AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10211-10459 HQ SEE TITLE Document Information FBI TEETER, FRANKLIN B. DIRECTOR, FBI [Restricted] 10/16/1959 5 DLH, ASSOC, MED/PERS HIST, RES, EMP PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B; 1C; 4 Redact 05/14/1998 INDEFINITE NW-45808 DociId:32293683 Page i Date: 5/26/201
7 ' e _ . ‘ ~\ re NOS . i oy asia SECRET : « Kev ex ae FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ke _— at Cr Office of Origin NEW YORK |} Reporting Office TITLE OF CASE Report made by FRANKLIN B - CHARACTER OF CASE (INTERNAL SECURITY. - RY (3(u Typed By: oim Report of SA FRANKLIN B. TEETER dated 1/24/59, at New York. = Pp J ) | 1 Z& \¢ Upon learning that the viet mates Juno occupied an * Gene at 40 west 84th|Street, New York City, CS ad or the summer, had moved out! (9/9 59), New York Office Ycontacted the owner of (40 West 84th] Street, New York OS Qity, and.also the building superintendent at(G6Cs_) aN West 84thJStreet, New York City, in an effors. ig ‘Obtain a cover apartment from which special nvestigative techniquesjcould pefaperated againsel3I | ct i I IC Aiea oO , : “Special Agent j : in Charce ‘ Cbpies made: . - - D5 |. FER. mundeu (Gos- coma a ag Leos OZ — Sf} au | New Yor 105 276 pproved | aN | 7° OCT 1919) ; aC rae 5 dot) tak -_ NC _ { , ~ JO we » SVE BO 972\ 6g OS piMy pihsgs \ Sue Ee RAYA [0-BO- 7K AC Hyp 3Hf oo Tal | | NEAT ED f BY ¢ let oD BOE y cee ae an , RD \ \ secret yy = —— ' dperty of FBI — This report is loaned: to ‘you by Whe: 6 FBI, and neither it nor its contents are to be distributed outside the’ camncri which lggned. . . . SAY | oth U. 8. (GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1986 O—S85319 ; s | oh... . 4. i . BQ 2 LAY Us. | oe ee ay eee | - AX OY” NW 45808 DociId:32293683 Page 2
-—- ~ . f - “le iad . , - fsecren |\KKU) [re 105- 27651 |@y [apuinrsonattve CONT'D Ko) With reference to the A coher soe, identifie OTHER 4 by as being acquainted with|KOVALEV,/{ attention is S) called to the fact that the New York Offic Ss currently conducting background investigation regarding this individual and plans in future to give consideration to developing “her as a PSI. However, attention_is called to New York airtel dated 9/10/59, captioned " PSI - DESECO - R", which reflects derogatory information concerning some of EPSTEIN'S Ré1latives. This information will be taken Re consideration in evaluating} her double agent potential TG s) | For the information of the Bureau, Ww Yor does not plan to give consideration to developing Dea I R, "| who also identified as an associate of [Rov ae a(S) PSI because of his ad@egedly having undergone psychiat treatment in past. However, NY has opened a contact case 7 on HARBER and will upon the completion of this investigation ae will evaluate this [individuals doubte agent potential ]@) - “In connection with the party given Pv ovate ts (Ss) in December, 1958, as reported by CSNY[2 it is noted that this is undoubtedly ytze es e Christmas Party about which Ny 2601-S and.:PSI LA NCE LESTE ssf have previously furnished information. directed to the fact , one of the individuals Ing present at the partylg (i Concerning th ther individual. identified by [eo83 S, as being present at the December, 1958 party, nome J. Y VERNER, attention is called to the fact that VERNER is the subject of NY closed file 105- -29584 (@ &) that NY 2601-S is identified by CSNY ' COVER PAGE . NW 45808 DociId:32293683 Page 3
five 105-27651 J) INFORMANTS Identity : File Number Where / of Source Located T-1 Instant report - pg. 3 Furnished orally to OTHER 1B,1C SA FRANKLIN B, TEETER perintendent a Be pctreet C82 ‘| New York (By Request)” 105-27651-174, 185 edie - | 105-27651-173 ; ) a Sny "tae 105-27651-196 6) 105-27651-172, 189 and : OTHER 4 — 160 Claremont Avenue, _ Instant report - pg. 6-8 New York City, m Furnished telephonically Instructor of Japanese, AW . to SA JOHN C. HESSIN Columbia any ey Lo (By Request ) NY T- ; 105-27651-168 |(< Jor EP Kp i COVER PAGE LR) ecepos . ’ mB hn Can &! { eer. (>? a “SS \" \e A NW 45808 DociId:32293683 Page 4
