oPrionat FORM NO, 10 . . . MAY 1962 ELITION . i . . 2 GSAFEMR (a CFR) 1GF-14.8 if ' UNITED STATES OVERNMENT teed | Memorandum , DIRECTOR, FBI (105~78256) DATE? 4/15/70 SAC, DENVER (105-4151) (C) THOMAS RIHA, aka. Zi IS - CZ \ ¥ : \ Yo Re Denver letter to the Bureau, dated 12/29/69. 4 Enclosed herewith is. a letter of acknowledgement to subject's mother, Dr. RUTH ANN COOK; to acknowledge her letter of 1/11/70. ‘Also enclosed are 5 copies of an LHM, which sets out Mrs. COOK's letter to the Denver Office of the FBI and in which she mentions her son's work with CIA. This documert 4 ef ay 28 9 ont q "a on netion rtetin one, plot te response to mtgntp Clava nat ft poy ‘ Your recuest and és 7 Your Cuiain”  ¢ “ 1 oe content 4 i wos ‘no! Boa vate te cf Tr oaeoed ne nel witout the cores oy prove 1 ns ‘ he Pp ae , “ssi08ed to unauthors wed person! | ay. CO>- Bureau (Enc. 6) (RM) 2-—- Denver (1 - 105-4151) ! (1 - 47~3190) (TANNENBAUM) LDN/1lid C4) Le, Meus Af tf @ and, (70 ‘ AGEN Rar “, Cite ie lgghiasoe) iQ, . ARe RED) cee nee ees sernens ett . . , / JAR aE) a nw Led Ex Le eet coon ervnees nate ; Res _ n ; a ' ; in * ne I¢ io a Py, % aa ttl, SARL, O26 (0 a ee _ . at , | a ang Mego Ry r JAN 49 if) — 2G654 Coceties Lp G Led i Copy to Dewees ) <a m by routing slip ?or : /) wo att TS fod info O astion BIN ALS —— ran) oe J= 26-20 ie as *, Gf Dyg ahead gf ga. cata! Gree line Pe pit fie ie, _ gS Lee oe Ca Lf aid gaan O et As i an CBee. CI fe ee fd 2 oF EB { 0B Te. S.S avings Bortds Regularly an the Payroll Saviegs Plan nw 3500 ‘DeZTa:3298 Page
} UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to Denver, Colorado File Neo. JAnUarY 15, 1970 THOMAS RIA | Alse Known As Thomas Andrew Charles Riha The following letter dated December 29, 1969, Was ; ‘ sent by the Denver Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ‘5 (FBL} to Mrs. Ruth Ann Cook. This communication acknowledged the receipt of her Letter dated December 5, 1969, received by the Denver Office on December 10, 1969, concerning the disap- . pearance of her son Thomas Riha.. i Mee age mee ate Mes. Ruth Anu Cook Casa Lido Brissago, Ticine CH-6614, Switzerland , Est $1 QuOWICID SLY T, G GUD OL, REWSD dish GQ 4606 tp28.0 U“OrDU * vat Dear Mrs. Cook: 72000 OU 7 otddn ssasdua oy, qnoypm you 3 This is to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated December 5, 1969 concerning the disappearance of your son Thomas Riha. TAT AS oe Please be advised that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has no jurisdiction in matters of this nature and we are not able to conduct an active investigation concerning your son’s disappearance, ara 242 fo ya Q 201 kas ~ age & ‘ ds pod B8enoedt Ano 0f osuodsos ur ANAAR OPER 1 fe At your request we will place a Missing Persons Notice with our Identification Division in Washington, D. C. Ifyou desire us to do this, please advise. woe FP Up peopel] Sb O80 ST uy, Very truly yours, ILO OIG CF” Used parr, RQ Sori ebau't 404 ZOU at 7D we Ao et By ROE ene eee me ae EY an SCOTT J, WERNER Special Agent in Charge “PHYOSEL9 « f ENCLOSURE > AW 55100 DBocld:329895535 Page 55
Thomas Riha On January 13, 1970, the Denver Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation received a letter from vr. Ruth Ann Cook, 6232 Nevenhain/Taunus, Sophienruhe 14, Deutschland, dated January 11, 1970, and addressed to Mr. Scott J. Werner, Special Agent in Charge of the Denver Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This Letter states as follows: "Trankfurt - (Illegible) ‘Dr, Ruth Ann COOK "General Hospital "6232 Nevenhain/Taunus "Jan. llth 1970 "Sophienruhe 14 Deutschland "Dear Mr. Werner, "Thank you so much for your kind reply of Dec. 29th to my letter concerning T. Riha‘s disappearance. "Thank you also for your offer of placing a Missing Persons Notice in Washington D. C. for me. "My sole concern is of course for my son's safety and well being - but in view of the information which has reached me recently on rumors of my son's CIA work and some strange happenings at his home in March 1969 I do not know whether it is in his best interest that I should request such 2 Notice. *T am very sick, Mr. Werner with double pleurisy and have Lost-since I wrote you-due to my sickness one eye sight - having only barely recovered after cancer. 'S wish I could talk to you and ask your advice ~ in this grievous matter. "Perhaps when I recover shall I come to Denver to seek your counsel. "Thank you once more "/s/ Ruth Ann Cook. a~ BD aw - AW 355100 Bocld:32989555 Page 56
RS RCE aoe aie eo ee eG ino ane * aieniabietaaiediar a ne St en ne ey re neg werk we or ne . aeoae @ @ ‘ , , , _‘ . . . ‘I, Thomas Riha On January 15, 1970, the following communication was sent by Scott J. Werner, Special Agent in Charge, Denver Office, FBI, to Dr. Ruth Ann Cock in response to the above letter: x An cae Dr. Ruth aun Cook 6232 Nevuenhain/Taunus ‘Sophienruhe 14, - Peutschiand wr ha a he SEAM Sate Dear Mrs. Cooks: This will acknowledge receipt of your Letter of January 11, 1970. Pursuant to the request in your letter IL will net place a stop notice with the Federal jo Bureau of Investigation Identification Division in Washington, BD. C., concerning your son Thomas Riha. The FBI is not permitted to provide counsel to individuals regarding their problems and I would . suggest if you feel you need legal advice that you contact an attorney for such advice, Very truly yours, SCOTT J, WERNER, Special Agent in Charge. PROPERTY OF THE FBI This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI, It is the property of the . FBI and is loaned to your agency 3 1% | and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. | - Bem HW 55100 Docld: 32989553 Page 57 | 4 a
