AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER: RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : JFK Assassination System Identification Form Date: 6/19/201 - a Agency Information Peleased under the John Kennedy Assassination Records FBI 124-90123-10096 . Ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NWU 54462 Date: nO-O5-2017 HQ 124-8218-17 A ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: * PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : . CURRENT STATUS : * DATE OF:LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 54462 DBocld: 32335430 Document Information FBI SA HQ 09/17/1952 12 PAUL M. RAIGORODSKY PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 09/12/1998 INDEFINITE ' RPT I Page 1
Fos ectURITY INFORMATION - SB AB 97 : . “~~. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION a Form No, 1 = se . . THIS CASE ORIGINATEDAT- BUREAU FILENO = WW REPORT MADE AT . DATE WHEN PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE REPORT MADE BY : ‘ _ MAD ; . . SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS | 9/17/52 | 8/2259/25410,12,) JOSEPH C. WEB3, JR. ; me CHARACTER OF CASE PauL, nas&-SaTGoRODSKY _ A AMFCRMATION CONTAINED | - EUROPEAN RECOVERY -PROGRAM. — at er A Re a RR pr 7A SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: we ane of _ Applicant resided on ranch near Kerrville,* Texas, from: 1937-000. to 1941. Acquaintances consider Applicant a reputable, loyal, — Aa and law-abiding citizen. lrs, ETHEL M. BAKER, Kerrville, Texas, Applicant's) Bi former wife, considers Applicant's loyalty above reproach; ‘considers’ him to be extremely intelligent and ambitious, but also self-centered ~~ and egotistical. Applicant was educated in Russia and‘Czechoslovakia, and emigrated to the U. S. in 1920 and enlisted in the U. 5S. Army in. 1921. Applicant, while Consulting Engineer, Petroleum Engineering =-_— 5 Inc., Tulsa, Okla., conducted business transactions with. the Amtorg _ Trading Corp., a Russian trading organization, involving the export of’ IN gasoline absorption plants to Russia. Applicant's former wife, Mrs. Wy; ETHEL M. BAKER, was active in Communist Party meetings at Austin, Texas, .-~ 7s from 1943to 1944. Applicant and wife divorced in Kerrville, Texas, in’ - by) pi 2/h... KAIGORODSKY became naturalized citizen 4/28/21 in U. S. Court, festern District of Texas, San Antonio, Texas. Born 8/25/98, Praskonvow, Russia, entered University of Texas, Austin, on 9/22/22, and was: graduated with 3.5. degree in Civil Engineering 5/2k. Nothing unfavorable in. University of Texas records, and RAIGORODSKY not recalled by present faculty members. Credit records satisfactory; criminal negative. ~ In interview, former wife admitted Communist associations, but claims ceased . such associations in 1944. re apt DECLASSTF ~- RUC - : 0 ~f REFERENCE: Bureau letter to Washington Field dated 8 SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE APPROVED AND Wwe FORWARDED: _Fitd- “ a _, COPIES OF THIS REPORT : /°3 ~-Bureau (AM SD) ee , | “1 - San Antonio (124-291) v # y ig , B La “ Ps; iy SF 7 PROPERTY OF FBI—THIS a AGENCY TO WHICH “LOANED: #2" £37 HW 54462 DocId: 32335430 Page 2
ae I | HW 544627 r SA #124-291 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS — The confidential informants mentioned in the report of SA JOSEPH C. WEBB, JR., dated September 17, 1952, at San Antonio, Texas, are identified as follows: SA’T-1 is SA-411-S, who reported to SA ARTHUR J. NORSTROM during the course of the investigation concerning Applicant's wife. SA T-2 is MISUR concerning PEPA meeting at Austin, Texas, on August 13, 1944. Page 3 DoclId: 32335430
HW 54462 DBocld:32335430 Page 4 ( a “Sa : ‘ . +. . ~ ‘ v panmey FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIO THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT BUREAU FILE NO. REPORT MADE AT DATE WHEN PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE | REPORT MADE BY MADE | : . _ SAN ANTONIO, TEKAS | 9/17/52 | 8/22;9/2,4,10,12,, JOSEPH C. WEBB, JR. . - tthe ae as ---+ ~~ == 167/52------ -—- TITLE | CHARACTER OF CASE ° PAUL NARK RAIGORODSKY ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED BUROPEAN RECOVERY PROGRAM | fo _ HEREIN JS _UNCLASSIFI _ | SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: owes nn non Applicant resided on-ranéh near Kerrville, Texas, from 1937. _ to 1941. Acquaintances consider Applicant a reputable, loyal, and law-abiding citizen. Mrs, ETHEL M, BAKER, Kerrville, Texas,. Applicant former wife, considers Applicant's loyalty above reproach; considers. Him to be extremely intelligent and ambitious, but also self-centered. -__ and egotistical. Applicant was educated in Russia and Czechoslovakia, — and emigrated to the U. S. in 1920 and enlisted in the U.S; Aray: in 1921. Applicant, while Consulting Engineer, leum Engineering. Inc., Tulsa, Okla., conducted business transactions. with the Antorg... Trading Corp., a Russian trading organization, involving the export: gasoline absorption plants to Russia. Applicant's former wife, Mrs. ETHEL M. BAKER, was active in Communist Party meetings at Austin, from 1943to 1944. Applicant and wife divorced in Kerrville, it "12/44. RAIGORODSKY became naturalized citizen 4/28/21 in U. 3. Court, |. Western District of Texas, San Antonio, Texas. Born 8/25/98, Praskonvow, =| Russia, entered University of Texas » Austin, on 9/22/22, and was graduated with B.S. degree in Civil Engineering 5/2h, Nothing unfavorable in University of Texas records, and RAIGORODSKY not recalled by present faculty members. Credit records satisfactory; criminal negative. In interview, former wife admitted Communist associations, but clains ‘ceased such associations in 1944. te oar rami sneer . > RUC L REFERENCE: Bureau letter to Washington Field dated 8/18/52. San Antonio radiogran to Bureau dated 9/8/52. San Antonio radiogram to Bureau dated 9/16/52, ° | APPROVED AND SPECIAL AGENT ~~ FORWARDED: n IN CHARGE DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES. i COPIES OF THIS REPORT t | 3 ~ Bureau (AM SD) : t aa 1 ~ San Antonio (124-291) | 7! . __ PROPERTY OF FBi—THIS CONFIDE AGENCY TO WHICH LOANED. LISIDE OF - : TRIBUTED OUTSIO NTIAL REPORT AND ITS CONTENTS ARE LOANED TO YOU BY THE FBI AND ARE NOT 10 BE DIS 2 WTS? GOVERMMENE PR ie:
0 XK 3 ° b x. ON 2 eye te SA #124-291 se wi CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS The confidential informants mentioned in the report: of SA JOSEPH Cc. WEBB, JR., dated September 17, 1952, at San. Antonio, Toxes, are identified as follows! SA T- l is ‘Sh-411-5, ‘who reported to SA ARTHUR J. NORSTROM during the course of the invest; gation concerning Applicant ‘s wife.’ SA T 2 is MIS on August 13, 19h» AY concerning PEPA meeting at Austin, “Texas, : at HW 54462 DBocld:32335430 Page 5