124-90092-10016 COMMENTS : v9.1 HY 50953 Bocld: 32330771 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90092-10016 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 65-67235-648 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: WMFO TO: HQ TITLE : DATE: 03/05/1963 PAGES: 12 SUBJECTS : WILLIAM K. HARVEY DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1A; 1B CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 07/15/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF CIA RPT Date: 5/26/201
wrojes-2617 5170 AWN: p/jet7nim Shree, TABLE OF C o NT S NTS Page I. Fora EFFORTS TO PENETRATE YJ SR, 3\s > 5 Il. } INTERVIEW OF 13 { COUNTERINTELLIGENCE, RESEARCH AND | ANALYSIS, TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES, | DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR PLANS, CIA | III, | INTERVIEW OF JAMES CRITCHFIELD, Ee. XP) 24 | CHIEF, NEAR EAST-SUB ASIAN DIVISION, | | DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR PLANS, CIA } Iv. | INTERVIEW OF WILLIAM K, HARVEY, - | 29 | cra | | V.| INTERVIEW OF| [Ranrsn, | 33 | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNICAL — | ’ | SERVICES DIVISION, CIA 4 ; VI.5 INTERVIEW OF SERGE PETER KARLOW, CIA | (3<) . (a) (assignment tMGechnical Aids Sx!) (uy) S Detachment (TAD), Germany ,f 1950 ~.195 (a) {Travel to per lala yA\ uy . , (Vp , (B) (Tenure as Secretary off Technical 97 Requirements Board (TRB)’,| 3958 - [1959 16¢/)(4) SANGYt) VII. | INTERVIEW OF MRS. FERIDA KARLOW (U) 115 VIII, ‘INTERVIEW OF MRS. PETER KaRLow (U) 118 S095 )06 6 Bocld: 323507T7TL Page 2 (1) [Travel in Europe during] 4S) : ; - a | Tenure at TAD = U as CA | oe :
“was servié CAG] knew’ of’ no relatives of the KARLOWs living abroa ner was he aware of any financial interests which either of the KARLOWs held in Germany -34/In discussing KARLOW's associates, furnished,the following individuals as being KARLOW's overseas . cc mg orn fata! 4 ‘a oe o GORDON STEWART, Head of the CIafStation at Frankfur WILLIAM K. HARVEY, CIA fepresentative in Berlin : A_Lepresentative at Berlin = Gi ae reteeveeetioamtnslme ttre, CIA official in Germany e ES ARR Erie mia Le. Pees, . G6) Knardcthe d KARLOW as being primarily interested in associating with "front office personnel; that when KARLOW did mingle with the co-workers, it was more or less an act of condescendence (Sof JY Ss) pdvised that because of the wide area that TAD behalf of CIA, it was necessary that a number of TAD personnel be constantly travelling remarked that he was travelling steadily and that KARLOW was a frequent traveler in behalf of TAD _—_—_—icould recall no specific dates of trips by KARLOW during the period 1940 to,1953, but furnished the following in this reaar¢ Sot (3) estimated that KARLOW probably made 12 to 15 trips to Viera during this peried for Agency purposes. He recalled ‘Oehat the Agency was servicing a number of requests from Vienna; any Ny ‘that at o zytime, "we had a riotous operation going the and deded some help -C9 believed that| lout ion regarding KARLOW's activities Uriish substanti informa in Vienna (g___]recatiea that during this particular period there were no travel restrictions on American personnel in and around Vienna; that frequently one was not aware he was even in a Seviet zone could t regall how long KARLOW remained in Vienna on his trips there {Se AINA Se . LES CSOD OR vaask - 40 = °° Hi 50953 BDaoctd: 32330771 Page +
