galya) Tannenbaum did not contact the FBI in March or April, 1969, for any reason. On May 14, 1969, she was contacted by Special Agents of the FBI at her residence in Denver, Colorado, in connection with an investigation involving charges that
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# U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TOSTUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONSWITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCEACTIVITIES (SSC)she had impersonated an officer of the U. S. Immigrationand Naturalization Service. There is no record thatRiha was discussed during this contact. A letter fromthe Denver Office of the FBI dated February 12, 1970,reported that on January 28, 1970, she was interviewedby Special Agents of the FBI at Boulder City Jail, Boulder,Colorado, at which time sho offered the opinion that Rihahad decided to leave Doulder duo to marital difficulticsand personal clashes with other members of the faculty atthe University of Colorado. She listed a number oftelephonic and personal contacts she had had with himsubsequent to March, 1969.The communication reporting the May 14, 1969,contact does not list the names of the Special Agents whocontacted hor, however, the communication was prepared bySpecial Agent Merrill R. Smith. At that time Special AgentSmith and Special Agent J. Hale McMenamin were the onlyAgents assigned at Boulder, Colorado. As the SSC waspreviously advised on November 21, 1975, the January 22,1970, communication from Denver FBI to FBIHQ could not belocated and therefore it cannot be determined who at FBIINreceived it or if the information was passed to CIA.The letter from the Denver Office to FBIIR onFebruary 12, 1970, was initialed by a case supervisor inthe General Investigative Division and a case supervisorin the Intelligence Division. Other than the informationfollowing in response to question number 5, there is noindication that the information was passed to CIA.5. Question: Was this or other information passed   on by the FBI to the CIA or to other agencies and the   Denver and Boulder police? What was the information   conveyed? When was this done?
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U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TOSTUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONSWITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCEACTIVITIES (SSC)Answer: The report of the interview of Tannenbaum on January 28, 1970, was included in a memorandum which was furnished to FBIHQ by communication from Denver dated February 12, 1970, captioned "Galya Tannenbaum, aka, Impersonation." The memorandum was disseminated at FBINQ to CIA, Secret Service, State Department, Immigration and Naturalization Service, and Defense Intelligence Agency. The memorandum was furnished to the U. S. Attorney, Denver, Colorado, by the Denver FBI Office. There is no indication that the information was passed to the Denver or Boulder police.6. Question: Why did FBI say in 1969 and 1970--   and continues to say now--that it conducted no investigation of Riha's disappearance when it is known that FBI agents talked in 1969 and 1970 with friends of Riha about his disappearance?Answer: The FBI said in 1969 and 1970 and continues to say now that it conducted no investigation of Riha's disappearance because from the outset of his disappearance to now, the FBI has never conducted any investigation into the disappearance of Thomas Riha. Reference is made to the third, fourth, fifth and sixth paragraphs of Denver FBI letter to the Director dated February 12, 1970, supra, previously furnished to the SSC on November 21, 1975, which read as follows: "All persons interviewed in this investigation were specifically advised by interviewing Agents that the purpose of this investigation was to ascertain whether Galya Tannenbaum had in any way violated Federal statutes concerning impersonation. Interviewees were specifically advised
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# U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TOSTUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPIRATIONSWITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCEACTIVITIES (SSC)investigation was not in any way connected with thedissapearance of Thomas Riha, a currently missingAssistant Professor of History at the University ofColorado, Boulder, Colorado."This statement was made to intervieweesbecause the Denver Office has received inquiries bynews media concerning Riha's disappearance and theyhave been specifically advised there is no evidencerelating to his disappearance showing any violation ofFederal law over which this Bureau has jurisdiction.The circumstances of his disappearance suggest a missingperson situation and that investigation is being handledby the Boulder Police Department.""Because of the close personal relationshipbetween Tannenbaum and Riha, it would be possible,without the above statement by interviewing Agents, thatinterviewees could gain the impression the FBI isinvestigating the disappearance instead of theimpersonation of a Federal officer by Tanncabaum.""Pursuant to current Bureau instructions, thisoffice is not and has not conducted any investigationconcerning Riha."7. Question: Why, in January or February 1970,   did an FBI agent at the Denver office refuse to accompany   CIA Agent Michael Todorovich from Boulder to see then   Denver District Attorney Mike McKevitt? Was it made known   by the CIA agent that the purpose of the visit was to caso   the pressure on issuance of a subpoena to Dr. Joseph Smiley,   former president of the University of Colorado? (Under   such a subpoena, Smiley might have been required to reveal   the agency that had given him the April 1900 report that   Riha was alive and well at that time.)- 5 -NW 88326 Docld:32989603 Page 150
