AGENCY: FBI y RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10211-10460 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER : SEE TITLE Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: TEETER, FRANKLIN B. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: [Restricted] DATE: 02/29/1960 PAGES: 14 SUBJECTS : | [Restricted] | DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS : 1B; 1C; 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 05/14/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : v9.1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information Date: 5/26/201
Ge . : ; : => at od Report Poria op : FD-269.(5-12-55}> . os a an | SECRET | FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Reporting Office Office of Origin oe Date : Investigative Period NEW YORK NEW YORK | 2/29/60_| 12/10/59 - 2/20/60 TITLE OF CASE ; : Report made by Typed By: ‘ | FRANKLIN B, TEETER © 29-4) > | CHARACTER OF CASE ] [ Leonzp ananssrevzeuhovatsv ('S) CLASSIFIED BY 5@@ ie ytsfe- real Bae ee bey | I CIA HAS NO sacle ee SraeRsex, ~ DECLASSIFITATION AND/OR, - RELEASE OF CIA NFORMATON [eenenevoes JQ ) IN THIS DOCUMENT. K 7°30-47 ip [EE GA? rR ort of SA FRANKLIN B. “TEETER, dates e 103/59, at NY .{ U GNU) Report ) ROBERT J. WIRTH, dated | 2/12/60, ff. f L ak Albuquerque. ‘pmmursmearrve (Qu) IK es 7 bo In- connection with the subject's association with Cy ol] oo ANNETTE SYLVIA EPSTEIN (NY T-5), attention is called to. | MN me the fact that NY has opened a 134 case on this individual. an i] By means of NY letter to Director, 2/17/60, captioned, Lf "ANNETTE SYLVIA EPSTEIN, aka; IS-R", the results of the , at . initial interviews with Miss EPSTEIN were submitted, and fl) {to develop | her as an i ‘ormant}] or double agent... — f this because of her cooperative attitude, bie acento requeste e) - orgs gon RM) Ns) £08 té Y#¢ 1 0-4 Te | ah New "yorie((105- oS j Copies madé? 6 7 MAR /l 13 COPIES DESTROYED ) 1972 — ns ee Sa “=F eopies made ABE Pei wy Cea) oe REQ. RE@'D we, —— ; | W ATE FORW, ee ew eas TT . None, - HOW FOR NV, . 5 \eS\ Paar eae qe Pquect- | a e 7 (] a a ‘ ‘yes cy i 4 w wiles 4 o Be) SECRE 1) vecath Teen ad ALF Feta) ‘ ca Property of FBI - This report is loaned to you by the FBI, and neither it nor its -rontents are to be distributed outside the agency to which loaned, “ ‘ Wu. Ss GOVERNMENT PRINTIN- a toss O—344750-5-~. a
7 seen pos fy 105- 27651 S) authority is granted and upon{KOVALEV' s return to this country,fefforts will be made to place Miss EPSTEIN in 6) contact with the subject, even though she has stated that he is a "wolf" and she does not like him personally. ) In connection with the subject's contact with CHARLES G. FORBES, attention is called to the fact that NY has opened a 134 case on FORBES. Bureau permission has been received to conduct a "follow up" interview of FORBES for the purpose of attempting to develop him as a PSI. FORBES is currently working temporarily in Miami, Florida, but will be interviewed immediately upon his returnto the NYC area. If he proves;to be cooperative andfupon KOVALEV's return to the US, tempts will be made | to place FORBES in contact with the subject. G) Concerning the party at which FORBES first met - the subject, it is believed that LIBBY HOLMAN REYNOLDS is identical with the subject of New Haven filé 100- Sp Bufile 100-363343 and NY file 100-103066, who. is an Sih. subject of the New Haven Office. Further in regard to this matter, FORBES advised that he was unable to further identify the "producer" or —s the four "beatniks" who attended the party at LIBBY 7 HOLMAN REYNOLDS! apartment. He added that he was not ‘familiar with the circumstances of how LIBBY HOLMAN REYNOLDS originally[met KOVALEV andKIRILYUK or the extent of her association with these Soviets, owever, he advised that should he obtain additional information concerning these matters, he would immediately notify the NYO. () ., on’ home leav dad all outstanding leads haVe been covered, this case is being placedin a closed status. / Upon KOVALEV's return to this country, this case will be reopened and NY | will continue its investigation of KOVALEV as a "Known Soviet Intelligence Agent" pursuant to Section 105K of the Manual of Instructions ¥S) avef oh gpeh as subject is current lyfout of the US. weer oy
