SPECIAL REPORT THE HOSTILE INTELLIGENCE ESTABLISHMENT IN FRANCE (L) HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS WASHINGTON, 0. C. 20314 NOVEMBER 1975 Classified by Commander, AFOSI Exempt from General Declassification . Schedule of Executive Order. 682. weno Exemption Category 2 - . ae Declassify when Authorized by. the Originator : mes - me, — Revere Vp ate
® e SPECIA REPORT THE HOSTILE INTELLIGENCE ESTABLISHMENT IN FRANCE (LU) TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PREFACE 2 6g gw we ee ee ee ee ee ee . ii MAP , Ce ee ee ee ee ee et ee ee ii AN OVERVIEW. Ww. ww ee ee ee et ee ee ee 1 HOSTILE REPRESENTATIONS . 2 2. 6 we ee ee ee ee ee 3 Location 2... 1 6 ww ee et ee ee ee ee 3 SIZ@ we ee ee ee ee ee 3 NATURE OF THE THREAT. 2. 2 1 ww. ee eee ee ee 4 General Considerations . 2. 2... 1. ee ete ee ee 4 Espionage in France. . .. 1... 1 eee bec ee we ee 5 PEPENDIX, 46 ne we ee ee ee te ee ee g \ i (This page is
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(U) Iwo distinct but related paraliel systems are used by most hostile services conducting classical espionage operations. Cover positions at embassies, trade anc press representations, missions to international organizations anc airline and tourist bureaus are exploited by "legals." Although often involved in clangestine anc illegal activi- ties, these intelligence officers are officially recognized as legitimate foreign officials and are "legally" present in the host country, hence the term "legal cover," Many, especially those in various diplomatic capacities, enjoy immunity, thus insuring that even if caught red-handed, at worst they will be declared persona nonorata and sent home, In many instances even i:gals who do not enjoy wipineetic immunity escape imprison- ment and trial because of political considerations. Widely publicized espionage incidents tend to strain relations between countries; thus, frequently, it will appear to the advantage of the victimized government to avoid such difficulties by quietly requesting a compromised intelli- gence officer to exit.
AFOSI a * NATURE OF THE THREAT General Considerations (U} Esoionage involves the clandestine collection of information. It must frequently be conducted in @ suspicious if not openly hostile environment. Intelligence officers must be capable of dealing with and controlling persons who will be committing serious crimes on behalf of a foreign power, Methods of operation largely involve varying approaches ta the comolex problems of spotting, assessing, recruiting, motivating and training of persons to betray their own governments, Sustaining a successful operation requires considerable expertise in espionage trade- craft. Spies must receive adequate support in the form of documentation, funds and equipment, Most important, secure but effective channels of communication, both ways, must be eStablished to ensure continuity and productivity. Soviet infiuence over the other bioc intelligence services is reflected in their essentially similar methods of operation. -
