AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : NW 45808 Docid:32293692 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-1021 1-10468 HQ CR SEE TITLE Document Information FBI SAC, NY DIRECTOR, FBI [Restricted] 10/20/1959 12 DLH, ASSOC, RES, EMP, SOVIETS PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B; 1C; 4 Redact 01/13/1999 INDEFINITE INC MEMO 13 Page 1 Date: 5/26/201
“| Mohr . J Nease Vy Rosen > Trotter : W.C. Sullivan — | 7 ‘  Yoloman E) M tandy ____ “UMATLeRDOM ge f - Pap ich | aL: en od, new Yok cue Shubatt “11-10-59 -. EX 109 * att.) — fo “Director, PBI 054-85 } 7-3 ‘ANNETTE SYLVIA EPSTEIN, aka. ae Eberly oF. | Reurlet 10-20-59. HY) Rufiles contain no. infermation identifiable with captioned individual uader the name of Annette Eberly -(X)(u) Mrs. Jane Roman, CIA, advised on 11-4-59 t that CIA has no information concerning the subject and that CIA has Be interest in the stbject. K (uy) a | ane imran eTIEa COW al . a 7 * Lae ‘ “SFIED _ . . : S : Paws ra WH. d- -Epa sind ‘CLASSIFIE ae) | call in if ini sit . ‘DECLASS IFY afi. OF ki ie TEY Epstein being considered by NYO for deve lopment as a NY requested BU determine/fif CIA ha s info or interest as ‘subject, during 1956 and F957, attended University of Strasbourgh, Strasbourgh, France... Mrs. Roman, CIA, furnished set forth above to SA S. J. Papich 11-4-59, =) CIA HAS NO oneeTIN 10 — | DECLASST IES fl RELEAS AY wit's iastiy ES A sinep BY hots zy) . iN THIS ‘ODUM, mit 2 a io a 3 /O-G £. WELD. one A ; = . oy |, | NOV 1-6 1958 O : “fe a 7 hs Tolson Belmont Parsons —_ Tainm Tele. Room —_ ‘ iD: {E80 | Yee ayent Ou ar ne _ a = os . ; . ve ot , Qn eee ee NW 45808 Docid:32293692 Page 2
Ss FORM NO. 64 Ss a f- -4 ‘ A & Office Memorandum ° "UNITED ST TES GOVERNMENT 70 =: ~~ ¢ DIRECTOR, FBI pate; 10/20/59 ~ (u) _ SAC, NEW YORK 03 OTHER 4 SUBJECT: CHANGED | as ; aa ANNETTE SYLVIA EPSTEIN aka DECLES. i"! f Ce? Annette Eberly ; | RELEASE ui Cha {FORMATION | , IS-R o AN JHIS DOCUMENT. KH 2- 69S Budirtel to NY,.9/15/59, captionea[ OTHER 4 SI-R-DESECO; | ANNETTE SYLVIA EP ANEW) CH ne title is marked "CHANGED" to include the name y) Y \WNNETTE EBERLY, obtained from records of the City Court of NNew York, Bronx “County, NY, which reflect subject's name was legally changed to ANNETTE EBERLY on 1/19/59. CK u Referenced airtel denied authority for the NYO to conduct a [DESECO]| interview with subject. This airtel lr) NS also directed that prior investigation concerning subject (Bufile 140-11741; NY file 140-5353) be brought up to date 1S and that discreet inquiries be made among subject's associates “ to determine the extent and nature of her association with 5 [Bovtet nationals 7S) BURTON VAN HORN FOREMAN, 160 Claremont Avenue, By ¢ NYC, an associate of the subject, is employed as an instructor {ff . of the Japanese language at COnEPD Ab University, NYC. He has been employed as a part-time/i Por at [Amtorg Trading Corporation (ATC); NYC, since September 4, 1959 .G&u) On 9/10/89 [___] advised SAS of the FBI he had had homosexual te dencies in the past. _penuairtel 9/15/59 -. directed that the} PSI-R-DESECO/{case on be closed an Sz, ses 7 fF BY stop \SSIFIED B “A LASS! Std ag oe By Oi that no further contacts be initiated with FOREMAN, but_that* information [____] volunteered should be accepted. [__]/* SS has Gate voluntartiiy furnished anf oration concerning Amerdéan - nS act (2. B RM) gen v 3: cae 2 ureau J yD) =< - New york (238 414) 6h ae / 37 fife! “ a oviet employees of ATC and Ce pning contacts-end & 9 ties of the officers of ATC De} ok. JCH:mkr (3) Loe sb Ee ERAN : SHOWR | ¥ NW 45808 DociId:32293692 Page 3
