‘(104-10210-10001 Leypah, PRS puet Saay caeme pth at Be aE REBAR : é US Meso fo. 6632 20 Jenuary 1964 ‘ . . MEMOHABEUN FOR: Chief, sP/cT EYRBIECE ": Goviet Docuventetion Informetion Concerning OVIR ; (Vien om} Fegistration fection) of MJD in the ' Fell of 1959 - Case 4393 REFERERCE : Your ore? request for TOD/NS Suppert en 33 December 1663. - 1. This memorendias confirms the information paesed verbally te Hr, Stewart of SR/CI by lar. Sowanke of TeD/M on 31 docasver | 1563, ‘Hee information eongisted of Pen/T5 coments om qucstlons a presented by Mr. Stewart in his verbal reqiest on ) December 1663. : The attachment includes edditicnal inferumtiaa on OVIR orgenizntioas, i subordination, gud functions as related to ‘ts control over fore!gne t eru visiting the USCR. Primary attention will be given the period (fall 1959) concerned in the request. 2. Please oien the etteched original Pequest For TD/DS 5 Support Yorn (D-108) end retura to TUD/D2. ‘ . . 3. If £20 ocvegeentes are being comeidered for further distri- : bution, 46 is requested that the tranmitting correspensence te eoordinated with this offices h. fay quections on thie matter con be referred to Mesers. Bovarike er Bugel, extension 2654, 221 vest Out Ballding. ie Chier, Sonus SS techoest: os stated Motribution: Original & 1 ~ Addressce w/atte. 1 ~ DB File, 1 - 18 Chrono 1 - DI File, (i) Case 4390 all w/atte? np/P/Tsp/0B/1:D. Bowanko:prk f ev pereeemmeneneeeareesnnnsipesee at ngnsninnN anesthe RA Mphtedes—e8 Se 2 ee a ohana na
14-00000 ere TSD COMEI Of OVIR (VISA AND REGISTRATION FECTION) OF THE USSR Your specifie questions are ansvereé Lelov with additicasl iaforms- tion related te esch cuesties. Question A. what te OVIR? Anever - OVIR is the abbreviation for OTOEL VIZ I FMGISTHATEIY Uiisa an& Registration fection) whieh in 1959 was subordinate to the Main Administration of Militia, MVD (iuietrr. of Intermal Affairs) on the All-ikiom level and to cither the Wi (Upravlentye Militeii) or UyD (Uoravleniye Voutremiikh fel) on Nepublic, Colast or City level. ‘the MVD ves replaced by M00P (-Unistries for the Protection of Publie Order) in the letter part of August exé@ during Septesher 1502. OVIR's primry function te the : exercise cf control over foreiguere in the On. Branches uf . CVIR aro lecated in most af the large cities of the toviet ; Unien. fose eerve an entire oblast or republie rather than . . ' just a city. séAitional Information - A stay in the USSR, even of short éuratica reqiirca (Gat the visitor register vith “he Soviet erorities. Sinse the fall ef 1999 end wrtil September 1062 : thie registration kas taxes two forms, os deseribed below. oy i. otel Registration - Most tourlste heve been registered by. the hetel.uhere they spent.their: first might .in.- the USTR. In many cases the first hotel reciatretion is all , that ie placed in the tourist's passport reooniless of the ti itinerary ef the bearer. In a few cacea subsequent hotel regiae £ , trotions heve been eddied. There ia mo known reneoa for the ; vuriones in procedures. An “intourist* representative, a ‘ monber of the hotel sadministration or possibly aa OVIR repre- ; ; . sentative at hotels may haaile hotel registrations aad the ; { yoocing om of thoee peesports which require an OV1E extension | : er chewe. We ara not care of OViR'e role in oimple hotel it registrations. Attectaent to: [8 Memo Bo. 6631 Pege -1 ery “Reig
_srethepacm eerste stenoses hitce EIA TTA IO INE I ACER IAS agape dl Sebheangeaattl a aa 2. OVEN Ferietration - Travelers not having tourist vieas (excepting ¢ eipleatic persone) ) normally guet resister with OVIR, or with Fro (Pacportne-imgletretsionnry Otdel - Peaeport Tegigtration Section) wich «a subortlonte to the Ailitia om eity evi ocblest.ievele wexiiwhich exreuwea: OVI’ fumttions in throw: mrces act havine on Cyn. this rogietration teses place in the city uhore the first ovarnirtrt etey ie ode. fererally the authorived itinermry ‘6 plecod tu the registre- tion cachet. in come cases the rertatresian to handled by the trereler personmlly out “Inteuriet” emd hotel mrtherities have eesisted by ypasuing the treveler's passport te Ovi ate aw. Teganiless of type cf visa (except diploumtic) alt extensions or changee muct be made by CVIN. ines 10 met visitors aimly receive hotel registratiangs. OVI entries are wade only when oxtciaions or changes are required. Gestion BD. Lor many OVils ere there