(404-10219-10285 pe eee re erences tte ee ea pete See la a LN Ma! eR A AEDST ak Oh A at Ee PoE op tote nent “eS mers tats o a tee ‘ee be ceet os cask HX-i1 81 Febeuary 1361 MEMOBANDUMFOR: The Ospartment of State wirestas, Cifkes of Sccurtty ATTENTION: tig. Emevy J. Adams SUBJECT? MARTIN, William a - -.. . MITCHELL, Bereca mee ee i, Reference ia mada to your letter of 3k Cutchor 1962 eagttoned “MARTIN, Witllem and MITCHELL, Burton, end to pour geceat lettar of 16 Janucry $462, eaptioasd as absve, yuur file reference STM MU. & Thaak you for your letter of 16 Ccteber 1466, which eeclored @ cepy of the newe article regarding bubjacte, whieh eppeared ia tha Mew Yerk Daily News Sunday iditien of 1) Soptembar 1.50. We regret tas theough am overnight yaur better wae not tramediatelp ackeowledy eg and eo» iudle ction provided to ycu of the status of the ection uedertas on ia vaspense to your queries. la the taterim, bewever, the uecescary action and file checks have been cempicied, and the reaults age reparted balew. % With reforence to the newe article fiself, aad your request tor veriiieatiun of the informaticn reported Iu the prese, 4 check of our records failed te develop any informatics pertaining to the aileg ation that Bablects joined the Comeawnlat Party ts Febeuary 1952, and that -. elo pavty samea were "Martie WILAAAMS eng “Mitek SERNCH™, respectively. 1 16 euggected that you may wich to refer this queation ' 9 the Pederal Berean of Investigation, ae we nete thal ntliker of the above references indicates that a copy waa forwarded te the Berean, way thaS o eoparate iaquiry waa being made of that effice. 4. Whh reference to cur request tow information eenceraing the .  i@entity of the refugea organization which allogodly obtained a sulletin | €outaining this information, apgropriate inquiries have been made by oar representatives in London. The latter advised ix late December 1946 re jr . Stone bree ore eceentmhs yvenniy Ht “A, a fame oo pape EIS abba Butane Lb hemes 7 is es Te nebue nt we Shae 1 1 1 i
14-00000 e an . i wid wae eee a uPa ede d ; thet thie enws item was discussed with | whe , i advised that they wore unable to develop any information either to reiute . | ev te suppert the etery ae carried ta the press. However, [ liadicated my that they consider It probable that the actual seurce was a certain Joseph i HEISLZES,. seorn 7 daily 1;]1 in Ceechoslvahia, whe le belleved to have : been used at times a6 @ contact by idy. Hoary RB. MAULE, the chief of Londen correspondent ef The New Yerk Times”, HELLER on cecasten { hae laid claim to having ecurces behind the Iron Curtaisa, but{__ lie of the eptelon that. be probably obteine his information frcim oe Caech Refugee ePganitaiios, aot further identilied by same. They alge indi} gated that the Britieh consider it highly improbable that there is acy trath ia this particular story. , é §. Our records indicate that the above Joseph H2ISLER, who fiest serived in the United Kingdon in 1939, and since then has engazed ia various export-lmpert tranvactione, may already be knew te your Department. He Urst came te attention iu September 1557 when our Peprescuiatives in London were requosted to obtaid —sitraces on EISLER for My, Clilates Greana, USIS representative in Landen, whe bsd vecetved_en uneslicited appreach from ad, Kevaard HUTTCRH, identified by, _ jas Joseph AXISLER, Cur secords indicate that a Fepert of My, Greee's cuatacte with REIZLEM was ferwarded te USLA | Meedquartece is late 1957, and that certain decuments rotating ta HEL LR's imparteezpert operaitens were forwarded by the seonemie Lelense Ullles representatives in Loader to your Departinent et about the sume time. The filee shwe that a full copy of the epert, euge geoting that J. Barnard HUTTON te identical with Juceph HEISLER accompasied the repert to USIA Neadquaricrs. A copy uf these traces is provided lor your convenicuce, a aitachmeut herewith, wre cen nee ee ma LE Un wevens Rn habenes & We note that in a reply to [_| prepared by cur representaq tives in response to the above mentioned traces va MEISLER, mention ie made af @ 1546 vies application filed ey HEISLER, presumably for quiry inte the United States, although the actual reference is eet availe able. His requested that auy additiosal informatier which may be reflected in the indices of the Departmeut of State with references te Joseph HEISLER's vies application and ua bie contacts with Comintern or Sowles Intelligence olilciaia or vrganlnations, bs provided to this Agency an expeditiously ae possible, ae megeeiee Aen eo 7% The foregeing informatioa is restricted for leteraal use of the ntoe eeath'e etek dake rls reneindtGe nee pedttentn ear cendiattt aii RNASE Sapna eR etme sina nannente mucin Oe Lr eee ROOT ti tae At SOR ar ON An Cm Fe lori NON Ts aed » GLUE + we ~ ot roy betes fe ded SRAM toe ve ‘ Z ‘ ont a” gE ohtagsita hh yeh ace ge teeter, TATA LG ad peat ater an tf ne eosin a Bee Te tpt cy gah GAS vet eT bgt a et Matds wy