[ry, 105-27651 J) Careful consideration has been given to the sources: concealed and T symbols were utilized only in those instances where the identities of the sources must be concealed. 0B HU a) [gesssteroanson TRY a) This Pegort is classified "Secret" because it contains information pertaining tofa. double agent operation. { S) The accompanying letterhead memorandum is classified "Confidential" because it reflects investigation being conducted by the Bureau[concerning an official of a foreign government, which because of its delicate nature, requires State Department. clearance {(/6 ) ae ches
x ¥ ‘ & e: 'eD-205) (ev. 9-23-58) 4 ft UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE w) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Feo TAU) WY fe 2/09/60. | oR KiK) TEETER LY (u) [Otte New York, New ron U) | Fi Number New York Poxcres feureau Go5-64470) [és > | fine fceonzp AFANASIEVICH KOVALEV Ié > fi vevcter Eevrsrvas SECURITY - n Ie fu ) Synopsis: KOVALEV .arrived in US with family]jon 11/20/57; C53 r epartedjon 12/2/59 on home leave and is expected Eo cs) po returiljon approximatély 3/20/60. At time of Gepartu from US, KOVALEVs resided at (40 w. 84th hjStreet, but Pex plan to. obtain an East Side apartment fupon return to LS) this country.| Prior to/fdeparture from US, KOVALEV gs Signed new year contract at Secretariatjand received promotion tofgrade P-3.) On 2 occasionsin(S past,  (KOYALEM observe in vicinity of meeting placesZSJ betwe (Soviet VADIM A. KIRILYUKJana NY T-4. Information4s J , e(KOVALEV's {contacts and io and data re hisf $1 ban ing activities reported Co Tear) po . 10-29-47 CLASSIFIED BY 45068 SLd_ Ste’ DECLI vp Or x hlot SHS Oo PSWHNVS vf Aw This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of any kind. It is the property of the FBI, and is a loan to your ans it and/or its confents are not fo be distributed outside your agency. A Meu) (« 16~-74625-1 oe
[eens 19(Y) - [Brower] fx.) [ive: 105-27651 [( ) | E. packanotmp [Ay "Y A. Arrival And Departure pata We ,) Records, Immigration and Naturalizatioyn Service 7 (INS), 20 West Broadway, New York City, reflect{that Soviet Cs national LEONID KOVALEV arrived in.the United States Jon November 20, 19 ccompanied by |his wife, RIMMA KOVALEVA, and their son Din? [GL ai On December 3, 1959, NY T-1 reported that the cs] KOVALEVs departed the United Statesjon December 2, 1959, from ew York International Airport aboard Sabena Belgian World Airline flight number 546 en route ofthe USSR on home leave 6 On January 5, 1980, NY T-2 neportea %nat he had not heard from(the KOVALEVs|since their (departure from the 5} United States on home leave However, i rmant pointed out ‘that he nad recently been in co yack with (Soviet YYRIY A MESHUKOV, Juste whom the/KOVALEVs ided prior to {their a leaving EES J e had recently heard from (TEONID. KOVALE and that both. LEONID's and RIMMA's\mothers were recover ng from t both t 3) respective tlinesseS - e United States. MISHUKOV stEv) an informant t V Attention is called to the fact that NY T-2 had 3 reviously Ae satin that it was due to the fact that ae LS CeeontD's and RIMMA! others were ill that resulted in OVALEVs taking non? leave] in December, 1959 rather shan in May, 1960 as regularly scheduled Informant: further ' previously reported that th KOVALEVS) were planning vetun (5) ; to the United States fon approximately March. 20; 1960. Ss) (Soviet YURIY A. MISHUKOV} is currently e ed as Cs3) a (Translator at the United Nations (ON) erste SECRET GO | |
