{ 4-102 sh Fk eae HE, AD 2 @ Py e ; ot ns ge owe” * my ¢ Tata f + | re . : D IS PAT C H cd SECRET/NOFORN uy WP PAICH Syrton - NO. z y : ______ | CONTINUED conTRoL \L “HBRA 9438)" TO . Chief, WHD . HEADQUARTERS FILE NO. : Chief, EE. : . - | nto , 201050539 t e Chief of Station, Rio de Janeiro. ‘BEDOX/ Operationg ; SMEDIFY Information Concerning _Tad SZULC_(201-050539) ACTION REQUIRED . oe OaTe . . 20 June 1962 RE: "43.3" = (CHECK "x" ONE) |__| MARKED FOR INDEXING |__| NO INDEXING REQUIRED INDEXING CAN BE JUDGED BY QUALIFIED HQ. DESK ONLY io# fy e & ogre . | SUBJECT : REPFERENCE(S) rt . e « . . Peete Ooo Attached is a SMEDIFY report concerning Tadeusz SZULC which includes SMEDIFY's traces on SZULC. . 2. Station has the following information regarding Ignacy “+, SACHS, who is mentioned in the attachment. | ~ALBICUSPID from ALBI - ! ce: a Tgnacy SACHS, upon his return from India, will not 1 Work in‘the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but will ; be reassigned to the Latin American section of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Trade. He recently wrote a report on Latin America based upon material contained in the South and Central American press. He reportedly had a falling . out with his superiors in the Foreign Ministry, hence the . transfer. —_ ICUSPID-5,. 30 May 1961.(ultimate source: Polish diplomat). . Ignacy SACHS, after a period of disgrace, has a new job, economic assistant for underdeveloped countries in . Department. Tir of the Ministry of Foreign Trade. Distribution “+"~ WHD w/attachment,__ a Ll :~"EE w/attachment F=°’D Ripjan 42 Surge L = Sao 'Paulo 2 « tp ee ed wil, Leif 19 June 1962/bej , i ; _ _ , / Ke. fick, Lie Qk. hel Se TG ara ~Y' CM an Pe ans ea — pQhirrett Le theta “kg bh : fh onklak yy, ; use ces san EDITION, . CLASSIFICATION rf REPLACES ; Woy 8. $1688, SABA AND 51.29 - SECRET/NOFORN WHICH ARE OBSOLETE. ; CONTIN CONTROL
. eee tee raat - selected entries from his card, 2mi June, 1961. . Tadeusz SZ0LG [al The Station copies of the original reports on SZULC have been destroyed, _t attach, however, a memorandum consisting of Steet oa ee ee es 26. » ALL ‘the information is from the seme source 3 a Polish emigre “who knew SZULC personally and also had, informants in the Polish Embassy, Be ' There is little doubt that SZULC was pro-communist at the time, end _ and that he. co-operated with Tgnacy SACHS, a cousin who was employed "by the Press Section: of .the Polish Embassy, and provided him with "information", . It would, however, be unwise. to jump to the conclusion that: this collaboration took the fora of espionage, since SZULCe does not - seem to have made any secret of the relationship, be ae . “I ean find no evidence that Tgnacy SACHS was an intelligence’ oftioer, but he seems to have been an active propagandist, He returned to Foland in 1954. A report from the same source, dated June 1956, stated that he then occupied the Brazilian desk at the Polish Institute for International Affairs, B » raw 49
4 “4 te es | th Paured p fe dt _ Leeman cane BNF .: ’ . Deo, 1947: sub=source : AVOb EK Oy ae pho ; Born: Ce 1926. \ . ° ‘Nationality: Pole, Naturalised U.S. citizen 'y ° 1955. cy ab Occupation: Journalist. Used to work for the "Brazil Herald" and now for FRANCE -“PRESSE. Is.on good terms with the Polish Legation whom he. supplies | with information on Brazil... One of the party who accompanied Raul. FERNANDEZ on his mission to Montevideo. He fs the son of Seweryn SZULC. Re subject's efforts to fini employment in American press -Gircles, Mr, HORAN tried to help him, due to a letter of ' ‘Harold HORAN of introduction from SZULC's uncle, Zohn WILEY, American ‘ New Zork: . Feb, 19483 March 19483 Sept. 19493 _ "June 1951 June 19 J. 3 - Ambassador in Lisbon, but desisted, on finding that SZULC had been connected with She Rio de Janeiro communist paper | "Diretrizes", Further détails of subject's efforts ‘to find a job in the United States, He is to work on the Palestine Commission of the U.N.O. as from middle of February. Subject still in New York and writing regular reports on U.S. political affairs and personalities to the Polish ' Legation in Rio de Janeiro, Trying to get a job with U.S. Press through the influence of Mrs, J. WILEY. Subject at present in New York, married to an American girl, and working in one of the Anerican News Agencies, Since arrival of new Legation (Warsaw) he was in touch with the Minister, the Secretary and the ex-Press Attache, . the late Wikinski., Told by Warsaw Poles in Washington that to be useful he cannot have a job’ with the Press Dept. of the Washington Polish Bubassy or the Polish Press Bureau in New York... Using his "Uncle" introduction letters (the U.S. Ambassador John Wiley married to Polish born, Irene BARUCH, who is the sister of the first Mrs. SZULC) , he obtained: a job with Americans on orders from the Foles, Subject is helped financially by the Polish Legation in Rio de Janeiro, Thanks to introduction letters from the WILEYs, SZULC penetrated several circles in New York. He is writing reports to Rio de Janeiro and working with people in New York and is considered useful for future tasks, Nephew of newly appointed U.S. Ambassador in PANAMA, he is now trying to get a job in Panama as American correspondent, He has a job with U.P. in New York. In Rio de Janeiro in 1947/48, was fellow traveller and informer of communist nucleus on the staff of the communist newspaper "Diretrizes", Also worked for *RANCE PRESSE and reported regularly on the Polish aolony in Rio de Janeiro, . | Visited Rio de Janeiro. from 11.6.51 to 27.46.52 when he returned to New York, Whilst in Rio, he was in touch with Igafcy SACHS to whom he brought information from the USA. The two are relatives and boyhood friends and subject writes personal letters to SACHS containing matters of interest to the Polish Legation. Subject also has useful contacts in New York in political and artistic circles, obtained through his Aunt. Is believed to be trying to obtain American citizenship through having married an American woman, / = 2 eeesesse ed
March 1952: t Ps he : oe kg! carl iy t ¥ 4 Lm ' . me BP ra . Personal reports on the U.S. Ambassador to Panama ; ” John WILEY, continue to be forwarded by the Polish , Legation in Rio de Janeiro to Warsaw via subject. Source met subject in America recently. Subject volunteered that he obtained much information on the differences of policy between the British and American Governments on the Persian problem through his aunt, the wife of John WILEY, and that he kept . the. PoXish Government informed through Ignacy SACHS, “He boasted acquaintance. with Drew PEARSON and the Shah of Persia, = . « . : . * 7 ‘ ° . Ad 8 . ®