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# U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TOSTUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONSWITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCEACTIVITIES (SSC)Answer: The only information with reference to the contact betweon former Special Agent in Chargo Scott J. Werner and CIA agent Mike Todorovich is con- tained in Denver FBI letter to Director dated February 12, 1970, captioned "Thomas Riha," previously furnished to the SSC on June 13, 1975.8. Question: In December 1969, when Riba's dying mother, Dr. kuth Ann Cook of Taunus, West Germany, contacted the FBI in Washington about her missing son, she was very anxious to "do anything" to determine where he was and what had happened to him. Yet the FBI (J. Edgar Hoover) said in December 1960, that Mrs. Cook declined the FBI's offer to place a missing persons notice on Riha in the FBI bulletin. What information did the FBI furnish Mrs. Cook to lead her to make this unlikely decision not to pursuo all possible ways to find out what happened to her son?Answer: All reports of communications between Dr. Ruth Ann Cook, mother of Thomas Riha, and the FBI, were furnished to the SSC on November 21, 1975.9. Question: Was Dr. Cook connected with the FBI in any way at any time? In what capacity? When?Answer: Dr. Cook was not connected with the FBI in any way at any time.10. Question: Was Mrs. Gloria (Galya) Tannenbaum ever employed by the FBI? For what purpose or purposes? Was she hired to check on Leonard Carlin, Chicago attorney who was active in defending antiwar activists in the 1960s?
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# U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TOSTUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONSWITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCEACTIVITIES (SSC)**Answer:** Mrs. Gloria (Galya) Tannenbaum wasnever employed by the FBI. She was not hired to checkon Leonard Carlin, Chicago attorney.11. Question: Was Mrs. Tannenbaum sent by the    FBI from Chicago to the Boulder-Denver, Colorado, area    in 1968 to check on Riha or on Boulder attorney    Dennis Blewitt, who later became Riha's attorney and    confidant?**Answer:** Mrs. Tannenbaum was not sent by theFBI from Chicago to the Boulder-Denver, Colorado, areain 1968 for any reason.12. Question: What knowledge does the FBI have    on Riha's translations of Czechoslovakian tapes for    Mrs. Tannenbaum in March 1969, before he disappeared?**Answer:** The FBI does not have any knowledgeregarding Riha's translations of Czechoslovakian tapesfor Mrs. Tannenbaum.13. Question: What knowledge does the FBI have    on Tannenbaum's reported suicide at the Colorado State    Hospital in March 1971? Is the FBI acquainted directly    or indirectly with Henry Madrid, a technician at the    hospital?**Answer:** The only knowledge the FBI has con-cerning Tannenbaum's reported suicide at the ColoradoState Hospital in March, 1971, was obtained fromnewspaper clippings previously furnished to the SSC onNovember 21, 1975. The FBI is not acquainted directlyor indirectly with Henry Madrid, a technician at thehospital, other than through his mention in the abovenewspaper clippings.
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U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TOSTUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONSWITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCEACTIVITIES (SSC)14. Question: Did the FBI contact the Colorado    Bureau of Investigation at any time on the Riha    disappearance, Mrs. Tannenbaum's death or any other    aspect of the Riha-Tannenbaum case? If so, when were    these contacts and what was their extent?Answer: There is no record that the FBIcontacted the Colorado Bureau of Investigation at anytime on these matters.15. Question: Did the FBI have any contacts with    Riha when he was working as an interpreter in the Army    in the early 1950s?Answer: There is no record that the FBI hadany contact with Riha while he was in the Army in theearly 1950s.16. Question: Does the FBI have files on any of    the following persons, or were any of them at any time    employed by the FBI directly or indirectly or contacted    by the FBI, and for what reason?Mrs. Jan (Kenneth) Sorensen - Boulder, ColoradoZdenek Cerveny - Boulder, ColoradoMrs. Carol Word- Littleton, ColoradoGeorge and Francesca Stein - Lyons, ColoradoProfessor Donald Fanger - Cambridge, MassachusettsHenry Madrid - Pueblo, ColoradoProfessor Stephen Fischer-Galati - Boulder,ColoradoHarvey Bevier - Denver, ColoradoProfessor Oldrich Leska - Prague, CzechoslovakiaJaroslav Riha San Antonio, TexasProfessor Joyce Lebra - Boulder, Colorado