Foecren |e | fier omsreale (zzz. CONTACTS AND assocrates |G VU [wien ny 2-5 NY 2-5 [iu . 7 y On July 7, 1959 and August 13, 1959, NY T- voluntarily furnished information to the New York Office of the FBI concerning his past association with various (Soviet nationals attached to the UN... One these Soviet nationals was Translator LEONID A. KOVALEV 5) Subsequently on September 17, 1959,. the informant voluntarily furnished the_ below set forth details concernin his orginal meeting with (KOVALEV and their subsequent contacts: S} S I formant first net fcovareyf 2 a party which he (ny ‘Te 5) gave at-his place of residence some jtime in June, 1958. “Informant cage ries Bowsers, IVAN ‘ENORI and BORIS Oo this part However, aNouedas W Bi} unable-toagtend the affair and KOVALEV[ game In his place. pa T-5 related that most of the people present at this party were instructors and pupils from the Berlitz -Sechool -of Languages, New.York City, at which school the informant was an instructor at that time. Informant further ‘related, that among the people present: at this. parey » S)[KOVALEY] was friendliest with{DENNIS HARBER, 454 West 22nd Street, Apartment 4wW, New York City, who was also a Berlit instructor. NY T-5 stated that during the party HARBER became. somewhat intoxicated and began talking about Communism in Spain. NY T-5 advised that as a result of tigis meeting at the above referred to party, he and[KOVALEV[ecided to exchange[gnglish and Russ! arf anguage lessons. Thereafter, “=f for approximately four weeks they met on succeeding Wednesdays (g) 4 -6- | amas % > \ SECREV SNES SD. I A PS Ai &. a : tH = - anne! « ° wees ite tte 7 ee NW 45808 DociId:32293683 Page 5
NY T-5 related that on July 30, 1959, he and -ANNETTE EPSTEIN visited’ [KOVALEV at the uN Ae hey spent about 30 minibes tggether drinking and cofversing [in the UN cocktail lounge S)According to the informant, is necting, [i was eneral social topics. During this meeting, Povatey{zloentea an invitation from the informant to attend a par t NY T-5's residence on August 8, 1959, but achuakly did not attend this function. He contacted the informant on August 9, 1959, apologized for not havaingg attended the party, and gave as his excuse the fact that his automobile had broken down, and he was uhable to make the trip back to New York City from his summer residence in Rye, New York. @) In connection with the DENNIS HARBER. [ho attended the June, 1958. party T-5 advised that h ear tha HARBER|Q34 met and was friendly with (KOVALEV efore this party, and that they had gone-out socially on several occasions. Informant further advised that he had heard ® from anot instructor at the Berlitz School that HARBE had undergone psychiatric treatment at a veterans! hospital in the New York City area. However, NY T-5 stated that-he thought ) presently resides somewhere in the htiddle West. [itn wy 2-6 NY T- -6 [egw On August 12, 1959, NY T-6 voluntarily furnished the New York Office of the FBI with the below set forth details of his association withGoviet Translator LEONID A, KOVALEV and his wife, RIMMA KOVALEVA: { 5) Informant av that h as an English instructor (SE the wi in 1958. /[RIMMA KOVALEVApSs one of severalfSoviets]{S) emales, who attend 35 of his classes. Informant came friendly with [KOVALEVA nd as a result she invited him to attend party which was given by her husband,/{LEONID A. KOVALEV, in December, 1958, at their residence. | 5) -8- . ’ i a - Oe - : ° a cat Fn et NW 45808 DociId:32293683 Page 6 ee 5