Hi | . i GER  KARLOW related one of hig men from TAD, OES as stationed in[Berlinfdnder the name or ‘0' NEILL. é SUsAt this was in 1951 or after 1951. He so stated at TART “ype TARY 50957 F the SR (Soviet Russia) Divisidn add“flew to Berlin’if 1952 in was not sure of the date. He mentioned HOUCK was stil1 (Chief , of Base at Berlink#nd said he saw HOUCK, KARLOW explained that | military orders were necessary for any travel into Berlin, including flight by Pan American Airways, which also operated under military control, He stated the orders for travel by ¢ | train wey the,most formal, sitios'a check by the Soviets was 2 involved. Sé] Oe a rheas other men from TAD had temporary duty in [Berlin nd recalled . vaguely the photography men d set up some new equipment and dark room there, | Brod visited Berlin in connection with some Polish matteY¥, WESLEY PARCELLS on somé German }things," and (¢ the chemist, in connection with some cas SCI V 1 a } 4 4 ‘ f ‘KARLOW said he could not say whether he was in Berlin in August, 1951,, but recalled he was there on at least one occasion in the summer ne e clearly remembered how early the sun rose in the morning Heer HUxG0st2kEI volwed in operations 4 : | : KARLOW stated he rarely became—invol an operations and was usually occupied in making arrangements and setting things up for use of the facilities of He recalled, however, he was . involved in an operation wit d HARRYAROSITZKE of this connection, KARLOW explained the ~eration involved a planned attempt to steal the latest model MIG fighter plane and great preparation had been made but at the last minute the adventure | was called offshecause of bo ble. politi and diplomatic KARLOW first said he was unable to recall visiting Berlin in 1953 but later said he recalled seeing WILLIAM K, HARVEY, Chief of Station, (December, 1952, to August, 1959) on more than one occasion so he supposes he did make such visits. When informed that it was understood that KARLOW had been to Berlin ten to fifteen times in the period 1950 - 1953, ‘KARLOW offered no objection and said it was possible that this was true, With ‘reference to his later assignment in Munich from November, 1953, to the end of 1955, KARLOW stated tof fairly certain he had not visited Berlin during this periodg“., ped u) o rere cote, met amie ~ porns =- 83 -.: “ i ARPA DOOM Te ge Boclda: 32330771 Page 4
~ MAT TJjet WFOY i | | | SECRET a some visits to Berlin and onsone or more occasions he Stayed 4 we the Harnach House, an Army guest house for the Berlin command. Sy KARLOW further advised that before his marriage he | and his mother had visited Italy and Cersica, and also the Austrian spa town of Bad Gastein and thought that may have been during the Summer of 1951. He said on a second #ri hose areas he was accompanied by hismother and his wife ; U) KARLOW also stated that after his marriage he and his wife had gone to Corsica on two occasions, and to Rome, and had, spent New Years Eve 1952 - 1953 at a small town in Austria. | ei These were purely personal trips. He said he did not reca having taken a trip to Berlin for purely personal purposes _KARLOW stated that before their marriage "LIBBY" | RAUSCH had gone to Berlin and stayed at the residence of  _ WILLIAM K, HARVEY. KARLOW said he had not visited Berlin-with ; “) "LIBBY" before marriage but recalled he had dope so on one ay occasion after marriage and he recollected h ome ill | oO on the train from some oysters he had eaten, (u) a i , | a wm OW explained in early February, 1950, he proceeded JZ, bol ook over Chief of TAD which was loc d ; in thé] suburb of | nd a had mail address APO 709, KARLOW resided in an apa _* Yocated in an adjoining building. KARLOW advised when he assumed char of TAD the unit consisted of only about nine \ persons, Fr myveggqlliection KARLOW identified TAD personnel as follows; ive \ cH | * £4 a “Major. “ponent fans, the previous Chief g- end a DY toriter officer of Nati 1 Security Agency, (NSA)¢ -) A) Captain GUY DRENNAN, also formerly with NSA, | and currently night Duty Officer with 4 e Intelligence Branch of the Department of State; anys (W) @| la civilian scientist-chemist, who became deputy o afid had a small laboratory with several technicians an 4s | what KARLOW described as a postal censorship; a >) ; ve eee gies fice Ee ely ie bi. 7 HW 50953 Boctd:323350771L Page
