404-10173-10070 _ uncLassifigo © [T} bleed ([] conripe’ “tab S SECRET ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET no _ cscr-3/ 115,757 ‘WS ).. New York gare . (us) 17 April 1963 . Sg Se ne mms Toa Suitding) OMICS | COMMENTS (Number cach comment te shew fron whom ase [ae |i | Seer arte is j ; ; CI STAFF 20 35 18 AQR 1953) aw 2. 3. RID/CE___G-A-10 > Attn} 23 af ratte mr sea § Use pal FILE NUMBER He sete Pore ss O10 “tenons” [2] Secret — [_] CONFIDENTIAL Senny _L_] UNCLASSIFIED
14-00000 SECRET 19 APR 1963 BOs Deputy Asaistant Secretary for Security. . 7 . Departeent of State . . ‘ : FROM: Deputy Director, Flans ' 1. Reference is made to the name check request, dated 11 Fevruary 1953, subject as above, whose name you desired checked - against the files of thia office. The files contain the foliar dng information. concerning Subject. Fe Be According to a reyort dated 21 April 1661 fron a usually : we reliable source, reflecting subject's oun statements, Marvin efone KAHICR, born 9 May 1934/4n Bev York City, was a student of. ; FOF Russian and Rissian literature at the University of Copenhagen ° : ; from 1957 to. 1961.- During this period, Subject traveled from . Domaark te the USBR @rice on a visiter's Visa issued.tc hia to . wieit hig uncle in Minsk. The first trip covered the period 31 May - 9 duly 1958; the second, 2 June « 8 Septesber 1959. ... AS & veaul’ of the processing of Subject's application for a _ isa to the USSR in 1958, he became friendly with one Boris ‘Fedorovich KHRTACKKOV, ‘an official at the Soviet embassy in Copenhagen and a KG officer. Ostensibly in connection with Bubject’s ‘visa application, he gave KHNYACEKOY. a atatement -@oncerning his beckground and relatives in the USA and USER. ; ; During Subject's stay in Minak in 1958, he was visited approxi- . mately four times by one Viktor Ivanovich SAZONOV who stated ees . that_be vas from a "ministry.”. SAZONOV never attempted to recruit . Subject; however, he aid suggest that Subject co-operate in an - eetive struggle for peace. Although Subject preferred not to .. #66 SAZOROV, he felt that a refusal might lead to trouble for his rélatives in the USSR; consequentiy, he pascively agreed to - GAZONOY' a general ideas. Upon his return to Copenhagen, hovever, Subject remmed his association with KHRXACHKOV; and in February -1959 beg -a clandestine meeting system with his. At this time Subject was again requested to submit written statements con- © cerning his friends ani student ecquaintances all under the : : ' pretense of gaining another visa to tha USSR. Im Jume 1959 Subject agnin traveled to Minek, and, during the registration process — at the OVIR (office of Visa and Registration), be mat one Yevgenty K2RH who requestel him to write yet another summary concerning his background. In ad¢ition KAHN asked him massrous questions, spoke, 110 ° ° . ,w e 7G . an 3 story SECREF © in 20r2
14-00000 iY SEGKET at greate lensth about peace, and offered him money on the grounds that “he knew it was rough for a atvient”. Subject reportedly refused the offer, and, fcllowin; this encounter, © was visited regularly by Victor SAZONGY (ses above), who, - towerd the end of July, invited him to a hotel where he and SAZONOV were met by KAHN. During this meeting, KAM! identified himself in SAZONOV's presence as a representative of an intellie gence service, and made an obvious attempt to recruit Subject. The latter vas requested to eign a loyalty pledge to the effect that he wag to collaborate willingly with Soviet Intelligence. He refused, and, although an argent ensued, no physical pressure or threats vere applied. Subject did not see KANN again. At the International Club, upon Sydject’s return to Copenhagen, he encountered one Vladislav Mikhailovich ARARCHALIN, an employee of the doviet Babassy ami a 5GB officer with whos he conversed, usually in the presence. of other studenta. Towards the end of November, ABARCHALIN effected « reunion between Subject and Boris KIRYACHKOV. ‘The latter attempted to dismiss the previously mentioned shorted recruitnent in Hinek as a migunderatanding. Between November 1959 and April 1960, Subject held a few street-corner meetings with KHRYACHROV. On different occasions the latter requested him to: a. rid himself of his passport becaupe of the many Soviet bloc visas which it eontained, b. accept delivery of letters from KERYACTIKOY jin England to be turned over opened to someone else; ani c. rent an apartment where Subject would invite his American friends to meet Soviets. Subject reportedly refused these requests. In April 1960’. Subject wus introduced by KHRYACHMOV to another Soviet called “Grigoriy.” The latter was to be Subject's new contact. Subject eet Grigoriy approximgtely four additional times, but refused Grigoriy’s requests tor veitten statements about his student friends. 3. According to.a repoxt dated 8 May 1961 #rom the sme usually relisble smmce, and, again reflecting Subject's statement, Boris KHRYACHKGY gave Subject a bottle of vhiskoy and two English Language books to be delivered to ona SHARIFF in Noscoy during ths course of Subject’s trip to the USSR in 1958. Subject delivered the gifte as directed and was asked by GHARIFY, a member of the staff of the Moscow News, if ne was interestod in writing a short article for that publication concerning hig impressions of Minsk. Subject agreed and wrote two handwritten pages stating that he had been favorably impressed by what appeared to be Kinsk's rapid growth ani recofisteuction. He received 500 rubles for his efforts: for which he signed a recelyt. (It is not known whether the article vas evar published.) | ' , 4 SEGRET
14-00000 3ley ip wm Rew ee anne Hee ek SECRET h, A report dated 1 September 1962 froa a usually reliable " gouree indicated that Subject had been friendly with ons William BTEINSMITH, an American citizen born about 1933. Living in Demeark without a residence pernit, STEINSMITH hed sold pro-CASTRO end ‘anti-Weet articles. to the local Danish press and bad been in coe tect.with the local Cuban Charge d‘ Affaires, Gabriel CALAFOBRA ‘Salas. The latter was keown for hie rebid Castroisn and strong - | anti-American feelings. 5. Wor further informetion concerning Subject, you are re- ferred to tho Yederal Bureau of Investigstion and to the Departeent . ee State, Passport Office, Agerican Bxbeaay, Copenhagen, Domsark. C80l-3/775,757 © RID/ce: JMA/IK/gmm Based onfOssi}10344, [Ossajioss2, (Opck}9633 (201~279710) a tz 22 22 . SECRET