JFK Assassination System Date: 4/28/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: CIA RECORD NUMBER: 104-10005-10316 RECORD SERIES: JFK AGENCY FILENUMBER:  201-289248 Document Information ORIGINATOR: DOD . ce FROM: HQ USAREUR/INTEL DIV/PRODUCTION BR. ~ TO: TITLE: CASE SUMMARY OF SOVIET ARMY DEFECTOR SGT. JOSEPH DUTKANICZ \ DATE: 00/00/1964 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : DEFECTOR, USSR DUTKANICZ, JOSE DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: Consulted; 1B CURRENT STATUS: —Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: = 06/18/1993 -OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : OSW11:V51 1993.06.18.17:27:15:900000: REPORT FROM USAREUR. ATT | TO SX-4617. v9.1 - Doclda: 32278009 Page 1
Document Print Date AgencyName AgencyNumber DiskNo Cont rolNo Document id number Recseries Agfileno JFK Box # Vol/Folder Title Tirest a Document Date ‘Whofrom Fromrest Whoto Torest Numpg Originator Daterev Classify Curstat Doctype RC1 RC2 RC3 RC4 RC5 RC6 RC7 Comment Keywords Docld: 32278009 Page 2? (94- toaas-103/6 NARA IDENTIFICATION AID-> 6/18/1293 0 0 0) 1993.06.18.17:27:15:900000 JFK 201-289248 OSW11 V51 CASE SUMMARY OF SOVIET ARMY DEFECTOR SGT. JOSEPH DUTKANICZ > N . ( . rad - a 10/2/1964. ‘ MR Gre wv Xarz HQ-USAREUR/INTEL DIV/PRODUCTION BR. | N . 2 ~ . U ; SAN PAPER Ooo00rRr 0 REPORT FROM USAREUR. ATT 1 TO SX-4617. DUTKANICZ, J. USSR DEFECTOR
ee ‘BOA ~ mise fm Case Sumiary: 2-622 . Case: DUTKANICZ, Joaepf, Set. an - Date(s ) of Activity: 1958- 1960 “"" g June 1926. : Gorlice, Poland ay a : ; Date Neutraliaed: N/a “Hogtile Service: Soviet Intelligence  Rarget: | USAREUR Forces’ CR .. ,, Services (sis), rs probably State ; prs eee CLTiAW HAS NO. ‘oBsECTION- oo Security. Service: (x8) S990 THE DECLASSIFICATION. er” “ps aS SS MHTS’ DOCUMENTS Summene AE SN ceo bi. ‘Dutkanios elaine. he was ‘recruited ‘by representatives of: PL ee f: “ Yntelligence: in West Germany.during:1958. ° A combination of: . threats: and: inducements! were. used to gain. his cooperation. He admits having: had : “oc .fsur meetings. with his Soviet handlers during a two-year. period,, but” - > claims he supplied only limited information to. the KGB. ‘There are,. »how- "ever, sudstantial indications “that the compromise was greater. “His; ‘7 - "espionage activity. was terminated . ‘by. his defection. to the USSR in. June :- -. 1960. He was. subsequently exploited for propaganda purposes: “by. the: ae ~ Soviets. Details of his ‘complicity were obtained. from statements: made, “by” Dutkanica to US. | officials in. Moscone 3° ee J Ree ye “BEX and’ Assi nents on ae “Dutkanies" 8 5 principal. mission was to ‘report. changes: in the’ ‘otatus © cand “@isposition: of USAREUR forces indicating possible preparationa for, . a aes sostilities. He also admits receiving detailed instructions. from the = , STS: which, probably. included additional ” collection ‘EET, but: he, did’ not ° a , elabs ‘rate. on _ these missions. “+ oe “Regrei tment end Modus Operands : ‘Dutkeniezy a’) naturalized us. ‘citizen porn in Poland,” ‘was. shipped | ‘to. 7 ‘Goveany. in.1943 asia slave: laborer and immigrated to the United Ststes faftor ‘World War II. Ne was; drafted into, the US Army ‘in. 1951: and® WAS: sergeant in the 32nd ‘Signal: Battalion,’ ‘Darmstadt, at the» time: of: defection. He is a convinced liberal and. has espoused ‘leftist causes: which led to. a _ evden and, ‘revocation’ of his SECRET. Clearance. in January - = © Datkanies claims he. was approached by KGB } personnel, in “1958 while “drinking in a bar at Crumstadt, neu Varmstadt. °In the initial: con-.S: 4. ‘:versation, a combination of threats and inducements were used to obtain “his. premise of cooperation, °° The threats were mostly ‘implied. and : ~ “ directed against relatives in- Poland, his” immediate family in West” “Germany -and latkanicg personally. ‘Inducements consisted of promises .to . * “assist relatives. residing behind the: Iron. Curtain. .He also admits. having .  , been offered money on several occasions, ‘but he allegedly: refused to:. : . accept payment for his espionage activities.’ ‘Dutkanicz claims that the © "A pocumenr IDENTICAL TO THIS oo Ole 2EIAYE AALS “< WAS i aa FOR PELRASE AL BOOA 1856972" Docld: 32278009 Page 3