Fr -350 (Hev. 7-16-63) | . “w (Mount Clipping in Space Below) UAL ABOUT MYSTERY By FRED GILLIES ' Denver Post Staff Writer wood + : Ske sat across from her attorney in his downtown Denver office and spoke in an oifmand manner. “Tom (Riha) will be here sometime in January,” she said. It seemed very matter-of-fact. even cas- ual. And yet the Denver woman's remark came during the interview like a fitful wind roiling the heavy air of mystery which for 1@ months has surrounded the Cisannearance of Thomas Riha, professor of Russian history at the University of Colorado. Riha vanished March 17, leaving no trail except what can be found in letters and documents which have been appear- ing from time to time. The’ authenticity of many of these papers has been ques- tioned by his attorneys. Reports Conflict Rint s house, his car and his art works, have heen disposed of, with what his friends call “untimely haste.” Federal agencies apparently have issued conilict- ing reports, at times saying they know nothing about Riha, and at other times -tindicating they have knowledge of his .| whereabouts. Denver and Boulder police say they ‘}have been assured by federal agencies ‘(that Riha is “alive and well.” But they ‘1 decline to identify the agencies. The Denver woman, who has predicted '’ Riha's return here, apparently is the only : person in the Denver-Boulder area who ‘ has said she has heard from and seen Riha since he was officially declared missing under what the FBI here acknowledges were “unusual circum- stances.” “Tom (Riha) will write or call me (be.- fore he comes to, Denver this month),” said Mrs, Ce" + eynenbaum, 248 Logan _ “Si, who described herself as a longlime | PF 55100 Docld:32989553 Page Tea ‘ “Dy * a = Ont dob ae . p~rigiend of the Czechoslov akiangorn_pro- fessor. Draw Blank She said Riha is in Montreal. Quebec, but'she has no address for him. Riha has made all contacts with her and she _doesn't contact him directly, she added. Canadian immigration officials in Den- ver said this week they were unable, through their extensive contacts, to fo- - tate Riha in Montreal or any part ue (Canada. : *Montreal telephone information said there's no phone number listed there for Thomas Riha. And officials at the Univer- sity of Montreal say they have no knowl- edge of Riha. Mrs. Tannenbaum said Riha was in Denver late in May and again last sum- mer, staying each time for only a day or two. The professor, Mrs. Tannenbaum said, came to her door at 2 a.m. one day in May with his flight bag in his hand. Dur- ing his visits in May and late last sum- mer, she said, Riha didn’t contact any- one else, including his close friends or his nephew, Zdenek Cerveny. Riha had acted as a sponsor when Cer- veny came from Vicnna to Boulder in November 1968, as a refugee from Rus- sian-occupied Czechoslovakia. 'To See Attorney’ .Mrs. Tannenbaum said Riha will be com- ing to Denver this month, mainly to assist her in personal matters and to see the Boulder attorney involved in his divorce. Riha's visit here also will serve to clear up ‘‘all this innuendo,” said Mrs. Tannen- -baum. alluding to what she said were im- plications in the news media that Riha- might no longer be alive and might be a victim of foul play. wh a a wave of her hand, Mrs. Tapnen- “Daum said she knows nothing neil Beet eo, “Y 55 tale hs (08- (indicate page, name of newspaper, city cna st sateen) . 4S The Jenver Post Denver, Colorado Date: 1-18-70 Edition: Home Author: “rad Gillies Editor: Titles OQ, Thomas Riha Palmer Hoyt Characters: or Classification: JO5~U151L Submitting Offices Denver | Being Investigated IE 256-Dee — 7G 28 sijete en
r agiitias-in Montreal. “I don’t know what he’s doing; I never asked him,” she said. She added, how- ever, that the professor must have some means of support because “he has money for plane tickets.” never had. "A Perfectionist! Friends of Riha saw this unused place When it was mentioned that Riha’s setting, when they came to the Riha home friends had described him as a-‘perfec-; March 16 and peered through the kitchen tionist, Mrs. Tannenbaum smiled and re-| window, after Riha failed to pick them up sponded quickly: that day for a dinner engagement in Yes, she said, Riha was a perfectionist| Littleton. —in his leaving Boulder. Then she threw’ Seen by Others back her head and laughed with her The place setting also was observed, the whole being. same day, by other friends who stopped Riha left Boulder, Mrs. Tannenbaum at the Riha house and got no response said, “because things were pressing in on when they knocked at the door. him”—at the university and at his home, Close friends of the professor say it where he was living apart from his wife was his custom, since he’d been living during divorce proceedings. 3 alone, to set his place for breakfast the 4 Early in the interview, Mrs. Tannin- night before. haum disclaimed any knowledge of hey Could the place setting have been there Riha left Boulder—whether by car, train on Saturday, March 15, when friends eaten ater, fe Said, without elabo- phoned Riha repeatedly, beginning al 8 » that she picked up Riha’s car at fim. and continui the Stapleton Internati irpor ‘ mung throughout the dey, Rihe Tart Boulden national Airport after and transferred April 1 to a Denver publi | school official and his wife. The notarized oh calendar pad signature, Thomas Riha, was on the title Denver and Bo id ] i ee nent authorities are examining “documenta me Mrs. Tannenbaum said s NOW ‘ . ments In- Riha since 1847, when her former noe, OVC! i the Works, hs house, his band, who was then in the U.S. Ar helped bring Riha from Europe to the New Documents United States. She also Said New documents and lett i Riha in Chicago, where Riha was on ‘the up with misspellings and awkward geame faculty at the Universi:y of Chicago from matical expressions, Similar to those found 0 1967, when he came to CU. in other letters, Signed Thomas Riha or Even as Mrs. Tannenbaum was pre- with other names. dicting that Riha would be appearing in _ Checks signed with Riha’s name and ener, there were developments