[hww. 105-27651 {S) NY T-3 has reported that (MISHUKOV has engaged in CSD “intelligence activities fin the. past. (B) (zB. Residence pata fig y(y On December 2, 1959, NY T-2 reported that when Ggonrp KOVALEV and his fami. return to the United States) Shin arch, 1960, /from home leav they do not, intend to return C a to their formér residence atlo west 84th] Street, Apartment (> 90.) Rather, according to the informant, they plan to get an apartment some place on the East Side of Manhattan. i : (e. EMPLOYMENT para fal | On December 2, 1959, NY T-2 advised that Govaray GS) had recently signed new({3 year contract as a Translator at the UN Secretariat. (S) Subsequent on January 5,-1960, this informant reported that Gvaisinea been promoted to ay P- sine cs. che (Translation Section of the UN Secretari I... POSSIBLE CONNECTIO WITH THE [S (SOVIET: INTELLIGENCE MOVEMENT (x) . on August: el, 959 and again on September 18, ade | Goviet LEONID A. KOVALEV was observed by Special Agents of 5 J 7 @ Federal Bureau. of Ifvestigation (FBI) in the company of , Soviet national VADIM A. KIRILYUK in Springfield, Massachusetts. ]@) ey were observed at the times and in places which da previously been set up for scheduled meetings betweerf KIRILWUK) CS) and NY T-4, 9) ¢ ; " . Previously on August 10, 1959, NY T-4 had reported that, during afmeeting between himself and Soviet national C5) known only to him as_ "qEoRGE) which meeting)occurred on ugust 9, 1959, (the Soviet ifistructed]the ififormant that wa their next meeting would take place‘at 4:00 pm on August 21,G. 959, in front of the (Bolt Theatre in Springfield, ressacpygten: "GEORGE" further instructed )NY T-4 to prepare a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of those cryptographic’ seed ‘machines and systemg]familiar to the informant and to bring -this notebook to their Aggust 21, 1959 meeting x) [sscren JC) - - J
Sy fox 105-27651 XS) Subsequently on August 13, 1959 NY T-4 pgsitively identified a phetograph off/Soviet VADIM A. KIRILYUK Jas being CJ identical with("GEORGE"| (S$ - oS . On September 2, 1959, NY T-4 reported that during (his meeting with KIRILYUK]on August 28, 1959, the Goviet) cs) designated(their next meeting jplace as the {Paramourit Theatre, C33 Springfield, Massachusetts 4:00 pm on September 18, 1959. Also during(their)August 28(meeting KIRILYUK instructed) (33 NY T-4 to complete the notebook (ertaining to cryptogra Lgl’ s machines and systems jand to bring this notebook(to eir ¢. September 18, 1959 eeting.) Still further,( KIRILYUK jtold C the informant that he Soviets juanted him (NY T-4) € visit CS) Washington, D.C. in the near future in an effort to obtain employment (with the National Security Agency YS) ; (soviet national VADIM A, KIRILYUK was employed as C5.) a(Political affairs Officer at the UN Secrétariat|lup until Cs) ' (ts departure from the United States|on January » 1960/8) - Records, United States Department of State, Washington, D.C., reflect that on December 17, 1959, a representative’ of the United States Mission to the UN,) at Cod e request of the State Department, discussed(KJRILYUK'sC.S. intelligence activities fin connection with T-4 with the (Secretary General of th® UN, DAG HAMMARSKJOLD,) Following ($5 this discussion, the(Secretary General) stated chat it C32) appeared obvious that{ Soviet KIRILY ad Abused his £ S$ . privilege of, residenc@Jin the UnitedStates MMARSKJOLD JZ 5) advised thefUnited States Mission to the UN |that he would C3] ‘take immediaté action to assure that(this Soviet departed from the United States 5) Reeords, INS, New York City, reflect that (KIRILYUK, accompanied by his wife, departed the United States) Cs] on January 10, 1960, from New York International Airport aboard Scandinavian Airlines S;ystem. flight number 914. CY) ; | sc a “
(e)[sovateyna had Showed up at the party in place of[Soviet (9 Gio VALEVPbut noticed that [KOVALEV meet ) : [zzz CONTACTS AND scoot) (A. with wy 0-5 won wy 8-579 ee On January 21, 1960, and January 28, 1960, NY T-5 - furnished the New York Office of the FBI with the details surrounding his eting and subsequent contacts with several [Soviet nationals whom he met while an Instructor at the erlitz School.of Languages, Rockefeller Center, New York Pts (vy, 10527651 KS) city. One of these}]Soviet as identified by NY T-5 as UN Translator LEONID KOVAL and informant furnished the . following information about this Soviet Ae) Informant | ‘first met t a party given in "June, 1958, by BURTON \ \VAN HO GOREN » another Instructor at the Berlitz School. ‘Of. an 2 es. According to NY, T-5 BORIS S. TVANOV 4 who was unable to attend. Concerning this June, 1958 party, informant (hovarsy that he did not associate ice any great extent with s quite friendly with