ia Monoov? fooeer ~ Dased ou a review of waliéating cachet mebers, OVIR registreticn mrbecs and OVIK efficer sicgumturce it ia belicved thet in 35359 there wes only om: OVIR in Moceew. It was to this office thet ressports collected by howels, sullitia rt - offices (Tasportiyy Stal), hoos and the “foreiim seetiona™ of onivergities, ware. seus of broucnt. personally by the boarvr for” GVTR regictretions or changes. ffeitional Information - A eingle OVIR affice also seema the caso in ceveral olber arena (Citdea of. ieningred. and. Kiev,. and... _ the Ropublice «=f Avorbeyiches, Lithuania, Laivin, and Potouus). AG least in ome erca, Tashkent, Ushek SOR, there +s evidence that three cerarate wolidsting cachet mmbersa vere in use Curing 1953: 138 by OVIR UM (Uprevlentye Milttsii) Urbek ner, 3b by PRO UVD Tachhent Oblast Ispolkoa end 419 by PRO U1 Geshkent Gorsoveta. Attachesst to: To Hee Hoe. 6631 «Page <2 ase ‘ ¥ SEG: ici - 7 7 ~ "a, ‘ sea ides scsipasnanecsingraane ie teres me ey OAS MTD OTST Sn te amen datnagtime sane cab abe were toed et
14-00000 —- . sect it ppoeeree OLAD OTSR SEALER ITE PELE EY PIO a i LAE i aca se antag sb eieS PRA RDI BIE YER TOILE ITE TIO TI sf en Ak cael aa i“ o - ; ; All OVIR vegistretions, extensions and charwes are validated ivy an OVIR enachet. There wore chasres. in the. text of these cachete in 1001 end late 1962. The text changes re- flected euverment adainistrative recorgunizetions. Pech OVIR : hes @ tvo or three digit omer which is part of this : VAlifiating cachet. fhe meter epperently change camoually.. A review of the O7IR registration mmtere in Moacer enf Leainered reverlad thet they are icsucd in mmerical order, indiecting @ contral comtral in these cities. Caly teo 4ltiaremt cignatures crpeear on the approcie ; metely SO different 1999 Moscow OFIR cackets reviewed. (ne of i these wes aiveys preocied by tbe vordé “ca” nemning “for” 1.@. gathorised to sign far. All CYIR veciotraticas and changes in : bmacew during 1099 ere by OVIR or OVLII, (the lest letter standing for “IHOSERAN EV" mening for foreigners), ‘JVD Meogorsoreta (Noscoy city coumeil). Ts slenetures noted Gbhove eppeared interthamuently on both registretiang and chenges. Ne Noses Oblast registrations were noted. As previously noted OVIR registretion is normally @everplished at the first major city visited by the traveler, @ad ehawld other cities appear on tne treveler's Liinerory they ere entered on the registretion cachet. Usually no further OVIN extries are made et the other cities (excepting eacitional hotel registrations: ig‘ some" isstences) unless the treveler mgsete es extension or cramse. ho doregictrietion entries eppcar ig the paseport woon departing the USCR. Atgver « She location of tho OVIR in Moseey ie unimown. ° Quention DB. Ie eg OFIR located at either of the following BLASER? i. Ogareva Uliten a Attachment to: TR Meso Bo. 6631 Page -3 | | | t { “f ‘ i I
14-00000 “Race gee ese OE ee lace tai res eter aa seifatiche ee aeR ssn eng EA AT ON se aA 3 Answer ~ Ho information. 7 Additional Information - The 1997 telephone @trectory end the | igsd eddress book for Moscoy locate the following MVD organs rs &s follows: Glavnoye Usrevlentye Militel’, MVD SSER - ul. Ogareva, € Upravleniye Militeii, MVD BCVTR - ul. ogareva, 6 Upravlentye Ymutremukh Del impolkoma Nogobleoveta - ul. Dslinskogo, 3 fesportayy Otdel UVD Ispolkoma Mosobleoveta - Duragovekiy p., LL Upravleniye Virtremikh Del Ispulkormm Mosgorsoveta - Petrovia, 38 Paaportnyy Ctdel UVD Ispolkeem viosgorsovete - Leningredskiy Proap., 16 . | PRO UVD Mosoblicpolkoma ~ 2-aya Mechehanslays, 97 PRO UVD Mosgorispolkoma - Leningradskoye Sh., 22 Stol Rakhick (Lost and Found Buresu?) UYD Meagoriepolkema - Putrovia, 30 (for information concerning lost documents) Gwstion FE, Is there en OVIK in Hinek? Anger - The available informxtion indicates thet an O7IR wes Tecated in Minak in 1955. Ito validating cachet member we 359. i Question Fi Teer the “és ping the dete” (until plug the Sate) i to “the 6 OVIR R registention placed | in a fore: ammer'g presport in | Moseow mean that he must leave tha country by uidnight ef the | preceding dabe or ou the date indicated? { | &ttechment to: UB Nemo Fo. 6631 atte Suse {POD Neasdefemncemnaencanrntcvsadttensn BnLeaserwann dectlenntlibinsitntetrpeet teen eee eh etn SERA A TE Rt + Se SAEs ete tnttei ee ene 2 teh eat ttenentt retin tate hens Ai ' . “a .