suggest- parenases made with his credit card after ing tha Riha had had no intention of “© disappeared also are being scrutinized leaving his Boulder home suddenly. Notaries public who certified the Thom. Ca len dar Notes mente a enature on some of these docu- Found among Riha’s papers was hi tographs, ince ee Set Of six calendar Pad. Notations in the two weeks ie ae seen at ne Of Riba. But before Riha disappeared include remind- ers to write for tax forms and the time and place of appointments and dinner en- ti gagements. These entries, many of them yw. made in advance of the event, continue p through April 25. One of these entries, March 11. reads, “dinner Colonel.” Riha had been known to refer to Mrs. Tannen- baum as colonel. . ater examining these entries, friends .an ! i i iha’ coleagues of Riha say the notations Riha's power of attorney, are very matter-of-fact and hardly appear*ettert to be those of a man who is contemplat- ® 8 Boulder attorney ing a sudden departure from his home ‘Also adding an air of mystery to Riha’s sudden departure was the discovery of place setting on his kitchen table—a cereal. bowl, other dishes and silverware, ap- parently set there for a breakfast he later, the notary HW PCO trocld: 32989553. Page 59 - + Extensive Probe 9 == &-““Deriver Dist. Atty. Mike McKevitt and his staff recently entered the investiga- ; tion, saying an “‘extensive” probe is under way. These efforts are being coordinated with stepped-up probes of the Denver and Boulder police departments and the Boul- der district attorney. Last week, McKevitf said he’s been told by the Denver police—who he said re- ceived their information from “two na- tional sources’—that Riha is alive. Mec- Kevitt declined to name the national sources, At the request of The Denver Post, in- quiries about Riha have been made at the federal level by U. S. Rep. Donald G. Brotzman, R-Colo. q Ly No Request The FBI in Washington told the congress- man it hasn’t, and won’t, conduct an in- vestigation into Riha’s disappearance, un- less someone comes forward to indicate that a federal offense is likely to be in- volved. FBI officials in Denver echo this state- ment. They also decline to sav if Scott Werner, special agent in charge here, has received a letter known to be have been sent to him by Riha’s mother in Germany, seeking information about her son. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) informed Brotzman that it thinks the FBI might have some knowledge of Riha’s whereabouts. But the CIA spokesman not- ed that the agency has verified ihat Riha’s disappearance doesn’t have international implications and was “a domestic mat- ter, in terms of the United States.” The U. S. Army Intelligence Command denies any knowledge or involvement in the Riha case. ‘Alive and Well’ But then there are conflicting reporis from persons of high integruy in jhe i b i : | | y Fi Bape ee et det tind “7 HT A ORO TTE, UEYARMERE Oh CNRS SWI ORL rt tee ete they haven’t been able to pick out Riha Boulder and Denver communities, These as the man Who signed the documents. persons say they contacted the U s Ith ; Another Denver notary public who cer- Migration and Naturalization Service, fied one of the Riha signatures said he FBI, CIA and “reliable sources” in Wash- | aS Most anxious to talk with a Denver ington last spring and early last summer | ost Teporter about the Riha situation, a" were told that Riha was “alive and £ on But the notary failed to keep his appoint. _ Well.” i ment with the reporter. When contacted In the light of these conflicting reports 4 saying he hele ieorsed his ; Position, John N. Mitchell, U. §. attorney general, 4 raving he nothing to offer. It was thas asked the FBI to take another look ak 4 1S notary who made the certification on | the Riha situation. i conveyed in a “Tt seems to me,” Brotzm : i F last August, “—“att.to Mitchell, “that the interest of the : nation in general, and the credibility vf tiie f - 2
FBI .in_particular, is not well served by the bedeovers in Mrs. Riha’s bedroom the proliferation of a belief that Prof. Riva-were later turned over to her Boulde:-at- > b D is the victim of some kind of international intrigue, if such is not the case.” Eerie Prologue Setting an eerie prologue for Riha’s dis- appearance were events at his home early on the Sunday morning of March 9, about a week before he was declared missing. Emerging from the Boulder police re- pert of the disiurbance—only parts of © which have been made available to The Denver Post—are these highlights: —Mrs. Hana Riha, then the professor’s wife, was pulled out of the bedroom win- dow of her home by neighbors as a strong odor of ether clung io her and she was sc.eaming for help. —Police were called to the Rika home by Mrs. Tannenbaum, who police said was in the house with Riha at the time of the incident. . —Mrs. Tannenbaum met police in front ‘of the Riha house and told them Mrs. Riha had locked herself in the bedroom, from which ether fumes were coming. ‘Screamed' —When she and Riha threatened to ° break the bedroom door, Mrs. Tannen- baum said, Mrs. Riha went to the win- dow and started screaming. —Mrs. Tannenbaum told police Mrs. : Riha wasn’t a U.S. citizen, her visa had expired and the immigration authorities had been called. —Mrs. Riha was “in an evident trau- matic state” at the neighbors’ home where she had been taken. wA_jam, of ether and several ether- torney. At one point, Riha was rebalfed by neighbers, sheltering his wife, when he de- roanded she be reiurned to his home. Just recently, a New York City attor- ney and longtime friend of Mrs. Riha, said in a tulephune conversation from New York, “There was nothing urgent about Mrs. Riha’s visa status that night, nothing pressing, no imminent deporta- tion.” Tt was this altorney whom Mrs. Riha telephoned the night of the disturbance, pleading for his assistance as she sobbed