uU | weg’ 65-8519 ; | DEW; lpr . | 2 | | «SECRET today is closely similar to that of his appearance 15 years ago. He said he has never worn glasses and his weight — has increased only ten pounds since he was in college and | it has never varied more thanfthatyat any time. He said he has never worn a mustache (Sy (4) . Late in the interview, Baia upon further ecollection he remembers contacting &@ Professor HAROLD eer r XHOSELEY who was Head of Soviet Studies at Célimbia thiversity TH’ New" York City, when) fobs recruiting employees, S) said that upon thoughtful Consideration of his activities at that time he recalled that there was a CIA interest in ob- taining a well-qualified man for a position in Moscow. He said efforts were being made to find a man who was to have S)This person to be hired as supposed to have a uent command of the Russian language and he had to be of Anglo-Saxon descent, He said CIA gave instructions that the man to be placed_in the position in Moscow could not be of Slovak descent aid it is possible that HAROLD MOSELEY referred (o] (<) as a prospective employee for: the position in W (S) but at this time_he has no recollection of either. the name or the face of S)He ‘said he could definitely state he had never t ecruit’ to Admiral HILLENKOTTER to discuss employment aid he does not know and does not believe he has éver known tke identity of any CTA): ed Pare aa tt employee in Moscow, Russia (YJ NG) IAGO 4 cai . . ye? . URES Baia he is unable to explain why| y | would havé'a @ssed any correspondence relating: to his employment to an individual’using the name of He further said he cannot rrespondencé would have been addressed to n New York City with _an address, on the bottom o e letter treet « W., Washington, D. C, sai é ad never authorized HARRY ROSITZKE or WILLTAM HARVEY to use his name and address as a cover An goprespondence re- lating ‘to recruitment of employees f >< ¥%) ne oe & J : | [fens he is acquainted with HARRY A; ROSITZKE, | who is also employed with CIA aid his association with ROSITZKE is not now and has never been close. He said _ | he is unable to recall exactly when he became acquainted RET | { t with ROSITZKE but he associates their meeting with a period | shortly following World War II. He is unable to state how they became acquainted because they have never been assigned / to the same work. They have never lunched together and snes SV) Se i -~ 124 - 50953 BDactd: 32330771 Page @
wroYes-0517 x AWN nim . Page Y manvar, WILLIAM K. ~ | 29, 40, 83, 84, HARVEY, Mrs. WILLIAM K, 38 _ 82 a ag 6) : 109 © . 34, 85 HELMS, RICHARD 78, 97 35 124, 125, 126° 72 87, 106 - BQ HOUSTON, LAWRENCE R. oe 102 IN-EXFILTRATION PANEL, ttre - 14 (Deceased) 115 70, 115 | 70, 115 S ; 70, 3) 7 113 ; 107 JESSELL, WALTER a 40 JOHNSON, QUENTIN 98 —_ JOUBLANC, JOSEPH CHARLES (say) 35, 83, 87°" KALNAY, FRANCIS — 2) 72, 73. KALNAY, FRANK — 61 KARLOW, ELIZABETH (LIBBY) - 28, 42, 88, 94, KARLOW, FERIDA : | 27, 29, 39, 115 KARLOW, SERGE PETER 43 . : 46, 55 18, 24, 81 79 UFFMAN, WALTER J. 102 (KavruAN, JOHN HEIDEN |6) 67 OKHLOV, NIKOLAI ong ee 98, 104 - KHRUSHCHEV, NIKITA A GS CS lll KIRKPATRICK, “LYMAN B. (a5 CURA — 97 PES oats NB Cd Yu 95 63 [RES HW 50953 Boctld: 32330771 Page 7