104-10439-10029 SX -4617 2 October 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, CI Liaison FROM. . SR/CI/R SUBJECT ~ a : Questions Concerning Defectors | Joseph J. DUTKANICZ (201-289236) and . Viadimir ©. SLOBODA (Z01- 287527) 1. DUTKANIC Z's “Army assignment at time of defection. USAREUR Case Summary 2-62~2 (copy attached) confirms DUTKANICZ's assignment to the 32nd Signal Battalion in Darmstadt, However, his wife indicated that he had CIC connections. In an interview at the American Embassy Moscow on 5 December 1961 (cited in DBA-288, . 24 January 1962), she indicated that their trip behind the Iron Curtain “had been made possible because her husband worked for the CIC and was allowed ‘to do things the ordinary 'GI! could not do."*. There are also penciled no- tations in the 201 file suggesting that: his Army assignment may have included intelligence f functions of some kind, 7 2. ‘Previous KGB connection of both defectors. . Per USAREUR Case Summary 2. 62s 2, DUTKANICZ himself - told American Embassy officials in Moscow that he had been approached by KGB representatives in a bar near Darmstadt in 1958 and had accepted | recruitment as a result of their threats and inducements. He. claimed to have given them minimum cooperation from then until his.defection, although the Army considered it probable that he had done more than he admitted. A further indication of his KGB involvement.before defection is the fact that the special decree granting him Soviet citizenship was enacted three months before whis arrival in the USSR; _see Emb tel 851. Document Number 993-9 0 for FOIA: ‘Review on JUL 1878 Pept te ALG Lev Wrath t fa t emma) 1] Vi; Tt ot of AH807 er cc ee eee A A fr nthe So epee epee nan oO ‘2 No SS Wg 8 Su AN 1 = adh ~J 4 yi NU
13-00000 . framed into going to the USSR. See Moscow Emb tels A-572, 23 October 1962 CC §$xK-4¢6179 SLOBODA's prior KGB involvement was confirmed by BEVISION, as reported in YT-1192. See attached memorandum of 28 March: 1962 in regard to passage of this information to the Army. Further indications are the facts that SLOBODA was a KGB resettlement case and that he later told an American Embassy Moscow official that he had been blackjmailed and 3 and 851, 23 March 1962. 3. Army security investigations as immediate cause of defection. Per USAREUR Case Summary. 2-62-2, DUTKANICZ. told American Embassy Moscow officials that he had informed his KGB handler that he was under investigation for security reasons. He defected soon after, in accord with a KGB suggestion that he do so. SLOBODA's defection was precipitated by increased Army security measures, according to BEVISION. : ) Gy SR/CI/R Lo . : | 2 IO a a ‘SECRET « 1s paey Dol AETAY E ag i sa wu { ; va a a Seoerectememnn s sateeegaatie caeterssenrietmaeseeammam rina ge arrnarth ta arsnmecsenteaen te ae sane ate
13-00000 ATT. . oo LIP aE Case Summary: 2-52-2 | Case: + OUTKANICZ, Josopf, Sgt. Date(s) of Activity: 1958-1960 9 June 1926 , es ‘ Gorlice, Poland | ~  , Date Neutralized: WA”: Yostile Service: Soviet Intelligence | Target: USAREUR Forces ce Services (SIS), probably State Security Service (KeB) ‘Summary . Dutkanice claiina ha was recruited by reprosontatives of  Seviot ; intelligence in West Germany during 1958. A combination of threats and inducements‘ were used to gain his cooperation. He admits having had _ {cur meetings with his Soviet handlers during a two-year period, but | claims he supplied only limited information to the KGB. There are, how~ ever, substantial indications that the compromise was greater. His. espionage activity was terminated by his defection to the USSR in June - 1960. He was subsequently exploited for propaganda purposes by the Soviets. Details of his complicity were obtained from statements made» De Dutkanics to US officials in. Moscow. , . rane ERI and Aosimmnonts Duthanies! 8 principal mission was to report changes in the: “status - sand eXapeattion cf USAREUR forces indicating: possible preparations for . . ustilities. He also admits receiving detailed instructions from the STS which probably included additional collection. BEI, but he did not ° elabcrate. cn these missions. » nar “Reeruitment and Modus Op erandi Dutkanica,’ a naturalized US ‘citizen. born in Poland, \ was. 5 shipped to oe -. Germany in 1943 as’a slave laborer and immigrated to the United Ststes . saftos World War II. lle was drafted into the US Army in 1951] and Was. a. sperzeant in: -the 32nd Sinnal Battalion, Darmstadt, at the time of A “defection. He is a convinced liberal and has espoused loftist. causes: . which led to a. review and revecation of his SECRET clearance | in Sanuary “Dutkanicz clains he was: 5 approached | by KGB ‘personnel in “1958 3 while  avinkime in a bar at Crumstadt, neus Jarmstadt. In the initial con- versation, a combination of threats and inducements. were used to obtain his promise of cooperation. The threata were mostly implied and directed againet relatives in Poland, his immediate family in West  . Germany and 2 atkanics personally. ‘Inducements consisted of promises to sassist. relatives residing behind the Iron “urtain. . He also admits having - been offered mceuey on several occasions, but he allegedly refused to accept payment for his espionage activities. ‘Dutkanicz claims that the | 7 _ EGOA 18262 42- SX- 4617 pean Dl BIGLYL oe Coes ‘DENTIAL ae
