404-10128-10008] a 31 Octoner 1960 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Security Research Staff PROM : M, DG Stevens SUAIJECT > American Defecrors Reference i3 made to a verbal requeel to you from the DC/OS for ine formation rexarding any American citizens who have defected to the USSR, Red China, or other Satellite-countries curing the past eighteen moathgeamn. other than Sernon F, MITCHELL. and William H. MARTIN, and five other defectors regarding whom Mer, OTEPKA of the State Department Security Orfice already has information (i.e. Robert Rdward ¥EBSTER, £18854; Lee Harvey USYALD, M5-11164; Libero KICCIARDELLI, BM 523295; Viade imir SLOBODA, ¥5-10565; and Jossph DUTKANICZ, MS-19724), ‘ecurity files reflect that the subjects of the attached memoranda are edditional American citizens who have defected to the Soviets or thsir Satetlites during the past eighteen months, Several of the above referred to defoctora have been of interest to CIA: Hornert Les NORTHRUP, 48923, was a staif employee of this Agancy from May 1951 to hay 1953, A more detailed eummary than that includsd in the attacked group hae been prepared on him, Robert Zdward WEBSTER, E£-18852, and Nicholas PETRULLI, Zéi- 19439, were snbjecvol OO/C requests on 29 May 1959 and 15 June 1939, respectively, with a view to their being debriefed upon their returns fram visite to Ruseisa, Neither wae interviewod by CLA, either osiors or after their visite. , With reference to Nicholas PETRULLI, it ie noted that hia cousin, Michael Thomas SCHIRALLI, SSD 34258, is a former CIA Covert sm-. ployes, who waa assigned tol , FJ- (CHOPErULand also took pazt in PBSUCCESS. As of July 1954 he was to pe do>riefed as he chose to return te private employment, SCHIRALLI advieed during an IRD interview in May 1953 SCHIRALLI was born and raised en Long Isiand; and subsequently was empioysd in various places on Long Island. From February to April 1950, he was employed by a TY firm in Valley Strearn, Long Island; ae ee eee ee at the time of hia inter- view, PETRULLI was employed ae a sheet metal worker in Valley Sirearn,
14-00000 es the tiene be feft the U. S. for Ruesla in 195% ead his five bretheve Live ca Long tetaad. . Yladimis ELOBODA te carrently of interest te Security ia view of his aseigue ' exent (evier te hie defection te the Seviet Union, vis fast Germany, en 3} Augest , 1966}. te the S$t3th Military Intelligence Greup in Frankfurt, Germaay, {EGIS Ceater). Heve be had ceatact with at leact one representative of CLA ned wes in & position to have learned the identities of CIA personnel at the EGIS Center. Willlars A. MORGADM hes >een of imtercet to Security 1a that oa 27 March 1799, CIO eequssted & chech on hia, In connection with’ hie ceatemplated uve by thes. SCetna Deax/ WH Yor parposesof contact and denricfing. However, *H cancelled ‘ie request ae of 5 May 1959. ae cae Edwerd NIXON, on & September 1966, approached @ CIA agent In Freddy's Bar ia Damaecee and engaged him in conversation, following which eur sgent ferad himeecti ander surveillance, The serveilisace continued fer two days, afier which ear @gent wee appreached in Freddy's Ber by au usknaowa GZ efficer whe asked him abest NIXON; and thereafter the surveillance ceased, (The owner of Freddy’s Bar had reported MIXUP to G-2, ae he sald he wae ruining hie bueinees.) While defectors te Ceba aad the UAR may noi technically >¢ defectere te Seviet Satellite coantries, it eeeres a close thing, aud the names of such kaown defectors io the psot eighteen ne@athe have been in duded in this memorandum. mM. D, Stevens OS/SB Sshé DSi je