Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 3107 Hotes. DATE: 11-14-2017 a JFK Assassination System . "Date: 6/10/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10224-10274 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: — 61-10448-27, 28 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LEG, OT TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: — 07/13/1949 PAGES: 11 SUBJECTS : ' + [Restricted] DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 01/13/1997 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC 2 LTR, MEMO, TTY v9.1 : 6 Docld: 32298994 Page 1
"Released under - -the John: F. Ken DATE: -11- -14- 27017 ~ assination Regords foltection Act of 1992 (44 usc 2107 e i | re JOLY 29, 1949 / : . on os CONBRE NY TAL SAC, NEW YORK ..isee(URGENTsttesee  TOLS TOs oe = TOLSTOY, or fSbeciat, INQUIRY, RCMP REBULET JULY TY WENT YSEVEN LAST, DISCONTINUE, INVESTIGATION. £0 _ GEN die AS HOOVER (~ ADYVESED aM  SEPTS od V4 “ATR ei i . ALL TPORMATTON conrat¥E, Con | SERRINIS UNCLASSIFIED. ./ . EXCEPT wane SHOWN . gf 7 “corms 5 DESTROYED SG Poy — —-RBG# uu & 180% as . > po fh, } , or. Tolson. _ { a co yet gies ig— Ge brs Ladd : wr. Nichols” uc. Rosen — Da a ue “CONF, TIAL jonr, , < : furs PennTngton . ‘ a oe grene %. or hey ' Docld:32298994 Page 2
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hovey - f DATE: 11-14-2017 ; a SEGRE a ee op ppg ad ee L/ [tie | | United States Department of Iustice be Sederal Bureau of Investigation er, = Liaison Office, Ottawa, Canada me —] CONFDRENTIAL | | ae I AIRMAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY July 25, 199. Tet . r Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of investigation, U.S. Department of Justice, — Washington, DeCe PA Re: _ @ Tolstoj; aa - f Special Inquiry - ok | Dear Sir: | ® i, Reference is made to a letter from this Office dated July 13, 1949, captioned as above fopwarding a ! request from the R.C.M.P. to have Countes#Tolstoj, who™ 7 owns a farm in the vicinity of New York City, interviewed relative to a person of. the same name claiming to be NO - a relative.of hers and who had come under suspicion in . Octewae oe with a visit to one M. Chramtchenko in a awae Y(3) oe The ReC.MeP. now advise that their oeeefeation / { has shown that the original suspicions of Tolstoj are unfounded, that he actually had been in Ottawa during , _dune, 1944 and contacted Chramtchenko in ‘connection with ‘his desire to dispose of some paintings, and that he had me through mutual acquaintances obtained considerable ae | information concerning Chramtchenko. R65) i In view of the results of the R.C.M. Pe inquiry. : ‘they now advise that it is not necessary to interview (Countess Tolstoj and that no action is necessary relative fe Sj \to this matter. Kb) are i . ae Very truly yours, _ | ce $ _ Declassify on: ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN ts SUNCEASSIF IED: 7 Docld: 32298994 Page 3
Ss TT ar EL ET) Rn ne SL EIEEZ 7 i] ~ | Released unde he f “DATE; 499011 oo : BAC, Bow York, oy - oo, eo . “suly ot, 1949 : | ae : Direotor, FAT Se one . " Bufilo el-Loeaes ie 4d clare ROLSTOSS ‘TOLSTOy DE <CQROED - VE san su CEU Rory ‘there ie. “onélosed with this letter a eopy ¢ or a. “Lett ter dated duly. 13, . 19a9,. received from Gleni He Bathel of the Liaisen Office im Ottawa, Canidae - = As you will note, ‘tire Bethel eneloges a six page memorandua with hig. letters - A copy of thie six page memorandum is also. sriolozed with this letter. These =. 400 enclosures are sel?-explanatorye gar eo 9 Phe investigation desired. ds alse outiLined in these. two ‘enelosur as o Ee. 4s believed that the Countess Toletoj sontioned in the enclosure is in -!> ’ faet Mise “Alexandre | Tolstoy. akeeg- Countess Tolstoy, HD-483, You are, ine struotad . to. interview ABS eoncerning the information outlined in the - ' gnelosed menoranduns i this interview should ‘ho conduoted immediately - and the. results: submitted ‘pronptly 89 that the» informtion oan “be furnished — | ; ; . S wate poe ys) We sek sofm Va “an a 7 if a i ao ce “ oe har CAS” SLIP(S OF NS ,  cosmamieaTiOnS “Secron] : MALLED a SUL 27 1949 PA, FEDERAL QUGEAU GF INVESTIGATION 6.8 DFPATEET OF HHBTICE. . | pr . Docld: 32298994 Page 4 e}.
fReleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Nopey DATE: Tirta 2047 a 5 : ik | oe te Qo tase =i SECRET : r United States Department of Iustice ' . Federal Bureau of Investigation — AIR MAIL STtFLED SHOWN Liaison Office, Ottawa, Canada oo july 13, 1949 , , . ‘ om \ } pe . 'Mre J. Edgar Hoover: —_ /GONFDSENTIAL hy i eat Sh cad > Lip ee = EXCEPT WH OTHERWISE: , AMD INFORMATION CONTAINED - Director Federal Bureau of Investigation UeS. Department of Justice Washington, D.C, 4 Oto Aa a TOES RD Tt beans a IMIS uNenas ca tae! OLN SoTig | Re: (TOLSTOS 5 __ TOLSTOY ‘f | - ISCO S/ 13 |2¢ Ons Tor 5 POISTOY fo - Special Inquiry - RCMP ; f | Dear Sir: . oF N O Forwarded herewith, arg/two copies of a statement “ submitted to the RCMP by one M.@CHRAMTCHENKO covering details of a visit he had in Ottawa with\an Individual who furnished his name as TOLSTOJ. CHRAMTCHENKO, a former White Russian now residing in Ottawa where he is employed by the Canadian National Research Council on work of a classified nature, and where he is considered quite reliable, voices certain suspicions ~ _.of TOLSTOJ. These suspicions, which are set forth in some Wyetatz in the enclosure, were aroused since TOLSTOJ told what ; appeared an illogical story concerning the circumstances lead- ae ing up to the contact of;,CHRAMTCHENKO. TOLSTOJ claimed that SeQv a person by the name of ATDCHTE An Montreal furnished aN Wis, CHRAMTCHENKO's address / . re \ knows nobody by the name of RITCHIE, that it was very odd ARS Co him and CHRAMTCHENKO claims that he iY BPS S thet TOLSTOJ should know as much of CHRAMTCHENKO's background. %} Sy as he was able to relate, and further, that he, CHRAMTCHENKO, “ SUEY ha only recently changed his address in Ottawa and that it — cy BX rould have been impossible for any casual acquaintance, such 3 8 RITCHIE would have to have been, to have known his present - BS address. Further, CHRAMTCHENKO indicates that TOLSTOJ's back- . “A&A =O ground and past activities as related during a conversation , Nias: SX did not appear logical. It is quite evident that CHRAMTCHENKO ' _ ‘believes that TOLSTOJ may be connected with the Russians and that this contact was for a purpose other than endeavoring or \aJte solicit CHRAMTCHENKO's assistance in disposing of some al “2S paintings as TOLSTOJ tried to have the informan $ It will be noted that in the paragrap jv7 Phe bottom of page five of CHRAMTCHENKO's statement it is - | COPIES DESTROYED |. | ge 4G | Sup BGS JUNI E 1961 4 %>. RECORDED - 124° ) ie) ie * . . : . ay ght  Hettif> fe 4 SECRET Docld: 32298994 Page 5