14-00000 sate ieee DST OHA RPO A TUITE Se PONT LEN MLL EIT ELE LW, IE NF SI ESTO TET, TLE TEE nies san snags aya pre is ome Anever = ~ A review of 6 mmber of legal traveler donwunte indicates that although many people leeve ceveral days prior to or right on the day preceding the “dn” date, just os muy Leave on the “do” éste and e fev even several anys after. These latter inetances could be 6.2 to the iack ef evaileble transportation leaving the USSR. It is TOR/MS's belief that. . @ treveler cas he required to leove by midnight of the day preceding the “de” date. Adfitionn] Infommtion - 4n erros similar te that mentioned in our diseucnioa 1.6. Gvis entering the wrene date in the viea extension, has been noted in the pert. dhorther this ue imtentiqual or simply ea erroueous cabry comet bs dotermzined. én OVIR regietrmtion ie mce valid for the peried guthoriesed by tne vica. Thus, if the vise guthorises a 3) Gay ctey, the OVIN regictration will be good for 3) dnys orem the date of entry into a comtry (oo from the dete of regis= tration vhich may be several days leter). otiom @ = Dees the following (token from tho tourist's aote eny significance? “Wha ~ D. A. VINER" faswer + TED/TS cannot Grternise the eignificames of this note. Sttachmert to: 08 Memo Ho. 6631 fege 5 ° Sen : 5 ovk
14-00000 . en . a are 5 alee “ ere Pinger 200ctn dey tonty jet ape * eo SECRET FEQUESTING OFFICE CONTEOL NO CATE CF FEQUELT ‘ i REQUEST FOR TSD,DB SUPPORT Se thigngrn wer | DBe 63 a : ; 830000 _ | 3a dec 63_ NAME Ci REQUESTOR ALTERNATE ORGANIZAT:O*. AND LOCATION TEXTENSION | DATE RECEIVED __ Damen Stevart | a/CT™ a 30 Dec 63° REQUEST FICEIVED BY ‘Name! | REFERRED FO8 ACTION TO —_ SY PROIECT NADAL SECTION S: 1 OR CRVPIO pRONECT Gificéa su! Tan Bovenke TYPE OF SUPPORT AUTH [T]HE ca i} Ome 2X7 —_ ev e— é ‘ Documentation | Informition — . REQUEST witiade oe of items, number of vers, curpose items wil terve, document country, use country. ec the requestor called T2D/NB/1 at epproximtely 1430, 30 Decenber 1963 and seed for em exnl response to the folloving questions: 1. Does the “do plus the date” (until plus the dete) in the OVIR (Visa and Pegistretion Section) registration pleced in a foreigner's poseport im Moscow moan that he aust leave the country by oidnight of the preceeding date or om the date indicated? 2 Whee ts OVIR? 3-e How uany OVIR's are there in Moscov? k, Where are they located? Are cither of the follaring OVIR eddreeses? — @. OQgarevn Uliten; b. Kolpachnyy pereulok $9 § Does the folloving have eny significance? f "Yinh-Ddi. VLDEDA* ' fhe ease involves an American tow-.ct who visited Moscoy in October 1959. His Passport is not presently available. i. aoove quections are based om a mote book | RECORD OF ACTION — ~ kept by the ¢ouriat. He was issued a Soviet vien in a foreign comtry (umspecified) valid for six (G6) days after erosoing the Soviet border. ‘he Moscow OVIR registretion iniicated that he could stay in the country until the 22nd (do 22-090), presumably of. October: 1099... te: hed his-viea extended, but-poeeibly errencously, the O2ad was once again entered as the "do" date. He wee cubsequceatly informed that he would have te lenve the country by midnight of the 2let. (Somehow he smnaged to stay cn. Hp éetaile wore provided). Oa errival in Mescoy (Re ves alone) he vas met by on iutourict guide who took : & him to a hotel. Information comcerning e hotel registretion vas not evailable. . : Requestor @id not know if the vies was a touriet vion (4.e. mrked tourist). * . GROUP 1} B-108 {Jan. °63) SECRET facluded from automane downgtading end declassfication