out her story. From New York City, where she’s era- ployed in a bank, Mrs. Riha said recent- ly that the ether in her room came from the vents or under the bedroom door. She said she began screaming when she feared she’d be overcome. ‘Unusual’ She said her hushand’s later disap- pearance was “something unusual,” not- ing thal “he left all his shaving stuff, his writing stuff, even his suit (s).” The search fer Riha — spanning the nation, reaching to Canada and thrusting into Europe -- seems never-ending. One lead seems io Spawn several others and much of the information ends up at what law authorities and interested persons ierm in their frustration “a blank wail.” Mrs. Tannenbaum has said the end of the search will come here in Denver this month. There are many persons—law-enforce- ment officials, Riha’s friends and col- soaked gauze pads found by police~in. leagues — who hope Riha will indeed ap- pear here. PANE aecteRmprinent 7 RENE ROMER AE MATE NR wath EEE
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——— SSeS 0-19 (Rev. 7-17-68) ’ - a” ne te ee a cement men Rae ‘13 “aa tt Ah rrote RY ANTHONY RIPLEY Syeo'al ta The New Yoru ‘Linrz RPOULINER, Celo., Jan. 18 — A Crech-c ar associate profes-: : suc Gf mMecviy Russian histor, has divanncared from the Uni versity of GC ioraJe campus, Tho nas Riha, 40 years ohh wag lust Sten nine montis azo. Ve feft tho waver anu, anowienthy took nouiuing with hin. and deff a mystetious tre. WaHe Ieeds and fella. facully me.abers fear that Pro- {cessor Pika mav pe dead, poles offete!s in Boulder and Denver and the former president of the university, Dr. Joseph Smiley,. all iasise he is alive, ‘they say thev have srokenm to resnonsible persons in ihe Federal Government who have’ essuied ther oF tne professor's safety, ‘Iney xetused to say,! either publicly or privately,! Who their sovrocs were, ' In Washington, tne Federal,, iueau of lnvestication, the! Contral Inicllisonce 4 yoney and tad State Department all deny knoving anythmg about the we ond sarecest if may be a itoco! police matrer, .Pretessor — Riha, born came to the Unite Pranuc, 4 Stetes in 1947, He became 2} nsturalized citizen, and re-i ePad his bachelos’s ant nras-| ters ceprocs at the Uuilversity | bes California at Beckles. Ta! 1962 he received a doctozatel tionr Harvard University, He taugat at the Universiiv of Chicngo and at Marbury hive rsitv, in West Germany, tates moving to the Universizy of Calorado in 1967. . Disappotred Suddenly . Yrotessor Riha disappeared so suddenly that, theuga nor- riahky a neat and precise men, he teft porsonal papers scat- tered on his university. desi where he had been preparing fis income tix, O2iy ope person has main- trained thit he has been seen sine his disappeerance the weeksad of March 15-16. That iy Mrs, Galva ‘Tannenbaum of Denver, an ex-convict who says sie has spoken to him and that he is in Montreal, , A number of IJetters ard ‘redit cards signed “Thom:s Praa” have turned up, aid ruch Of his personal property| .1.a5 been sold or given away. (\ jel ne ere & SSOL ¥Y anlsmes li \souQo | SiUra:s2080553 Page 62 @ 7. pd. te “ at fpe 19 Uf pivers f * 4 : x A 3 a ” Janets ve ome “ " erect dnos deal Pref. Thomas Riha hirs. Gaive oomenbanns ‘| ° ott their” 2 i . udp aent SUH Unpaid +. ; , - ” 3 _ Professor | Riha’s lawyer,! Follov nig disepnesrance, * Richard E, Hopkins, of Boutaer,| | #001 » his disep; nce, shys he is suspicious of the| Mrs. Riha filed a counter-suit. signatures and tne ietters. | She won it on Sept. 30 and re- coved eters siaeeane Das ae y ceived a $5,090 judgment. ds ‘Rina be said, “f seem) Her hushed did not appear don't know wheter Pre heara| EL,court, and the judgment is from him” me stil unpaid. ; m . eeat 4 et acle Dr. Siriicy, now president;  *#° professor’s nephew, Ze of the University of Texas wt] i. He Cerveny, of Lyons, Golo., El Paso, said ne was assured of; 'f2me to the Vanted States from vine Atay ', Henbaum’s, Nirs. bert, 51, died Scat. 13 of Tolson WW DeLoach ~WW Mohr — 4 ? * Conrad Felt Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel — Trotter Tele. Room Holmes Gandy ——___. - * ' _ phe will was witnessed ny w. Cerveny, who later regudi- ated it in Denver pronate court. . Another friend of Mrs. Tan- Barbara Ee- » . S9- dium cyanide poisoning. i Both dearhs are listed as suspicious by the Denver police and are under investigation. \, * The Washington Post Times Herald ’ The Washington Daily News % ‘The Evening Star (Washington) tet professoi’s safety “by what _Czechoslove’ia following the| The Sunday Star (Washington) I consider reliable sources” in| Russian invasion in 1938 oa re . . , ®. . Washington, Fellowing his uncle's disap- "I repeat my real regret ‘hat| | pearance, Mr. Cervanv. said TAHT So beyond what I have: | Mrs. Galya séid,” be said in a telephone in-} Denyer, whom he had met , : nae thir >refessor Ri terview. “A confidence is still al |) ough, Pre iessor Riha, called me , | um and said rat the professor conficence.” 1] sould not ke beck, He said she Provessor Riha’s former wife |asked them to dispose of his lives in Brooklyn. The former {personal effects. Hana Hruskova was also born wan the following weeks the in Czechosiovakia and is 15: id aad Sie Furng Mouse were K ve een th . ised aad his furniture and pa- yeats younser than the PrO-\' pers transferred to Mrs. Tan- essor. enbaum’ sein Denver. S ; } . . nonbzum’s house in Denver. § At the time of his disa@n-, turned over $19 609 worth ne cha hat b pone /urne $19,009 worth of pearance she ha Sen SORE This small art collection to the from their home for a w*e<'Donver Art Museum fhe tory Ss in witch. 1 . atter ham sores y acene apr ‘ Mrs, Tannenbium, who spent a neighbor said she flea ;rore than two years in the 7 . . “Y ~ . . + him, with her clothes Simeaing! State Peniteritizry at Dwight, . 