eleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14, 2017 , . me a Cee ea J+ TTONAR POR. NO. 40 sme Tolsen | UNITED STATES GOVEF ENT Mohr i «., . Callahgn : Memor. : . se OTN hae tae tes, ES : TO : MR. SULLIV. DATE: 6/ 61] ‘SECRET Tove wee - , 1 - Mr. Branigan Tele. Room __ FROM : We As I 1 - Mr. Lee | SUBJECT: GORDON ARNOLD LONSDALE } ESPIONAGE ~ R eke y 65-66266 CLA ON eX ECLAS JN. 22 3 | MORRIS COHEN; DECL z; | LONA COHEN | ESPIONAGE - R | 100406659 , SYNOPSIS: _ written _by_ Come i This memorandum reviews .a book entitled/"The\War. Within" r\Clarke, British author, and dealS-with the . 2a ‘ 2 . | = Lonsdale and Cohek cases. Bufiles negative on Clarke. ' J hm Sy : . ae By letter 6712/61 Legat, London; furnished a copy of w~ zu..:} "The War Within." A review of the book reveals it is full of ly #. =, inaccuracies, erroneous assumptions, and conclusions and other AS = - ||. items which are outright lies. He mentions the FBI in one place SS “i> i] dm a derogatory fashion. The author claims we had seen liorris and >. &:+°) Lona Cohen meeting with Colonel Rudolf Abel and had investigated NS E Abel but Abel's cover was so good we decided he had no espionage ee ficonnections. As a result of this, the author states "... FBI t of Shad slipped up -- and badly." This statement is pure-fabrication 9 “and has absolutely no basis in fact. It is an obvious attempt. SS. to shift the blame to the FBI for the fact that the Cohens % ©. operated in England for over six years without being detectedy ffort to profit from a timely book. It apparently relies heavily ‘| on British newspaper accounts which were very inaccurate and proved istruthful under an active analysis. REC- 95 G5-bb266=150 . \ \ ' \ . For your information. A detailed review of the errors in the book is attached. if This book appears to be thrown together hastily in an e d oi: PINRECARnem nanan. —- — _. od H sj AAT joe . ; ’ \jN ee”
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107: Hote) . DATE: - 11- 14- 2017 | » ‘ ‘ -. . ., : - S : i and Pres Ye ° = | : = g 1 Memorandum Branigan to Sullivan SECRET Re: GORDON ARNOLD ‘LONSDALE 65-66266 MORRIS COHEN; ~~ LONA COHEN 100-406659 This is not correct. Fuchs’ name and British address were in Halperin's notebook. page 51 . The author claims that Fuchs came to the United States in 1946 and asked fellow scientists about the duties of a communist scientist which was reported to the FBI. Then the FBI watched Fuchs:and reported to MI-5 that Fuchs had been seen meeting Soviet agents. This is complete f ication. We identified ies Fuchs fron Bureau Source 5) nformatio old the British, who interroga Fuchs, and he~c énfessed=) ) page 52 The author claims the FBI followed the Cohens after the arrest of the Rosenbergs. The author claims the | FBI found out that the Cohens were friends of the Rosenbergs. This is false. page 53 The author states Lona Cohen was co-director of "Save the Rosenbergs" campaign. This is false. pages 54-55 Theaithor tells of Lonsdale! Ss training in Winnitsa which is allegedly the town in Russia which is set i. up like an American town. ; i We have received reports of the existence of this town, however, it has never been proven. |" _ page 55 The claim is made that an FBI source in the United States stated Lonsdale was trained in this town. This is a lie. page 61 Contains a fanciful description of Lonsdale meeting the Cohens in Tokyo in 1954 on their way to Canada. This has no basis in fact. et ge ns or mI LW ee Docld: 32304170 Page 4
eased under the John F. Kenned 1 1 1 . yy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19 ReTeased under tn ; 92? (44 USC 2107 Hote). a « Xu ‘ ~ * >| - ry a: ‘ . 1 Memorandum Branigan to Sullivan Re: 66a ARNOLD LONSDALE "SECRET. MORRIS COHEN; — LONA COHEN 100-406659 page 144 The author claims MI-5 identified the Krogers as the Cohens before the arrest by comparing photographs of Krogers and the Cohens and that the FBI confirmed this fact. _This is completely false. {ie was only after the arrest when the fingerprints of the Krogers were compared with the fingerprints of the Cohens which we had furnished to the British earlier that an identification was made ."](g ) page 149 The author states that.a locket found in the shop of Cohens contained a microdot which was a newspaper article concerning the Abel. case. | Again this is wrong. A locket was found, - however, it contained photographs and no.microdots. | Bufiles negative on Clarke. DoclId: 32304170 Page 5