fry r34-vers JQ( 4) “he oe On .9/17/59, was interviewed at his request at his residence, 160 Claremont Avenue, NYC, by SAS WILLIAM V. SCHMALTZ and JOHN C. HESSIN. Cc volunteered additional information concerning the activities of [ATC ]and ton wien (2) OTHER 1B,1C,4 the following information concerning his Gssdciation with the subject: - Ld stated he first met the subject in January, OTHER 1B,1c,4 1958 when both he and subject were instructing en ee at the {4 Berlitz School of Languages kefeller Center, 40 West 5lst Street, NYC. According to subject's associatio {yy wat Soviet nationals] began in January 1958, wren liz s) ‘, 1 ¥ .O. (Bufile 5-51672; NY file 105-20553) and BORIS “yA Bufile 105-36596; NY file 105-12456)] starte NOV Tish~language courses the Berlitz School. related the attendance of [these Soviets|at the Berlitz Schoo Ss continued through June 1958. [____—*iistated that, about one month after e Soviets {started the Berlitz Schoo, th ; subject, JOR eee (Bufile 105-7448 NY file 105-32886), _«\, himself and o onally GENN@KDEDERI..akaXBEBERI began to | wf accompany KO and IVANOV fon coff reaks between LY classes. dvised GARRIGUE and DEDERI were also instructors at the Berlitz School and that the teacher-student coffee break relationships at the Berlitz School were a common occurrence, [| stated this group met for coffee at least OTHER 1B,1C,4 once every two weeks and often more frequently. [_] stated they generally retired to theiinternational Cafeteria, RCA Building, Rockefeller Center, NYC, and that the coffee breaks generally extended from 5 PM to 5:30 P FOREMAN pia subject was first formally invited out/by these Soviets hey is k= eee en a Ee ee April or May 1958 when [FEDORCHENKO and ‘ANOV] requested t subject, DEDERI and himself accompany them to lunch at the Russian Tea Room, 150 W Street, NYC, following classes: at the Berlitz School. advised that on this occasion they engaged in light conversation on general topics. FOREMAN stated to the best of his recollection, he proceeded home alon by subway while [the Soviets| drove DEDERI and subject to tnear (5) pesidences « K) y ‘4 meas anes |] Ye : Om water mcememmcemncemwes ess ans oo tte om eee - 2 e2 cmee a NW 45808 DociId:32293692 Page 4
is} fv 134 aol] (u) re SE _ stated in June_1958 he invited the subject, orner 1B,1c,4 GARRIGUE, | FEDORCHENKO and IVANOV] to a musicale in the residence, S of a Mrs. FNU LEVITSKY, 160 West 73rd Street, NYC, 9th floor. : stated he had previously attended several musicales at the LEVITSKY apartment which were held weekly on Tuesdays during this period in LEVITSKY's apartment. | related the people attending the mustéales were amat cians who met and played for their own pleasure. . advised that on no other occasion, to his. knowledge, hadLSoviet OTHER 1B,1C,4 nationals ]attended these musicales. [_—idys stated there( were abo 20 other people present aside from the subject; GARRIGUE and the mentioned[ Soviets but that he was not(S uainted with any of the Other persons in attendance. — advised that following the musicale,j|the Soviets |( S) nneé nvited the subject, GARRIGUE and himself to a cements di OTHER 1B,1C,4 } at a restaurant located on West 73rd Street, NYC. . advised the conversation during the evening concerned — general topics and bantering nature to the best of his recollection. stated he proceeded home by sub- way and that{the Sov rove GARRIGUE and subject to their(s) residences. | stated he invited [FEDORCHENKO and IVANOV](S) oTHER 18,1¢,4 to his residence, 160 Claremont Avenue, NYC, on a Saturday? ) night in June 1958. [7] advised ert was NOUALEC to & ; attend the affair but arD in his pisee 4 ARD A ny | JOTHER 1B, 1c, 4 . . (Bufile 105- 64470; NY file 105-27651 sovie employed at the UN Secretariat. related that onal Toy GARRIGUE and subject attended this party as well as se other instructors and pupils from the Berlitz School. OTHER 1B,1C,4 advised there were between 20 and 30 people in attendance at the party. ] statéd one of these individuals was a . >, DEINES RABE Berlitz School instructor, who then resided } at 454 West 22nd Street, sit Apartment 4W, and whose telephone number was CHélsea 3-7208. a stated HARBER became somewhat intoxicated during the evening and started talking about Communism in Spain, speaking apparently with authority on the organization of Communist cells in Spain. advised HARBER was friendly with{ KOVALEV jand stated he had been informed by subject that during Ips > she) | re rn ee NW 45808 DociId:32293692 Page 5