1 Wy ” * ~ of efaer, shouting she was Forze nd ating fuilty to afraid acquaintances were try-y yq45 presented Nie Gent oa ing to kill her Ath two pis TT re chy ing to kill her. . With two pistols and said she Abthe time,Professor Riha had! was 4 brigadier peneral in iili- already filed divorce papers to tary intelliceace, «ates j ! sne 1s now awaiting trial end their five-month marriage! vee Is a tettiee Cons d ‘Feb. 9 in Denver District’ Court on charges of forging a will following the dearh of Gustey » ‘* Inzversen, 78, a friend wno ~ fed af pole: duny cyanice pui- wie sosise feyr Daily News (New York) Sunday News (New York) Tannenbaum of| New York Post The New York Times we The Sun (Baltimore) __/ £ Ratew ordeal ye Colorado Pry ey wnt __f The Daily World The New Leader The Wall Street Journal The National Observer People’s World Examiner (Washington) i, —? ’ ie a a Ps fe 7 erenn pennies hoorennenwente NOT RECORDED JAN 29 1970 1F ais ore “% | * f rd 73
Tolson LeLoach Walters tohr —____ Bis shop —a.. Casper Callchan Conrad Fodt Gile SAC, Denver €105=4L51} Birector, FRI (105878 255% SUOMAS RITA tw ite, A. W. Gray dow EIY, ad, We Redfield 1/19/76 (1) (B) RASCELLALICUS «© INFOPMATIGON CONCERNING a conevressman Donald &, Exotemnn, Colorade, addrossed a lettor dated 1/8/70 to the Attorney General (AG) reaquasting information from hin concerniny the dinanpearance ef subtest, Enelesed is one eony es ch 2F the Consrenuman’s Letter and) Eure eau Letter to the AGG ted 1/14/70 Yor your information, | Ye nelos sod for your inforration is one sony each of ‘Gatad 4/21/59 and 6/2/59; Bullets to Wi 5/22/08 and te Rosten 8/28/09, Posten/ letter to the Director dated 6/36/60; Poston rovort dated B/8E 23, ail next EMars YPN JOU BHALOD sch 4 L aorddo ssardea ay7- Ino i spiszno Uwownu a fa BUD OO4; i} 4 d az "DOPOD 4i19 “% patadosd s1 quawnoop sry zt 1 1 rs ’ Tt As : t " Mee Seite to subject, The akove are being furnished for the compliction S- 3 of your Like, - : Ss 8 on a/is/ro[ that the subigats 8 is not of enerational interest to that Avency, With rorard sores ¥ the subject's disancazanee,[_ Jadvised it did vcceive a reneBEes whieh could be charnever nized as a rumor, that the sub-icet wad Sams ouperiencing maritai diificuivies and had left his wife, The * 8 E.3 Agency aoes not have aay information coneerninge subject's or present whereabouts, BIB Seg in subsequent comaunications concerning this mattey Sma you should delete the character of £8 = CZ and use the characte ss wo ~ of this letter, S3 § 35 34 8 x a SS Uniess additional per tinent information is developed,s§ » § no investigation need be conducted by your office, Ff addie oy», tional pertinent information received concerning this mattesy¢ 4 1£ should promptly be -furnished toe the Bureau by LAM, . 8 ee / , - . / ST Enclosures » 8 SR: ser 4 \t e{5) es JAN 26 1979 NOTE: COMM-FRy Subject, Pah tas in April, 1969, sch ce Page €3 GSS, vA PA eaNO PULA NRT | ROSY LOTT JAN 22 1970 it first being reporte ad to us NOTE CONTINUED PAGE TWO isappeared in Mar > us ie te Butiles disciosed that at one time sunject a professor at the University of Colorada,
So ma ° ~ FD 6 (flov. 5-22-85] i eG + ~ FBI { I I | ! | I Date: 1/20/70 ! | | Transmit the following in (Type in plaintext or code) { AIRTEL | Via (Priority) i fe ee a ee ee ee dw TO: DIRECTOR, FBI | J FROM: SAC, DENVER (105-4151) . yy \ 1 ; . , f . g . THOMAS RIHA O° fell MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING. / de Se ReBulet 1/19/70. Breed fo _ A 4 me This morning FRED-GILLIES, reporter for the f* |} B83 = "Denver Post," Denver daily newspaper, telephonically » “8 ~sk contacted the Denver Office. C eh wv SOS we FL, Qs A3& (By way of background GILLIES has written Most articles which have appeared in the "Denver Post" con- aaa i cerning the so-called mysterious disappearance of THOMAS g23, RLHA. RIHA, a naturalized American citizen of Czech birth, a8 was a History Professor at Colorado University in Boulder, 8 S93 Colorado. He disappeared in March, 1969. Copies of those aa \ articles have been furnished to the Bureau). SSL. SSeyi. GILLIES spoke to ASAC JOHN F. MORLEY in the g aS absence of the SAC. He said he had a copy of a letter whichs Sy, the Bureau had written to the Honorable DONALD BROTZMAN “es #8 concerning the RIHA matter, which was a letter in reply S83 to an inquiry directed to the Bureau by BROTZMAN. Pye Bee _ The Bureau had previously furnished the Denver aya ' Office a copy of its 1/15/70, letter to BROTZMAN, as well B28 as a copy of BROTZMAN's 1/8/70, letter to the Attorney ais ‘ j General, and those letters had been read by MORLEY upon “S38 receipt. In order to confirm whether GILLIES did in fact S23 have a copy of the Bulet, MORLEY asked him to read it. so “vot COYY ring&p If WL GILLIES read the letter and there is no doubt it was wR S “Tg L-- an facet a copy of the ee s 1/15/70, > Sopmmuns Sans “5 Sue Kl agar oe a, ue 5 cee FA ce ” # ~, ’ ’ pon S 3 = “Ely @Q-Bureau (RM) CAM) a Nav $5 J. Se Ts aa S82] Bt ')-Denver (1.-105-4151) “7 psae “3 JFM:hg ‘ Galya Lannenbaum 7-8 = 8 “ ‘ ( 4 ) ee tee am MiGaRTE OFS * ; ad / = S ?e . Sra \ Approved Sent M Per 5 be fk ey gin AL AS Aw 55i0o° bdetd S888 iS  Abgat i ip Gparge oe:
DN 105-4151 GILLIES then told MORLEY the reason he was calling was to obtain the FBI's comments in Denver concerning the letter. MORLEY advised GLLIES the letter was very clear and self-explanatory and no further comment was necessary. The above is beine brought to the attention of the Bureau for completion of their tiles and also so the Bureau will know a copy of their communication was forwarded to GILLIES of the "Denver Post" by BROTZMAN, BROTZMAN, a current U. S. Republican Congressman from Colorado, is a former U. S. Attorncy here in Denver, Local indications are BROTZMAN will run for re-election this year and the “Denver Post" is the largest publication in Colorado. Also BROTZMAN is a resident of Boulder, Colorado, where he maintains a law practice. RIHA, the subject of his inquiry, was also a resident of Boulder, and, as indicated above, associated with the Colorado University faculty there. <e semennn ar Denver is conducting no investigation in subject matter. The above is submitted for the Bureau's information. ft Mar ethtles 0 AL cw ala HP aan ter Uhanaet ealaenanetmet + a ‘AW 55100 Bocld:329899553 Page 66
