te, 7 SeORET EN [ Sentrat intelligence Ages re . ft woutd be. agprec tated if your Agency would furnish tia Bureau any pertinent. information reeetved coneernaing = peesible travel of the subjects te Comumisat hina and concerning their presence in China, Should your Agency receive information | thet subjects plan to travel in Snglend, France, or Japan, ee 4 would be: appreciated if you would. edviae the appropriate Leg Attache in London, Bnglands Paris, Frances or Tokyo, Tapanse UW) = SAC, Har Ys YORE; A Photostat of referenced Central invelligence € eseney (CIA) memorandum is enclosed for alls It is péessible_tha may receive inguirtes regarding the subjects throu: Be | in referenced memorandum CIA did not identify its (efficial Swiss $s source, This identification subsequently given to Bureau via Liaison. The Bureau opproved CTA's furnishina thia information I —8) Alse enclosed for each hegal Attache are one copy of  -@ ménerandun dated l1l-~26-58 concerming Richard. Cyril Frank and One Copy of a memorandum dated 1-26-60 concerning ravel a Franks In view of Teported plans of subjects to trevel in England and Frances and since tt is anticipated that they may ~ craved in: the vicinity of Japan prior to their return to this gguntry, the Legal Attaches at Londons Paris, and Tokyo sheuld dere: sources) England y France, and Japan concerning the _ ated travel in Zurope and their possible plans Pranks’ contel Be ‘bo. travel , in Chinas | Background information Goncerning the Gy tetters as subjects, 268. forth on page two of enclosed {7 rrected in peragraph two of this letterdgusiy’ be made available _ féo. your sources jf deemed advisable. for" your additional ~tnformatd ony bOch subjects. are on ‘the Security Index. on New York remain alert in this matter and submit any _ information received - ‘concerning the gubjects in a form suitable for dissemination. If not adready done, New York submit FD-122's tabbed "Gut.of ‘the. count yo" . HY 50953 Bocld: 322794061 Page 3
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEWcY WASHINGTON 25, D. C. ZX Fo 2 ey perage a7 Federal Bureau of Investigation Deputy Director (Plans) 1. In response to your 22 December commmication (File No: 100<339235, 100-01762) we wish to inform you that we have received the following from ‘an "eichard Frank (born 1922), U.S. citizen, Pilm technician, resident of New York, arrived at the ‘fotel Savoy in Bern with hie wife Susan on 10 December 1959; they stayed there until 12 December leaving for “CIA HAS NO SRIECTION TO official am Ey oti ) re DEGLA TT. Execp7 bipelurs 1 fracll WRITTEN AOTAWOA gurich. Frank inquired for a flight ticket to Prague from Zurich. While in Bern, Frank had contact vith the Chinese, Communist Exbassy on two occasions; he or - Mes. Frank having called at the Exbessy. No information ig available on the mature of these contacts, nor do we have more detailed personalia.” 2. We have observed that persons desiring to travel to | Commmist China from Switzerland frequently fly vie. Prague. 3. The following summary haS been drawn from neterial which you have provided us on Subjects (see NY 100-42479, HY 1CO-107383 and Burean 100-339235). Please advise if we may pass this summary to our Swiss. source, but without revealing that your organization supplied the information HY 50957 Doctld: 32294061 bate fi lta jie , bed \ . kA eo TOs Director Attentlon: ; ae is Gwiss source: contained in it: ©) a | _ Pet ‘ Assad i O-lb-IF _ (FFL) Page 4