had dated one AME ) LNU, HARBER's roommate... OLMaNT (OTHER 1B,1¢C,4 stated subject informed him that AMERICO had told her KOvALEY| G) had been to the apartment shared by HARBER and himself on several occasions, [°———_ladvised he could not presently recall the other people in attendance at the party .¢ Tore Stated that on a Saturday night in the OTHER 1B,1C,4 latter pa : \ st, 1958, the subject held a party \ in her oa ovata [eee tated he [et bis subj t had (5) S ume VALEV|to bring along some fof his Soviet friends. ‘ised Re eee him up his residence and(J rove him to the mentioned party and that (wu siidcghy ML. KI Bufile 105-64471; NY file 105-27649) anda BORIS LNU, iet parionaels. arrived at the party in a second auto econd auto ks) stat ject, GARRIGUE, DEDERI.and(_ sd ML OH eae Ni Y; 'OSHIAKO AKO? KOMORI, a Japanese national, attended the Wr Aw ye “affair tn addition to the mentioned |Soviets. advise@s+/<q+~* a there ere tse in attendance about a numbe unkno to who were college acquaintances of the subject. ») stated that on 7/17/59, while visiting the OTHER 1B,1C,4 (5)[seviet Trade_Fair, C, he and subject encountered/KOVA ) Ss | | ad MISHUKOVjon tfie{Soviet Trade Fair premises related th after exchanging social cussed the [Trade Fair [in general ‘terms. OTHER 1B,1C,4 that during the cour th conversation, oN bor invited(S) pin faye a guest fat at the “one a date conven stated pu [et te toe call from himself t0/ KOVALEV on(S) | 2 » he and subject visited( KOVALEV] Vj at the[ UN 7/30/59. (S) | advised they retired to the(UN Coctail Louie Jyhere | | they had several drinks and conversed on general topf for about one half hour. — stated on T/14/59 5 he and subject attended OTHER 1B,1C,4 OLtne Russian {Festival of Musi¢ and Dance, Madison ry uare Garde | OLene where they encountered|[F [FspoRoMENKo and IVANOV] FOREMAN 3) stated that after countered FE ocial amenities, they passed on, (”) | NW 45808 DociId:32293692 Page 6
NW 45808 - hangs over it." Ge 134- seal (4) advised that on 9/11/59, the subject OTHER 1B,1C,4 | informed him she had made an appointment with [FEDORCHENKO h Secretariat] and requested____ accompany » r (s) advised the purpose of the visit was to see if (the Soviets |/would be interested in a plan the subject had con- (Ss) ceived to set up an English language curriculum especially designed for fis-warjous oreten delegations to the uN .] (g S According to subject had planned to draw on forme instructors from the Berlitz Language School to give langu instruction_to the various Oy Delegations. eget Q) EDORCHENK(] advised them t no fon-Sovie are permitted on the premises[of the Soviet no Bon Sor to" he UN. advised that after some_additional general. conversation, and subject departed. stated there is an amicable relationship between: subject, FEDORCHENKO and himself . CS? DEDERI and himself with|[the Soviets/mentioned above, developed(S) from the student-teacher relationship at the Berlitz School, a curiosity on the part of the subject, GARRIGUE, DEDERI and himself to find out more about/the Soviets]and their( S) way of life and a o exchange [Russian an |and English S) language lessons. advised he had néver heard sub- ; ject, GARRIGUE or DEDERI utter remarks that could be construed fi as sympathetic to the Communist form of government. a3 related he was a particularly close associate of subject an j that she had confided to him that she had been troubled on j being turned down for a position with the State Department, ji! US Government, during 1956. [____| stated the subject felt | her rejection for the position was the result of some_suspected subversive associations of an uncle of the subject. oe stated. subject is a sincere, loyal American and that subject bitter over not being accepted by the State Department. advised that on the contrary, subject nurtured a heart- felt desire to "clear her name from the cloud which she believes stated the ovictafnent of subject, GARRIGUE, OTHER 1B,1c,4 JORIE GARRIGUE, previously mentioned, furnished the NYO with considerable information concerning/ Soviet natio 3) employed at ATC/prior to termination of her ployment as English teacher to|NIKOLAI_M. SMELYAKOV, President of ATC, 9/4/59. GARRIGUE eft [ATC to attend pre-medical school a (s) the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Onto GK) Be x een DociId:32293692 Page 7