(Mount Clipping in Space Below) Med om ts f oy | fo a ER fy : 1 Ly J My F ar a tae ORG we st Te V ¥ ao See ae Vata oo) i i 5 j a ee a ae} ain eR ts OP ST ne er ne ‘ tae " e aon of e wa. Pe Fete a ,edteti dea bee: OR 6d SA eeayes ed fen” <b CANE ae Be TRLD GILLIES Doaet Prat Sic Wet Poe & Crp serge’, 1973, The Deaver Post, inc. NEW YORK — Her normaliy expres- Sive eves went suddenly dull as she sat in the Czech restaurant on New York's East Side ¢n this co.d January night. “I balieve Thomas may not be alive — he dses no{ even write his mother,” Mrs. Hana Riha said. we to his art works, Mrs. Riha said. never would have left his — his paintings. Not this way.” The words came hesitantly. and she stared jixedly at the door at the back of the restaurant. This door, she later dis- closed. has a special significance, for it was bevend this door, in the restaurant's garden area, where she and Prof. Thomas {Riha annowmeed their engagement at a Small party with friends in August 1963. ‘Str-Benver, who has described _,, herself as a friend of the pro- fessor. ~ Mrs, Tannenbaum was jailed early Saturday in Boulder after she was charged Friday in Dis- trict Court there with forging Riha's name to a $330 check used to pay for a charter air- plane flight from Longmont to San Antonio, Tex., July 30. Lt. Raiph Ruzicka of the Boulder Police Department said a search of her residence Friday uncov- ered some books and letters al- legedly belonging to Riha. Mrs. Tannenbaum said in a recent interview in The Denver Post that Riha had visited her home twice after he disappeared —once in May and again last summer. Each time, Mrs. Tan- nenbaum said, Riha stayed only for a day or so, not contacting} any of his friends or colleagues oy or his nephew, Zdenek Cerveny..¥ S “his is not like Tom.* 4eQo Riha said. She pictured her se mer husband as a man who Sn-| joyed contacts with his friends! and students. . Mrs. Riha also was openly skeptical of Mrs, Tannenbaum’s Documents connected with these trans announcernent that Riha would fers — alongwith ‘clicky issuedsand » be coming someume this month credit_card purchases made in his name to Denver from Montreal, Can- c are being scrutinized by Denver amg ad4, where Mrs. Tagnenbaum Strange Incidents Now. almost 112 years later, Mrs. Riha was iatking with a newsman in the same ijrestaurant about the many strange inci- dents surrounding the sudden disappear- ‘{ance March 17 of Riha, her former hus- ‘, band. When he vanished, the Czechoslo- vakian-born professor was an  asso- ciate professor of Russian history at the University of Colorado. “No, no.’ Mrs. Riha said, shaking her head determinedly. “Thomas would not do it this way — disappear so suddenly. (Tf he were alive), he would contact his mother, the university, his friends . .. even me. “When he does not do this, I can only think he is not free to do what he wants, I know Thomas; he is a responsi- “ble man.” Mrs. Riha insisted that the hasty dis- posal of Riha’s property after he dis- appeared wasn't at all in keeping: with - his outlook and attitudes. Riha’s house | _and car were sold, and his art works were donated to the Denver Art/Museum. een eae ere <A pa tneeeeeenrt veer nnieteaete The professor also had a Strong attach- ment to his Boulder home and especiaily i + “His home,” she said, “was like a castle. He once said no one could threw him out of his home. If they would, he said he would be back in 24 hours. He job, his home, Mrs. Riha quickly dismissed the claims of Mrs. Galya Tannenbaum of 248 Logan "Hy 55100 Docid:32989553 Page 67 . tee es {Inalcate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) y 2 tad % je fy U i Denver Post Denver, Colorado 1-25-70 ficme Hed Gillies Edit: Palmer Hoyt Title: ? Thomas Riha mee aa Date: Edition: Authors: Deo oa , rete OOF ‘ Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: 105-4151 Denver [Being Investigated
HW 55100 ‘in hiding, because of the di- reported. Their discussion, if is ( said Riha has heen staying. tiie Stafes from Vienne. - 'kedroom, locking fhe doen, Again, Airs. Riha cited file where he hud fled from Cum-'Aiter a while, slie becaine aware professor's failure to contact his munist-aceupied Cucehistovakia. of a strong odor coming through mother and friends as the fuel Corveny vas admitted to the a furnace vent in the wall. She for the growing fear that seme- United States carly in Novembarjbegan {to feel dizzy and closed thing has happened to Riha. ‘of the same vear. the vent. She heard voices out- “Thomas,” Mrs. Riha said. Mrs, Biha said her own daysiside her bedroom and called “loved his work, his writing. of trial beonn lasr Februa:y out, “What are you trying to Not for the name it got hin 2, about the (rac her huskard do?” The voices on the other but because he was this way.’