13-00000 . y wooo : e @ r Stas? nO Cnnene ENTUAL C- | controlling agency was the KGB. He admits having four meetings with the KGB representatives, who were allegedly from Vienna, Austria, . during the period 1958 to 1960. He was furnished an accommodations | address which he no longer. remembers and was given secret writing © _ oo materials. ‘He claims to have sent only four letters to the accommo~ - ‘dations address and he alleges to have furnished only negative one imminence reports. — ; : '. In May 1960 Dutkanicz informed his SIS handler that he was. being - anvestignted for security reasons and he was advised to apply for ‘leave and defect with his wife and family to the USSR via Austria and. Czechoslovakia. Dutkanicz complied with the instructions. Contact with KGB representatives was established on 26 June 1960 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia; a short distance from Vienna. He and his family then drove to Lvov, USSR, with a Soviet escort. He was subscquently - : exploited. by the Soviets for propaganda purposes. The actual propaganda material was prepared by the KGB based on details furnished by. . oe Dutkanicz. In March 1962 the Soviets permitted his wife to return ‘to an the United States, but the children were retained in the USSR. Dutkanicz was allowed to accompany his wife to the US Embassy in Moscow for making _ the necessary preparations for her return. During this period Dutkanicz ‘made a statement concerning his espionage activities in ‘behalf of the ‘KGB. ; USAREUR Comment ! Although Dutkanicz's confession. was obtained under unusual circum stances, his statements appear substantially true although obviougly incumplete. <A strong possibility exists that he worked for the KGB for a longer period than he admits, and it is probable that Dutkanicz pro- © vided the KGB with considerably more information than negative imminence sreports. His statement that his SIS recruiters were from Vienna-is. —- possibly serrect and is supported by his alleged defection route. His statement that he refused payment from tthe SIS seems unlikely, since he |.” reportedly was spending considerable amounts of money before his. defection. | The case is of unusual significance since it constitutes one of the most serious known penetrations of USAREUR forces by hostile intelligence. “Also important is the fact that Dutkanica's defection was apparently  . instigated by the Soviets for propaganda purposes after he lost access. “to sensitive information. oo . a Additional reports wil be prepargd . as information becomes available. - ‘PREPARED BY PRODUCTION BRANCH, INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, HQ USAREUR, | «APO 403, US FORCES» : * CONFIDENTIAL 20/2872 Yo ‘ oo o rT
13-00000 28 March 1962 “MEMORANCUM FOR THE RECORD Subject: . JAGUAR Request for Questions to be usedin interview ath 2 Mrs. Lilian SLOBODA, wife of American defector Vladimir SLOBODA 1. LOND 0883 (IN 47926) of 23 March 1962 regarding the Subject — Wag discussed with Mr. dames Hunt, DC/CI on 27 March 1962. He was: asked if the Amy had been advised of BEVISION's identification - of SLOBODA as a KGB asent (YT-1192, 16 January 1962) and if this © Co _ 4nformation should be passed to JAGUAR, : Mr. Hunt said that the-: | or a ee ‘Army ‘was somewhat embarrassed about this case since SLOBODA had ot” 2G “flunked or 5 LCFLUTTER examinations" before his defection, so = * the information had not been passed to the Army.~ As noted in ¥T-1192, SLOBODA was not particularly important, according to BEVISION, - ae and Hunt belicved the army assumed he was an RIS agent when he | went over the hill. ar . Soe os 2, Mr, Hunt saw no reason to give the information to JACUAR but sugcested that in our cable we say SLOBODA was presimed, RIS. 3, The Polish Desk said that BEVISION is: ‘currently being | acy interrogated by the Army and they probably will ask him questions Ld about SLO3ODN. no 0 tek. aa Louise sn SR/Cr PRED ij eee eee ren een temic ee eee ene peeves ne nmin ting noee eran see lS names mere rmeat ttmteee mee ait ee ORR naan tented ne a at RB 8 ems Tere eS mmm Ete