t @ GPECIA REPORT APPENDIX -{OSTILE ESTABLISHMENTS IN FRANCE (U) Official and many quasi-official Soviet, Albanian, Bulgarian, Cuban, Czech, Hungarian, PRC, and Romanian establishments in France are identified in “his appendix, The two types of representations are listed together b: «,ty; their sequential presentation implies no relative degree of importance. Occasional changes in the location as well as size of these establishments can be expected. Soviet Union Paris Embassy, Chancellery, and Office of ‘the Military, Naval and Aiw Attaches ~ 02 79 Rue de Grenelle —— Trage Representation 4S Rue de ia “aisanaerie Consulate 14 Place Malesherpes Aeroflot 32 Ave aes Champs Elysees; 3& Ave de 1'Qpera; Le Bourget Airport; Orly Airport, and Charles de Gaulle Airport Inturist 7 Boulevard des Capucines Soveksportfilm 21 Rue Berlioz Black Sea & Baltic Insurance Co. 30 Boulevard Haussmann Sovinformburo & Rue de Prony Tass 130 Rue de Courcelles Pravda 120 Ave de Suffren
mm « @ sreciay Izvestiya and Radio and TV 11 Rue de Bassano La Vie Rurale (Pravda Magazine) 5 Rue Villaret de Joyeuse Sotsialisticheskaya Industriya (Magazine) 121 Rue de 1a Pompe Novosti 27 Rue Saint Ferdinand Komsomolska Pravda 64 Rue des Belles Feuilles Franco-Soviet fhamber of Commerce 22 Ave Franklin Roosevelt - Banque Commercialle Pour L' Europe du Nord « 79-81 Boulevard Haussmann Actif-Avto (Joint Franco-Soviet Co.) 33 Ave des Champs Elysees Rusbois (Joint Franco-Soviet Co.) 33 Rue de Naples UNESCO Delegation 17 Rue Mollis France-USSR Cultural Association “8 Rue Ja Vrilliere Musee Lenine 4 Rue Marie Rose Stanko France 183 Ave Victor-Hugo Neuvilly-sur-Seine Sovfrakht (Shipping Agency) 7 Rue de Huissiers Sovinflot (Maritime Fleet) 14 Rue Chartran Trud 3 Rue Ecole de Mars AFOSI ‘a
en @ @ SPECIA REPORT Sogo & Co. (Joint Franco-Soviet Co.} 58 Ave de Neuilly Le Havre Actif-Avto * Montauban Actif-Avto Branch Clamart Kama Factory Purchasing Mission 381 Ave General de Gaulle Albania Paris Embassy and Chancellery 131 Rue de la Pompe Bulgaria Paris Embassy, Consulate and Military Mission 1 Avenue Rapp Commercial Mission 64 Bis Rue de Monceau UNESCO Delegation 9 Place Fontenoy Rabotnichesko-Delo (Sofia Newspaper) 15 Avenue Franco-Russe Radio and Television 6 Rue Vineuse Balkan (Airlines) 45 Avenue de L'Opera AFOSI "
© @ S RESTA REPORT Nevilly-sur-Seine Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA) 59 Rue des Peupliers Press Agencies 240 Boulevard Saint-James Marseilles Commercial Mission Cuba Paris Embassy, Consulate and Commercial Mission 51 Rue de ia Faisanderie Prensa Latina (News Agency) | 17 Rue Boissiere Tradecraft Shop 65 Rue du Fauborg Saint Honore UNESCO Delegation 9 Place Fontenoy Cuba-Pesca 3 Rue Scribe Czechoslovakia Paris Embassy, Consulate and Military Mission 17 Avenue Charles Floguet Commercial Mission 125 Rue du Ranelagh Stematex (Joint Franco-Czech Co.) 125 Rue de Ranelagh UNESCO Delegation — SG Place Fontenoy AFOSI le
Radiodifusion Czechoslovak 15 Rue Lakanal Agence Ceteka (News Agency) 10 Rue Leconte de Lisk Rude Pravo (Prague Newspaper) & Rue du General Camou Czech Airline (C.S.A.) and Czech Travel Bur2au 32 Avenue de L'Opera Hungary Paris is. Square del'Avenue Foch Commercial “ission 140 Avenue Victor Hugo Consulate 326 Rue Saint Jacques UNESCO Delegation 9 Flace Fontenoy Hungarian Institute 1é Rue Pierre Curie Bank of Hungary 47 Bis, Rue Kleber Malev (Airline) Le Bourget Airport Radio and Television 3 Avenue Ferdinand Buisson Press Agencies 326 Rue Saint Jacques Ibusz (Travel Agency) 18 Rue de Dr. Finlay AFOSI 13
& @ 6 SPECIAY REPORT PRC Paris Embassy 11 Avenue George V Commercial Mission 37 bis, Rue Paul Valery > UNESCO Delegation 9 Place Fontenoy "New China" News Agency 47 Rue Pergolese Romania Paris Embassy, Consulate, Military Mission and Commercial Mission 5-7 Rue de l'Exposition UNESCO Delegation 9 Place Fontenoy Agerpress (News Agency) 5 Rue Debrousse Carpati (Tourist Office} and Tarom (Airlines) 1 Rue Daunou | AFOSI i