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# U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TOSTUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONSWITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCEACTIVITIES (SSC)## Answer:(a) The FBI does not have files on any of the following persons nor is there any indication that any of them were ever employed by the FBI directly or indirectly or contacted by the FBI: Mrs. Jan (Kenneth) Sorensen, Boulder, Colorado; Mrs. Carol Word, Littleton, Colorado; George Stein, Lyons, Colorado; Honry Madrid, Pueblo, Colorado; Harvey Bevier, Denver, Colorado; and Jaroslav Riha, San Antonio, Texas.(b) The FBI does not have files on any of the following persons nor is there any indication that any of them were ever employed by the FBI, however, they were contacted by the FBI as indicated on separate reports of interview which are being furnished to the SSC: Zdenek Cerveny, Boulder, Colorado; Francesca Stein, Lyons, Colorado; and Professor Joyce Lebra, Boulder, Colorado.(c) The FBI does have files on Professor Donald Fanger, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Professor Stephen Fischer-Galati, Boulder, Colorado; and Professor Oldrich Leska, Prague, Czechoslovakia. These files are not related to the disappearance of Thomas Riha. Professors Fanger and Leska were never employed by the FBI directly or indirectly nor is there any indication they have ever been contacted by the FBI. Professor Fischer-Galati has never been employed by the FBI directly or indirectly. Correspondence between Fischer-Galati and the FBI and other Government officials regarding the disappearance of Thomas Riha was previously furnished to the SSC on November 21, 1975. The FBI is now furnishing a copy of a report of interview of Fischer-Galati by the FBI on January 26, 1970.
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# U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TOSTUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONSWITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCEACTIVITIES (SSC)Zdenek Cerveny, Francesca Stein,Professor Joyce Lebra and Professor Stephen Fischer-Galati were contacted by the FBI in the matter involvingthe alleged impersonation of a Federal officer byMrs. Gloria (Galya) Tannenbaum.17. Question: Does the FBI have knowledge about    Riha's connections with the Treasure Tours International    Travel Agency in Montreal Canada, and what is the    significance of this connection?Answer: The FBI does not have any knowledgeabout Riha's connections with the Treasure ToursInternational Travel Agency in Montreal, Canada.18. Question: Does the FBI have knowledge of    Riha's connections with the World University Service    in Chicago and with Susan Kresge, one of the officials    of this organization?Answer: The FBI does not have any knowledgeof Riha's connections with the World University Servicein Chicago or with Susan Kresge.19. Question: Were FBI agents trailing Riha early    in 1969, especially in late February and early March? If    so, why?Answer: FBI Agents were not trailing Riha atany time.1 - The Attorney General- 10 -  NW 88326 Docld:32989603 Page 155
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# SECRETU. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TOSTUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONSWITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCEACTIVITIES (SSC)NOTE:Zdenek Cerveny and Francesca Stein wereinterviewed at Lyons, Colorado, 1/21/70, by SpecialAgents Merrill R. Smith and J. Hale McMenamin.Joyce Lebra was interviewed by the same Agents on1/21/70 at Boulder, Colorado.Professor Donald Fanger is the subject ofSecurity Matter - C, Bureau file 100-408465, openedin January, 1954, when there was indication he supportedCommunist Party policies and closed 1964 when investigationindicated he did not qualify under Bureau's criteria forinclusion on the Security Index and his activities did notappear to warrant investigation. The only known connectionbetween Fanger and Riha is that they were both included ina group of American graduate students selected to attendMoscow or Lenigrad University in 1952-1959 in exchange fortwenty Soviet graduate students.Professor Oldrich Leska is the subject ofInternal Security - Czechoslovakia, Bureau file 105-19779.Leska, born 6/16/27 Czechoslovakia, was in the U. S. from7/17/68 to 9/5/68 and again from 10/15/68 until 6/8/70when he returned to Czechoslovakia. He was in the U. S.under the East-West Exchange Program. During the earliervisit and from October, 1963, until the Summer of 1969, hewas at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, andfrom the Summer of 1969 until June, 1970, he was at theUniversity of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. The file wasopened on the basis of an unusual telephone call receivedby a third party from Ljubo Majhanovich. ApparentlyMajhanovich, then living in Toronto, Canada, had attendedthe University of Colorado from 1966-69 where he had becomefriendly with Leska. Majhanovich was born in Yugoslavia,NOTE CONTINUED PAGE TWELVE# SECRET- 11 -NW 88326 Docld:32989603 Page 156