DENNI ARBER, still another Berlitz teacher. Ww. T- oe contact wien Rovere Yas when he t snviteattia Sovie attend a party given in either August or September, 195 by the informant., When NY T-5 contacted (a [KOVALE to invite him to the party, he suggested tolthe Sovietishat he bring some of his friends. When [KOVALEV S) . arrivéd’ at the party he was accompanied by 2 other Povie S, YURIY A. MISHUKOV and BORIS incovaa ge informant advised that he spent little time with [K ALEV] at this party (&) Informant's next contact with Govaret ne in Bose 1959. .He and BURTON VAN HORN FOREMAN. attended the (9&8 ussia Festival of Music and@ Dancé at Madison Square Garden. While there they ran into (KOVALEV and Soviet national IVAN Y. FEDORCHENKOH(S) Also in July, 1959, informant and FOREMAN, while vetele Soviet] Trade Fair being held at the Coliseum(NYC)_ encountered and spoke briefly to[KOVALEV and YURIY A. ican [ stcen [40 U) shes) ,
— fry 105-2651 (S) NY T-5's last contact with[KovALEy, 5) wuvred in October, 09. Informant and FOREMAN. contacted [KOVALEV at the UN] Or the purpose of soliciting his aid “in setting up a business whereby they would teach English [Eo various UN Delegates and employees J According to the informant Brovaiedgretee that he was unable to help in this matter. ) Prior to his departure from the United States on September 28, 1959, Soviet BORIS S. IVANOV was employed as a Counselor. with the Soviet Delegation. to the UNS } : According to YURI A, RASTVOROV, former Soviet Intelligence Officer, IVANOV has - engaged in intelligence activities in the past.(S) Soviet IVAN. Y. FEDORCHENKO, prior to his departure | from the United States on January 27, 1960, was employed as First Secretary with the Soviet Delegation’ to the UN.(S) ie With NY T- S10) oo ; On December 21, 1959, NY T-6 furnished the following information about his initial meeting in June, 1959 with(e Soviet nationals % the New York City area Informant had returned to New Yexk City in June, 1959 from an out of town engagemen S a pianist. Being interested in contacting a friend, ROSSE VANS, and knowning that EVANS often used the apartment of former entertainer, LIBBY HOLMAN REYNOLDS as his headquarters when in. New York City, NY. T- 6 proceeded jy ‘to Mrs. REYNOLDS! apartment at lel Fast 61st Street(Q( u) “Hi Upon arriving at the REYNOLDS! apartment, informant | | learned that ROSSER EVANS was not there, but was invited by LIBBY HOLMAN REYNOLDS to goin a dinner party which was in “progress. Besides himself and Mrs. REYNOLDS, informant advised that the ,party guests consisted of [2 Soviet et nationale] 6) | an unidentified "producer" and: 4 "peatniks The 4 'peatniks", whose names informant never learned, were introduced to him as the authors of the book | entitled, "The Beat Generation. " & Xu) wns T fut Nes ra
[Seonen fid)(u) . NY T-6 deseribed(tne 2 sovietslas being in theirls } early 30's. Both indicated that they were attached to either the (Soviet “Embassy or the Saviet Delegation to the UNL) One of C3) then’ introduced himself as FNU) KOVALEV, while the other C$ did not divulge his name. a — [ny 105-27651 (% ) = Subsequently during the December 21, 1959, interview NY T-6 positively identified a photograph of (Soviet: LEONID C5). AFANASIEVICH KOVALEV as (FNU). KOVALEV, whom he had met at the party. Informant.further positively Identified a photograph. of (Vabim ALEXANDROVICH KIRILYUK] as the other (Soviet national |(S J he met. at the REYNOLDS' apartment. Se. a Concerning his association with feneje soviets}at chelsJ party, informant advised that the affair asta from %:30 pm until approximately 10:30 pm. Most of the evening w taken up by an argumentive discussion between({the 2 Soviets)jand > the 4 "beatniks". According to NY T-6,{the Soviets Bnd the "beatniks" gid not get along very well together and! KOVALEV and KIRILY were very critical of the attitude. expressed by the "beatniks" concerning their obligations to the society in which. they hve. G&) _ However, informant pointed out that during the evening he. spent quite some time talking to {the 2 Soviets.) C53 Most of this time was spent discussing the responsibilities of citizens to their governments in