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raat aers nine e vem neem iy Tere oe cata Am rat Sanne infin eerie +o Chief, WE eb Chief, $2 FROM _ehief of Station, SoeRCT REDCAP Grigorly Ye, GCLUB and Costille Gontact ACIawe Caer) ; None aeratenchty le. Ye GOLUB. lunch lang on 12 February. _into smallor tables of seven or eisht for coffee and cognac. DISPATCH i, | ~~ 3 March 1959000 a 3 crete a Oret) MAREE BS re OE EEC BRD GTI PEQUIERD Tree the > CAN BE IVOGEO . \ BY Quast eG 4 OFS8 ONLY \ On 18 February the undersigned was invited to lunch by Grigorly \ The first overture was made by Golub during a Consular Corpa : | \ Following this lunch, the group divided up Golub came directly to Costille's table where the Canadian Vice Consul, the British Vice Consul and two Finne were already sitting. Golub stated that he would like to invite Costille directed to Costille,. His Nrst words were te lunch some time but understood that it was against regulations for Americans tc socialize with Soviets. He cited as an example the former American Vice Consults constant refusal to lunch with him, Costille responded that this was a personal thing and that all Golub had to do was Golub promised that he would, February, and the date was set for 1200 hours on 18 February. to ask hin. 26 A call was received on 16 The lunch lasted for three hours and took place at the Adlon Restaurant, which ig one of Golub's favorite restaurants in Helsinki. We will report the whole conversation for whatever it is worth. As Golub will have to sign Costille's visa to the USSR, Costille mentioned that he was shortly (February 28th) planning a trip to Moscow and Leainerad on a guided tour and would like any advice Golub had aa to the best restaurants and night spots to visit in these cities, Gostille's trip, as his visa reauest had to pasa through him. Golub said that he was aware of He stated that it was an excellent idea for Costilie to go to the Seviet Union, and gave him two or three restaurants in each city. issue of Americans abroad refusing to have contact with Soviets, He again brought up the He stated that he understood our feeling because of the Hungarian incident, but felt that this was a long time ago and should be forgotten. the Soviets and Americans ec be, He cited as an exanple Costille had met her before. her personally. {%e (REPANNEE/3 trip 6 Feb, 1959) He then proceeded to describe He felt the more ether the better off the ole world would (See OFHAL3748, para 3, to Costille and asked if Costille answered that he had once or twice at Embassy functions, as he had all Fulbrighters, but that he did not know Golub was evidently very impressed with (Ey 39%etating that she knew Russian and had a sincere desire to learn more about the Soviet Union. money from her parents and. was planning to pay it ba He added that the trip was expensive but (AB/ was borrowing the ence she got a job, Golub thought her trip was an excellent thing. 3s stated that he is allowed one paid vacation to Moscow a year. he wants to take any more vacations, he has to pay for then himself. The conversation turned to comparative Foreign Services. Golub However, if . ‘ He , cited as an exemple his wife's recent trip to Moscow where she visited her aick mother, up their one paid vacation. rent allowance. (The Golubs of having a family.) This he personally had to psy for, as they had already used Golub stated he could not afford a car and that he had to pay for his apartment out of his salary and was not given a still have no children but are very desirous 4. Golub was quite proud of his war record during the Second world war. because of nuclear weapons. UM POT e HS fT One SrA ales PQeus BM Eee OND 91 emer ABE OOK ETE He then stated what a terrible thing it would be to have another war He felt that the Scviet Union end the U.S., even with different systems, cculd find a way to live together peacefully. CURR BE af a Fae - “a gh Te ! te
14-00000 e% . {rhea onrrin sse — - et Cer S200 Costilie statei that perhaps in the not-toomiiste-1 future beth the U.S. ani the UGG sould nave more to fear from China tran iros each other and brought up the commune issue, cCostille mentioned tnat the comuunes were coarletely alien to his way of thinking ang were the mort obfecticnable way of living he could pessibly isectre. Golub responded that Costille must remember that China and the USSR were cifferent countries and that what micht be cood for China might act necessariay be good for the USSR, he cid not actually state but indicated that he would net Like living in & comune and said that he persenaliy lixed the feeling of ovning a few things, At no time did Golub acpear unset or surrrisged at Costille'ts asking such cuestions and was always rrenared with a quick answer. He is quite knowledgeable and conversant on Marxisn/Leninisa, 3e During the lunch Golub made a rusber of references to the amount of work he had and complained that he cid rot have more help at the Soviet Consulate. He stated that his enly msle assistas: was Lyubimov (evidently Mikhail Petrovich Lyubimov) who was only in the Sensulate-part time. He stated that this was Lyubimov's first sssicment outside of the USSR and that he was quite young and naive, thoush very intelligent, Lyubinow Speaks Snglish and Swedish. Golub stated that Lyubimow was quite shy. and was apprehensive. about going out and meeting peorle. Golub stated that Lyubimov had a fiancee in Moscow and appeared quite lonely here wi thout her. -6 Golub is extremely congenial and likeable and enjoyed playing the ' . part of the host. His Finnish is excellant and he claims to imow no Englishes . however, when Costille was having difficulty with Finnish, Golub was able to put these English words into Finnish, ¥e ticked up the tab for the meal but undoubtedly will be reimbursed as he put the bill into his pocket, . 7. When Costille appeared worried about getting his visa in time for the trip on 23 February, Golub stated net te worry that he would personally see that the visa came through in time. Golub phoned Costille con Saturday yg at the Embassy to tell him that all the visas of the Americans making the } trip were returned from Moscow approved. He stated thet ne hed made a phone call to Moscow requesting they hurry the visas up. Otherwise, we would have never received our visas in time, accorcing to Goleb. Golub then invited Costille to be hia guest at the Soviet-Finnish ice hockey game in Helsinki on 22 February. Costille accepted, Nothing of importance was done or seid at the game except that Golub aprearsd quite upset when the Finns around him cheered whenever a Soviet player fel! or was knocked down. 8. Golub phoned Costille on 26 Febreery wanting Costille to have lunch again with him before his departure to Kascow on 22 Februzry. Costille de- clined because of previous engagements. Golub wished Cestille a pleasant journey and premised to call Costille when the letter returned, ROODIAE NOTE: khen Costille first asked about the above invitations, Roodine advised him to accept for, as a mexber of the it would be normal and not inappropriate, 35 . Willian’ 1. Costille 13 March 1959 Distribution 3-5 2 ~ SR ; * ° . o~ fo fe ccpag 3 {? A 0 j cut Petes FOrNON CAARR ICTR } faced MeO . a ae Se tt ere reenter bane ny rant mettre tty tee