i PESO 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 - materials. He claims to have sent only four letters to the accomno- dations address and he alleges to have furnished only negative imminence reports. . > In May 1960 Dutkanicz informed his SIS handler that he was. being _ —_ investigated 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 Lvév, USSR, with a Soviet escort. He waa subsequently * exploited by the Soviets for propaganda purposes. The actual propaganda ‘ . ° material was prepared by the KGB based on details furnished by ~ (:. . —— Dutkanicz. In March 1962 the Soviets permitted his wife to return to : ‘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: ‘mak ing the. necessary preparations for her return. During this period Dutkanicz made a statemant concerning his espionage activities in behalf of. the KGB. = os USAREUR Comment Although Dutkanic2! 8 confession wad obtained under unusual “odroum-, stances, his statements appear substantially true although obviously” incomplete. A strong possibility exists that he worked for tho KGB for a longer period than he admitea, and it is probable that Dutkanicz pro- ; _ vided the KGB with considerably more information than negative imminence “reports. His statement that his SIS. recruiters were from Vienna-is -. possibly correct and is supported by his alleged defection route. His .- gtatement that he refused payment from the SIS seems unlikely, since he - wo “> reportedly was spending considerable amounts of money before: his. wetoceion: . The case is of unusual significance since it constitutes one‘ of the most ar ‘serious known penetrations of USAREUR forces ‘by hostile intelligence. - Also important is the fact that Dutkanicz's defection was apparently a , instigated by the Soviets for propaganda purposes: after ‘he, lost access . os _to-sensitive information. a , (/ aaesont reports wil be separga « as information soot cooincane. ee . i Be Se PREPARED BY PRODUCTION BRANCH, INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, HQ .USAREUR, © ' . APO 403, US FORCES: CRORMOEMHAL 20) 29924F VS CS copy EGOR 1826244 — Docld:32278009 Page 4
© Woon pence. 4 oa oo. ot "ne an tas 3Q, 0 Soins 2 n2: DURKANTCZ, Soaopt’ ‘Sete 2 fae 9. June 1926" | oe an _ Gorlice,, Poland» ne, “Uostile Service: soviet “Intelligence : . Services (SIS); >> probably: State. 3), Security Service (6B) * ue sy we oo ‘Summary PO _Dutkaniee claims. he was recruited ‘by ‘roprosentatives of: Soviet: . a intelligence: in West ‘Germany during :1958. ° A combination of, ‘threats’ and: wee | inducenents' were. used to gain, his cooperation, He admits having had n : ; four meetings. with | his Soviet. handlers during & two-year period,, but’ wee : me claims he supplied only limited information to the KGB. There ares, , how=. ee goon ever, substantial indiéations © ‘that. the compromise was gréater., Hi moto _ espionage activi ty, Was terminated by his defection. to. the USSR An 1960. od e ui > : “Dutkani¢a, ewe . | Getmany: in. 1943" as: a! valave’ “laborer ‘and Snaigrated to the United’ Stotes /aftor World War. ” sergeant Jin. ‘the | defection, © -, drinking ina ‘bar at “Crumstadt,,: nea’ varmatadt. “versation, a combination of threate and inducements were ‘used pages “his. promise of cooperation. The- threats were mostly ‘implied: and “ direc ted against relatives in’ Poland, his immediate: family ‘in. West. . Germany : and litkanicz personally: ‘Inducetients consisted of ‘promises -bo- » assist relatives. residing, behind : ‘the: Iron: Curtain. . He also; admits, having been. offered money on several occasions,” ‘bat he allegedly’ refused’ to , cept payment for his espionage. activities, ‘Dutkanioz, clains that the Docra: 32278009. “page: 5.