| filed ‘or a divoree. She began side of the door were those of She also said Riha spent {receiv ing sirmmnge felephone her husband and Mrs. Tannen- much time cutside his classes f{ealls, she ssid. even as sue ane ‘baum, : working with his students et his: Riha contivucd to live af their? Then there was a hissing study on the CU campus and! Boulder hume. These calls came sound, and strong fumes, simi. at his home. at all hours of the day or nieht, ilar to those she detected earlier, “He was popular with the stu-' end there never was any con- regen to waft under the bed- dents,” she said, “He liked Boul-' vorsation on the other end offreom door. der; there was no reason for’ the line, she said. She became dizzy and opened! him to leave. This was his ile.” 5 And for gome time, Mrs. ja bedroom window, broke the ; Mrs. Riha said she “can’t re--Riha said, she had been under}sereen and called for help. | member” whether she deciitied steady prexsrre from Mrs. ‘Tan-| - Prof. Robert Hanson, a neigh-' to have Blouder police file a nenbaum to sim sume papers ‘bor, ran {o her assistance and missing person report on Riha, which she was told had somne-,pulled her out the window. shortly after he disappeared, {iking to do with her immisra- With the help of another while the couple was in the ‘Hon status es an alien from  négnbor, Prof Richard Wil- midst of divorce proceedings. - Czechoslovakia, Mys. Rihs said son, she was taken to the Wil (A divorce decree was granicd' she never was told of the exact son home. From here she tele- her counter clairn of cruelty by" nature of these rupers. phoned her attorney in New Boulder District Court Sept. 50, This past week, Mrs. Riha’s York. Afterward she went with S69.) altorney in Nev York cor- Afr. and Mrs. Hanson back to! firmed that ke had steadily ad- Ue Riha house. Here she vised Mrs, Hiha ref to siga any packed some of her clothes and verce, and that he will he back,"| ducument unless if was ap- then went with the Hansons to she said. She became convinced) proved by brn or her attorney the Boulderado Hotel. She that Riha truly was missing. she in Boulder. stayed at the hotel until she said, when she read the Dee. 28 In a televhoie conversation Jolt April 5 for New York City. arlicle in The Denver Post nol-, Merch 8, tho ailorney said he, Boulder police said in their ing that Riha’s art works had. informed Ars. Tannenbaum of report of the incident that Mrs. been donated to the Denver! the advice ke had given Mrs. Tanenbaum met them in front Art Museum. Riha. of the Riha house and told them “His home was a museuni.”! The next morning, at about Mrs, Riha had Jecked herself in she said. She recalled that Riha.| 12:39 am., Mrs. Riha wag {he bedroom, from which ether assisted by her father who was: pulled oul a window in her fumes were coming. When she then visiting in Boulder, refin- | home as she screamed for heln, and Riha threatened to break ished many of Riha’s art works. and a strong ortce of ether clung the bedroom door, Mrs. Tannen- in January 1999. This was less, to her body and nightclothes. :baum said, Mrs. Riha went to! than three months before Riha| Boulder police say they were the window and started scream- vanished. talled to the Rika house by, ing. “Thomas was so happy (with ° Mrs, Tannenbaum to invest.- eee police reported that the refinished art works) — he , iMirs. Tannenbaum told police was like a child,’ Mrs. Riha gate the anne. Mts, Tannin Virs. Riha wasn’t a citizen, her said. Riha at the time, | police said. wisa_had expired and the im- And friends of Riha said he yy new york hie past week, :migration authorities had been was immensely happy at the  yyre. Riha gave this ‘version of called. marriage to Hana on Oct. 13, events. ies said they found Mrs. 1968, in Boulder. ne . iha “in an evident traumatic It was al the wedding recep- , act eee Seturdie state” at the Wilson home, tion that Rika first met Mrs. vinroh ¢ Most of that daw a where she had been taken, f that dav she | . Tannenbaum. Mrs. Riha said. | js2d staved at the Boalds Goi__° jar of ether and several Riha and Mrs. Tannenbaum! ‘Hotel in Boulder, rent ‘an fLECO! sauze pads found by police in who wasn’t among the invited room to avoid ceuing Mee Pane tbe bed covers of Mrs. Riha’s “I kept thinking Thomas wus guests at the reception. spoke j.achanm. j bedroom were later furned over “a fairly long lime” in a room ‘fo her Boulder at‘erney. Mrs.| : m tgs . The house was dar an sl y near the main festivities, friends: entered, but the (at " eae mai ina has said she deosn’t know | ‘ iG § SL dy i e door close slowly and hose}! rox Eile jar and pads” got" nto said, centered on ways to brirg hispers from inside the room.| & ‘Ttiha's nephew, Cerveny, to Wi che immediately went to her Docld: 327989553 Page 68 » ad
AUS, Immigration and Nai-:Cook, js known to have written" way he picked some wild flow- uralization Service (INS) offi. pariy in December to Scott ors and presented thei *ts~ his cial in Denver said recently | Sverner, FBI special agent in - ito " Mrs. Tannenbaum has no offi-/chavge al Denver, secking in- | “Recalling this time. Mrs cial connection with INS. "formation about her son. Dr. ipina was pensive Her glance i The week after the incident at!Cook reportedly is quite ill, aft- once again went to the door at he Riha horne seemed unevent-‘er undergoing two major opera-fann tarde Anak ape} ful for Riha — he met his tions, SOI Jor epera-tthe back of the Czech restau- renee " ¥ oO ; classes, atfended a depart- ¢ Inquiries about Riha ere be-| an here, Then she smiled mental meeting and counseled ting continued by the Denver ‘Hor him, life was like a this students. A note on his cal-' Post, contacting federal agen- , jendar vad ‘Tuesday, March 11.] cies; U.S. Rep. Donald G. Brotz wanly and said: flower. He enjoyed life so end: : winnh.He was so alive. S—"-——" ‘Indicated he was to kave din-|man: R-Colo., and Canadian | ner with the “Colonel.” Riha immigration officials. was often known to have used! Denver Dist. Atty. Mike Me.’ that name when speaking of | Kevili said he has been con- Mrs. ‘Tannenbaum. ducting an “extensive investiga- LAST SEEN - tion” of Riha’s absence and re- Riha was seen up to about) lafed matters. This investiga- 12:30 a.m.. Saturday, March 15.; tion, MeKevitt noted, is being when he left a family party at aj cnordinated with probes of the . friend’s home in Boulder. No | Honver and Boulder Police Le-! one except Mrs. Tannenbaum | partments and the Boulder d3- has come forth to say he has} trict attorney. ” , seen the professor sinee that Here in New York, Mrs. Rika time. . ‘has been