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SECRETU. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TOSTUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONSWITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCEACTIVITIES (SSC)NOTE CONTINUED:attended Moscow University 1963-64. He entered Canada 1954 and was granted Canadian citizenship in 1957. FBI and RCMP investigation did not uncover any intelligence activities on the part of either Leska or Majhanovich. There was no indication that either man had any contact with Riha while they were at the University of Colorado.[^5] (Secret)Professor Stephen Fischer-Galati is the subject of Special Inquiry - State Department, Bureau file 123-8971 and Internal Security - Romania, Bureau file 105-98294. There are numerous other references to Fischer-Galati in Bureau files. He has been in periodic routine contact with the Romanian Embassy and contacts were not of known security significance[^5]. He communicated with the Justice Department 4/7/69 concerning the disappearance of Riha and also wrote to the Vice President of the U. S. concerning Riha's disappearance. (Confidential)This note has been classified "Secret" in accordance with the classification given to communications received from the RCMP.Classified by 6283, XGDS 1 and 3, date of declassification indefinite.- 12 -NW 88326 DocId:32989603 Page 157
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5-140 (Rev. 1-21-74) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONWASHINGTON, D. C. 20535Addressee: SENATE SELECT COMMITTEELTR LHM Memo Report dated 2-27-76Caption of Document: U.S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE (SSC)(SSC letter 11-7-75) Re Thomas RihaOriginating Office: FBIDelivered by: Date: 3/2/74Received by:Title:Return this receipt to the Intelligence Division, FBIALL INFORMATION CONTAINEDHEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIEDDATE 1/24/01 BY SP2ALMIKPNW 88326 Docld:32989603 Page 158ENCLOSURE, 4-2-116395-1461
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CLASSIFY AS APPROPRIATETO: Intelligence Community Staff FROM: FBIATTN: Central IndexSUBJECT: Abstract of Information Provided to Select Committees1. HOW PROVIDED (check appropriate term. If a document was made available for review but not transmitted, so note.)* DOCUMENT2. DATE PROVIDED2/27/763. TO WHOM PROVIDED (check appropriate term; add specific names if appropriate)* SSCHSC4. IDENTIFICATION (provide descriptive data for documents; give name or identification number of briefer, interviewee, testifier and subject)Memorandum and enclosures5. IN RESPONSE TO (list date and item number if in response to formal request, otherwise state verbal request of (name), initiative, subpoena, etc.)SSC letter 11/7/756. CLASSIFICATION OF INFORMATION (enter U, C, S, TS or Codeword)U7. KEY WORDS (enter the appropriate key words from the list provided separately; if key words not listed are used underline for emphasis)Information handlingOperating procedures8. SUMMARY (see reverse side before completing this item)Information relating to disappearance of Mr. Thomas Riha.Response to 19 questions posed by SSC request.ALL INFORMATION CONTAINEDHEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIEDDATE 1/24/01 BY SPBAUMKR62-116395SJM:1hb ORIGINAL VIA LIAISON TO CENTRAL COMMUNITY INDEX(4) IN CONNECTION WITH SENSTUDY 75.TREAT AS YELLOWNW 88326 Docld:32989603 Page 159 62-116345-1441
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# INSTRUCTIONS*   Type or print clearly in ink.*   Indicate classification of the abstract top and bottom.*   Date the abstract and put on any internal control numbers required.*   "FROM" entry should clearly identify the organization providing the information.*   If additions (as when a copy of document sent to SSC is later sent to HSC) or changes to a previously submitted form are necessary, submit a copy of the original abstract, with the change indicated.SPECIFIC ITEM NO. 8. SUMMARY enter brief narrative statement describing substance of information and showing relationship to Intelligence Community matters if appropriate. Any feedback or evidence of investigatory interests should be noted. Commitments made to supply additional information should be noted. Additionally, certain administrative information may be entered here, e.g., restrictions on review of a document, if document was paraphrased, whether interviewee is current or former employee, etc. If actual document or transcript is provided, that fact should be noted and no summary is required. Additional pages may be attached if necessary.NW 88326 Docld:32989603 Page 160
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SSC LETTER TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,11/7/75CONCERNING DISAPPEARANCE OFTHOMAS RIHARETAINALL INFORMATION CONTAINEDHEREIN 18 UNCLASSIFIEDDATE 1/24/01 BY SP2ALMKP62-111375-1-16-1ENCLOSURENW 88326 Docld:32989603 Page 161