Released under the, ohn F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection’ Act ot - 1992, Aaa Alive 2107 W ote). (, DATE: 11714-2017" mes Clam ST “2, ‘ . NS ~7 wa / ~ ae ; . a " gnath tt oned that TOLSTOJ stated that after peturning ‘to Vontreal - - . he was. proceeding to New York to visit -his cousin, Countess jaw RISO who owns a farm in the vicinity of New York City. i; I- 25 ‘The. RCMP. are conducting an investigation ‘in Montreal: _ oe an an ‘effort to trace the man named RITCHIE. who TOLS TOT claimed “~~ - a ‘had put him in touch with CHRAMTCHENKO. ‘The RCMP ‘have also syd asked that if it is possible an effort be made to determine . “af. ‘the TOLSTOJ who was in Canada: actually has recently visited ; . .. . f the Countess TOLSTOJ. If he has' visited the relative in New. ~. ~~:  ' \ York and brief. information can -be_obtained relative to his -  .- .° _ | background . and confirmation that he is-a painter, then the = 9° _. | suspicions. aroused while he. Wisited in Ottawa will be shown os , sto be without foundation. WG). pe i) ; ‘The ‘RCMP advise, thy t the Canadian tmmi gration~ “records. reveal that one ALEKSANDERYTOLSTOY arrived in Quebec City, oe Canada on May 31,~19l:9~aboard the: "Empress of France."- He was © - allowed entry on a three months. ‘temporary visa to. visit the _. .| . Norwegian Consul in. Montreal. This individual's: age is: given | : ‘as 53, born in St. Petersburg, Russia,..and a Norwegian citizen — of Russian race. He is in possession of Passport No. 203 7 issued at. Oslo, Norway on April 6, 1949. Although the |. - , individual on whom the Immigration. have a record arrived in ~ Canada by boat and the. subject claimed to have flown to — Montreal, Canada -from. London, it seems that there is a distinct ’ possibility ‘these persons are identical. yy (6) | Ne : ‘It would be very helpful if. inquiries could. be. maie - | a Coes -. at. the residence of the Countess TOLSTOJS as requested by the - rc i. , RCMP and this office advised of the results at as early date. ON as | ractical. @ . ; se me very. truly yours, oe, , OT w 7 LYE: az : a po ER “secret oS . . | ‘os . \y . . > \ ‘ys Docld: 32298994 Page 6
DATES ‘1h Dae ah “ . a a ™ Upow returning neue from the advise on Pridey loth (ees hours) < Found in wy apartment a visitor awaiting ay OUI. Hoe was eouversing with may wife in halting Feeieh. Ny wif introdues€ hin te me ag & compe triot ria Os bRLthe name of POLSTOS Released under the John ‘F. Kennedy Assassanation Records Collection Act of 199? (44 USC. 207TH ere e | | ' i he gentlemen wae ever 6 feet tell, inclined to - . | etoniness and slightly steoped. Blond but greying end hed « alight benra. Hie eyes were ‘Green, watery and very lasiacere. | . 2 agke@ him to remade for lunch. after lunch (ee well | aa durkng tho meal) he told me the purpode of his vielt and some a aetaile of Bie poet. Wie whole visit and 211 that he told me aan eonvinesd mo that that the purpese of hia vielt woe set the one he - insieted 1¢ to be bu’ something quite different, ani thet Dwas simply | boing "siead ap* a Do Refare starting ny veport on my - gonvercation with ies / a tolstes; Y wieh te atete thet I €ia8 mot want to leave kim with the” | _ - depression that I was net taking hin et bie feee volue or as tho | geroon he wished me te believe him #6 bes Beoauss of this 1 43a | nob de any cress. ezeniniag end @14 net ask for ony pres? of his atatenents. My First remark to hie wes an expreasion of St, surprise $het he ean to me and Iasked him wae te1d him to contact | ao in Ob¢eawas “ie. Polstej replied ¢het @ good friend of his, e Ur. | Ritenie, a director of a Cenadion Testing Ohomical Company in | Montreal, advised him to go to Ottawe and see me. (Polstej's enc~ aay visit to Ottews wes aecording te him for the special purpoac of vielGing mé.} Then Mr. Nitehie mentioned my asme, Tolstej — . (socerding ta hic stetenent to mo) demursed and anid that he. was . afralé te meet any of hie eompatrintes aa they may be communi ste. | poe By. Bitehie Jeughed end weplied thet be should heve no fears on | yr @g@ound, aa I am an exepage of the Baperors Cours, en ex-horee Jt guardensn, @n almost faneticsl monsrehist, @ man who joined the = = | / White Aray at the vory. atart, an ex Russian intelligence officer,. 6 mon who served with the Cenedies Militery Iatelligonce ama who \ ‘even aow ig engaged in “Seeret | Service" work. Refore a go Say further T must sake the following points: ng OF BL tente , \ TW z have Bo ‘Priead in Montreal by... phe: ns _ SECRET _@| (044g - a7 Deda oe GONF it ENCLOSURE Docld: 32298994 Page fF