this and other countess. Also they spent some time discussing the situation in (Red cnina (3) NY T-6 ppinted out that during the discussions which he had with(KOVALEV and KIRILYUK] at the party, he let C3) _ -{[the Soviet {know that he was a Roman Catholic by religion ; and was’ i7Ot:s sympathetic withfthe Communist }Movement .C$ However, neither of (the SovietSJappeared to be in any way CS] offended by the informant's declarations along this line (7 } At the conclusion ¢& the party »(KIRILYUK offered C5 J to drive the informant to the International Restuarant in New York City, where NY T-6 was working as a pianist. Informant accepted the invitation, but pointed out that during the drive they discussed purely social topics.($ ) a ee cn
ry a - 8 © a. ~ Secrecy | | fir 2105-27651 (5) party given by LIBBY HOLMAN REYNOLDS, [Soviet KOVALEV] gave 6) him a telephone number and suggested that they get’ together in the near future. However, informant pointed out that he had not had the occasion to call [KOVALEV] since the party and($) advised that neither [of the Soviets] d contacted him. (zu. BANKING AGCOUNT pata Piy (4) NY T-6 concluded by HOLDS, [Soviee during the On December 1, -1959, NY T-7 reported that a check - for $38.25, which had been issued on November 18} 1959 to the Banner Van and Storage Company, was drawn ainst the checkin . account maintained by/Soviet LEONID KOVALEV] at the(JN Branch C$] of the Chemical Bank,]New York Trust Companys (%) i On February 11, 1960, Mr. FRANK KURRAT, one of the owners of the Banner Van and Storage Company, 335 East. 46th Street, New York City, reviewed his records and advised SA FRANKLIN B. TEETER that the $38.25 check issued to his company on November 18, 1959 by (Soviet LEONID KOVALEV, was for crating CS J and otherwise preparing a-carton of personal “effects for ship-= nent to Moscow, U.S.SsR.\KURRAT further adviged that he re- £,S;1 called the transaction and pointed out that OVAL EV] delivers-@: ed the carton to Banner Van and Storage personally. He added that the carton was already packed and as a result, all that Banner Van and Storage had to do was to pack the carton in a wooden crate, seal it with metal bands and deliver it to the Swedish American Steamship Line for shipment/to the Soviet Unions ) b current |($)U) On December 31, 1959, NY T-7 reported thap the be- low described checks, which were ued on SOvALSY' aX ecking account, had cleared the(UN Branch the Chemical Bank, New York Trust Gompany during the month of December, 1959: 5 ‘ L cae Ss
favy 105-27651 (6 ) Date _ Payee Amount 11/21/59 Sécony Mobil oil $28 . 32 . Company . me 11/27/59 Socony Mobil oi1 13.36 (a) W) Company a. ; The foregoing information furnished by NY T-7 can not be.made public except in the usual proceedings -following the &ssuance of a subpoena duces tecum. Furthermore, NY’T-7 is no longer in possession of the basic documents from which this information was obtained, and therefore, will be unable to testify regarding this Gata, (CZ) (U) Concerning the $28.32 check issued on November » el, 1959 and the $13. 36 check issued on November 27, 1959, both to the Socony Mobil Oi1 Company, attention is called to the fact that on December 23, 1959, NY T-8 identified Crees national LEONID KOVALEV as the holder of. Socony obil Credit Card number S31430977 1S) —, ho.
ee r \, Ae i UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF SJUJSTICE . -FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION | SECRET i - (u In Reply, Please Refer to New York, New York FileNo. February 29, 1960 (Cowssnansesnt eg I) Re OQ conta Afanasievich es) g internal Security - R characterized below are the sources utilized in the report of Special Agent Franklin B. Teeter, dated -and captioned as. above, at New York: , NY T-1, NY T-2, NY T-3, NY T-4, NY T-7 and NY T-8 are informants who have furnished relkable information in Xe) the .past. NY T-5 and NY T-6 are informants, contact with whom to date has been insufficient to ascertain the reliability of the information furnished (% vu) ‘This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is a loan to your agency. It and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. u SECRET