. . ; ' . | ° * , : a ; ae SECRET addresses ocly, ead mey act be disseminated cutelde ths addresess wd j olfiee without the prior approval af the originater, a 4 POR THE DEPUTY DIRECTO (PLANS): a 4 WILLAM &, HARVEY | &e etated 3 ee w/att) Federal Bureas of Investigation ce wfatt: Natlenal Security Ageacy Atte: Me. & YVesley Reynsida DD/P /F1/D/APotockizmem Distribution: Orig & 1 viene « Addresses b wfatt ~ 100-6-124/3 . b w/att = 201-282337- —. 7 § w/att = 201-282338 2w/l att - OS/SRS lb wfatt = 201-207250 Qoseph HEISLER) ib w/att ~ chrene . Based on: OELW 18040 Ce ee OELA 32666 Be Fe SS. ORGA 21634 | CO yey tent weld
14-00000 eS eS t's 5 et c. S: 2 i ATTACHMENT ; a me ‘ ‘ ory ‘LT think there io no dvebt from the particulars and deecription gives in. paragraph 1 of that letter that the man in whom you are cur- veatly iutorcated ie Joseph iiZiSLER, born 7 July 1511, 6 Gasckesloe : vatian national who (iret arrived ia the U.M. oa 20 Juns 2:35, DIMES o | | ; | ; “HEISLEA was educated in Chrast until 1939, when he went to i Berlin and studied medicine. iu 1933 he returned tu Caechaslovania | and became a journalist. according to his own statement made te the | British Police in Geptember 1-4), HZILLAR beceme interested in Coca< |  wuafom in Berlin ia 3930 and joined the Communist Party {a 1932, He wrote articles jot a communist periodical called “Red Wess’ and was associated with the organization “Red Help. in 1933 he trensierred te | the Caech Communiot Party and wrote for “Hude Peava.” ia April 14934 i i i | | { | | t i t se hae bencrnah oreo oy “he eats a ve! Tet Sa, he went ¢o hioecow and obtained employment on the stall ef the "Moscow Beealeg Nees. EB at wa.F io yi zs ‘ “According to a useally veliable auurce HEISLER attended the Lesin Schosi in Moscew is sbeut 1937. He admitted visiting the Leain Schoo but maintained that ke had sever atieaded aa iniausive courses of pelitical inetructiea. He also claimed that in 1935 he bad been invited te become ao citizen of the U.5.6.R., but he had wefused, and that by 393% be was ac longer ® mamber of the Coczamanist Party. aie netagpsnmenens wmumneen sugeine te ate ead “After hia arrival is the U.K. HLISLER joined the Thomas Mana group of Cacch Jowrnalists. (Thio was one of the emigre groups formed anger the Caesh Refuges Trust Fund). Ho wes relishly reported to bo a Cermomaist at teat time: HElsL aa wae employed by the Ceoch Minkatry: for Pareiga Affaire {rem about August 1941 until February 174d as a vadie comraentetor and transiater. He is known te have aaig that he vecelved a calary feow the Caech Embasey “fer propaganda.” Alter the wag he made several visite te Caechoslowakias en the last eccasion be returned te this country en 21 february 1746, Although he claime _ te bave resigned from Ceech Government employment at the time of the Communist coup d'etat, reliable searces show that he wae, af least until Geteber 1.48, & contact af br. ZEMAN, who at that time wee Sacond Secretary in the Czech iinsaasy and the repretentative thera of the Caech Mintetey of the Interior, HEISLEX waa atrongly suspected of | ectlag. ac aa ageut for Z2nAN. He was alec reperted te be posing as a Secielist but in reality te bo a Comcaunist. ~ , TICE coc th Sad ATO ese RUN lh GA a te HEN ARIE Ree bt wets de nd -menpecenel 1 ° . . yt ate! eagles me Py RY oe aloe fatr.tte . 4 a Dea Same meee gy s . a rr en Seb beet wed ad Seotads elas ccemok ae os. St a 1 rey f 7 .
14-00000 @ we a é re: baad | } pte anit EER, WS Wii ‘iuieskd wits "iy Deceraber 1947 HZISLER applied te the Home Office lor per= gissien te publish a weekly newspaper in the Caech language far the Gsech cowmunities in thie country, to establish a Mterary and musit agensy through which ioraiga Utevature could be placed in thie country and (rom time te time te publiea books, mainly fer export. He wae gecated parmission te work ae a trec-lance journsiist. “ Fee eee Cate Aba ovene tee “fe the end af 1947 HEISLER applied for a Certificate of Raturali- gation, bet thle was pefused ia March 1945. “In March 1949 HEISLES started s firm named the Hides Come . peay, which claimed te be the sole agent for a firm of Spanish cetten maesolzcturora, This firm dace oot appear to have had a good reputa- tien, Im 1958 be was coneerted with an import and exgort rm aamed AlleWaye Garvice, and in 1752 with Metexn Company and The Metes Gompany idesited. Stace that time he has continuously come te acilice im ceanection with epmo dealing. Thaye is, however, ae svidence te e@nnect him with aap political activity, Recent information suggests thas Be may bo ia seme dinanctal difficulties, + tay ae _# “BRISLER marvied first oa 1@ Cetaber 1940 Elena ase KOHL BECKOVA, whe died en 9 September 1550. They had two Britich born children. ' Ow 18 December 1730 he married a Britich subject named Faskt GULD, by whom bo bas ons child, The HEIGLERo Uved at various addresoas is Lendon until aboet 1954, cince whea they have lived in Sunuem, Thelg peeeest address je 33 Gerald Read, Werthiag,“ Le Oe ee ee eae) Le yor sinheytunas ‘ctomesensaataegimaiene tate eartameoan« sat npn tn atte one sa se tet men SEP PULA. ERM SNS seme CSRS 8 gaat Eeihata a ecthe seeeieattaene someon st anor 6 nce oe sean on cine severities a Hae sen oa asain 8 ‘ e a : . : . # eo TNO tS en ae Aety, tants | tones st UG, bot E
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