7Released ‘under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997? (44 USC Pity Hote el. to 11-14-2017) ; . RATE aa 4 — : - rt oe 7 \ a - a a ; A, SECRED - < . 7] “CONFI NTIAL Co, nor toy felende by that adme ia eay part of CR OAs o bisa the beat of my knowledge I heve uever wet @ min by that mene during my eorcer or oledwhere, therefore 1§ la very strange ‘that thie ere Ritehie sould have a ‘tuéh inforns tioa shout my pacd. (a) If mueh e man oxiste and he geve lie, Polete3 so muob information abeut mo I would very mach Like te know fren whom he. ‘ebteined Ate _ (3) Up to the let of tone i was. residing et B62 Friel S60 aad moved Go 33) Leurlexy Eeat (Apt. 6) enly on that dete. : I heve not written to any of my frienda ia Montreal or eleouhere ,oé eigeo, 86 that nobody kaows my sow address With the exeeption of the 6ffiee ia whieh I cork and a very few people in ottewe {¢) Me. Ritchie, or for ghat metter, nobody in won tread ould know my preeent address. My former addrean eoulé be. | obteinea fzom the voters lists postedos at¢rast corners, but es ne thore ®oletej would have hed to vieib S62 Priel and eok for Bat Ro (3) on the evening of Pridey 10 June, ny wife ‘phoned our ex lend-Lady end her brother ond found Mies so one wae inquéring | about mé oa thet day. My wife slac phoned the ower of the house, | a Mes PPunot, whe. olso told her thet no one imquired about mo. = Leter Friday evening at my request my wife phoaed tong distance end ' goked 26 be eonnceted with « it. Ritchie ia Moatesai who is » a divestor of a Ganedian Testing Chenieal Gompany. Long distanes wae very gooperetive but finelly replied that there are three oeupenics is exeoutsy Gealiag with ohenist By and nono has e iz. Ritehie « ap executives (6) Whea Mise foletes was telking to me about sid ghot ho know about me fron Ri tebe Be Woe telking in Russios and very™ quickly. Before saylag "eonhooted now with the Secret Service® 7 he pouged 2a if looking fox the signs word. The baportence of thia poo peuge ip as fsllews: “seeret service” is e tern act having QB equivalent id Baseian and i+ eannet be tranele ied very wel id - Aiterscily. Theres is no word for latelligence - if Yoletes used the wopde RACVEDEA ox KONTRRALVEIZA be would be using a purely aow bolehevik term chich ne obviously 414 net wont ¢o do. ene Ohad Inperie2, word for ili tery inten. igenee would act do for Seexetd | | , a CONFIIRNTIAY _ 100 2B | | : | ‘SECRET anal Docld: 32298994 Page &
[Rereased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Colleétion Act of 1993° (44 USC 2107 Hotes. ‘DATE » 11-14-2017 it — - . ae - : = an , . ae ‘ | SF i ok - nas = Bo | “CONFIDANTIAY oo \ Serviea either, and Uspiesage or Counter-Repionsge work would sound too st¥ong and jorping on tho ear in Russian. Beeouse of this, -. Poheteg had ¢e hesitate ead at thig moment I beoane swore of the falsity ia the atmosphere snd prepercé myself for ei ther *Seeret | Service” oy @ detailed deseription of the work I was engaged ins 4 . When Pinelly be. Yelstoj sala, smilingly, *Seevet . Sorvice" I replied that I was very mach puseled by the knowledge of Us Bitehie who epparently knew so much about my past end eould be so wrong about my present gacupation. tho deseriptieor of ay peat was ¢orreat = I was not going to deny it, but was proud of it. Ag far.se@ the immediate past was eoneerned, Military Intelligence was simply guavding Germon prisoners of war. at present I work in one - of the Departments ef the Ustional Research Couneil which hea | nothing to do with sny work #0 melodramatieally veferred to ag "Seeret Service". With thie I hanged the sonveraation and said bhat when Russians meet ebreed they want (very naturally) to know | @12 about eseh other and pest experiences. Since Mrs Teletoj knew  - $0 much ebout me, I would like to know something sbout hin. His agcount ef ble past was very involved, was not related éhronologieslly and had many gapa. Sines I 414 not wish to maka ' him feoi that I hed eortein suspleions about him I 414 not eross question at @32. He told me thet he belonged to one of the branches “of the TOLSTOT family. The family ia large and hes meny brenchos. Such @ stétement oannot be challenged by eny one but enother menbor of the Toletej femily. His father, a Major General, had oO lend but depended for his imeome on epartment houses in © - Petrograd, (many menbers of the foletej family hed lerge and Woll-knowa apartments there). He was e@ueated im the HINOLARVSKId | 6adet sehool in Potrograé. That is strange for a eisai. PRS. . Sehool of His Majeatio's Pages wae a much better sohook in every. | way and entry into thio school was e great privilege. Up te the Revolution the Toletej's bad 62 members at that géhool. His parents | certainly bed the right to etreil him es & page, imstena they “ preferred for seme inexplicable reneon ¢@ enroll him in an ordinary cadet school, which seems very unlikely. If they refrained feun oatering thelr gon in the Corps of Fages, they would have =~ entered him’ in the Imperial Lieea. I took this statement foistej's es a stetement which I eould not disprove. If he seid he wae @ page, I could easily convinces myself of his being a page. After eompleting bis studies et the eadet seheol, he would \ - ~hormelly heve gone to an Officers Training Sehool 4.0. the first - oe | - , Loy -27 conMeNTIAY SeopER Docld: 32298994 Page 93