told about sorne of the Riha was officially declared! misspellings and awkward - missing Monday, March 17, |, grammatical expressions in let- ‘when his bricfease was found ters and documents signed open amid books and papers on Thomas Riha, which have ap-| his desk in his CU study where peared since his disappearance. |"~ he had failed to appear all day. Wer reaction has been instant: ‘Federal agencies apparently‘ These papers aren't genuine, héve issued conflicting reporys she said. ~. telling some persons they “Thomas was fussy about the iknow nothing about Riba and language.” she insisted. “He telling others they have knowl. would not write in this wey.” edge of his whereabouts. And she added that her for- * Denver and Boulder police mer husband was fastidious in ‘say they’ve been told by fed- all things. “Everything must eral agencies that Riha is be in its place.” “alive and well.” But they de- pREEPER BASIS cline to identify fhe agencies. But there seems to be a deep- » This past week, J. Edgar er, almost intuitive, basis for coe chief of the FBI, said the fears expressed by Mrs. the FBI “has no knowledge of Riha, who is employed in a Dr. Riha’s whereabouts. The |New York bank. And this is enver FBI field office,” most evident as she recalled a Toover said, “has been in con-|panpier time with Riha. tact with Dr. Riha’s mother (in} One night, she said, she and Germany) and offered to place her husband came homie elated a missing person notice con-{ from a social event they at- cerning her son in the files of| tended in Boulder shortly after our identification division. This they were married. Riha want- offer was declined.” ed to take a walk because he Riha’s mother, Dr. Ruthtenwas so keyed up. And along the 55100 Docld:32989553 Pa a a ES
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€ ( i | i i in the Sunday article in the Rocky Mountain News, said the missing Boulder man is dead 4nd that his body is in the mountains, next toa By RYKKEN JOHNSON Rocky Mountain News Writer His nephew looked at the last three paragraphs of the newspaper story Sun- day and nodded in agreement. “I’m, afraid Rose is right,’ was the young, man’s solemn remark. “My uncle’s body; i§ probably somewhere in the moun-, tains.” " The speaker was Zdenek Cerveny, nephew of Dr. Thomas Riha, the missing University of | Colorado Russian history professor who disap- peared March 17, 1959, and who, in recent weeks. has become the subject of renewed in- vestigations to discover his whereabouts. “Rose,’’ a name she picked in order to re- main anonymous, is a Denver clairvoyant who, chve. . , Cerveny is a dark-haired, handsome man like his 40-year-old uncle. The Czechoslovakian immigrant came to the United States in Novem- ber, 1988, to work in Denver, then Lyons, Colo. Speaking splendid English, Cerveny, abou 34, talked about the involved case that has been‘ clouded and perhaps stifiéd by reports from’ Yenver and Boulder law enforcement authori-s ties that certain federal agencies have stated Riha is “alive and well.” Unnamed U.S. agencies The local law offices have declined to identi- iv the U.S. agencies, but they are believed to be the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency. Much of the speculation about Riha’s wei- fare in the last two weeks comes from Mrs. Galya Tannenbaum, 248 Logan St., who claims slose friendship with the professor. She_insists - ne has visited her iwice since his unannounced departure in March. He is in Montreal, Quebec,, tCanada, she said. Mrs. Tannenbaum, who has substituted 4, *“Galya,” a Russian name, for the “Gloria’’? found on earlier records. claims to have known i Riha since about 1949 when he emigrated from Czechoslovakia. She has pleaded-innocent by reason of insan- ity on a charge of forging a will of another acquaintance and was arrested Saturday on a charge she signed Riha’s hame to, a check Sept. 30. . Cerveny adamantly disputes the claims Mrs. Tannenbaum has made about her association with Riha and with his group of friends, largely persops of Caech ancestry who have.sefiled in the Denver-Bouldenareas, . om WCYHEE we Loman Ge tws * HW 65100 DocId:32989553 Page 71 rely oo & t i N } & Leen eee “Herstas a tehsive relationshis-with-the group, he explained as he sipped coffee ina comfortable Lyons restaurant. . _ “Tannenbaum presented herself as some- thing she was not,” Cerveny stated. Met before wedding “She met Thomas early in October, 1968, at a party about two weeks before he was married to his former wife. _ “As far as our friends could tell, it was the first time they had met. If they had met before that. like Tannenbaum says, they certainly played the-poles will. id —“Lthink after that she went inteThamas’s past to find out about him so she could talk.’ The introduction at the wedding party in the Black Bear Inn in Lyons was arranged by a Boulder lawyer who knew Riha wanted to get his nephew to America. i. Cerveny was in Vienna after leaving Prague, following the Russian invasion. . According to Mrs. Francesca Stein, who owns the Black Bear Inn with her husband George, both Czech immigrants, Mrs. Tannen. baum had impressed the lawyer with the under. standing she could influence Cerveny’s arrival Submitied the papers “Tannenbaum apparently itcok the papers; wrote ‘approved by the Colonel’ on the bottom space to impress our friends,” said Cerveny, “then took the papers and submitted them” to regular immigration channels after clipping off her officious notation. ; . “When regular approval came for my immi- gration, she simply told my uncie’s friends that it was her work that got it through quickly. “But I had suspicions even on the flight over here when I found the length of procedures for the other passengers were about the same as ne. ; My uncle had told me T would be met ‘by a rich and powerful person’ when t got to Denver, hat person was Tannenbaum,’ Cerveny said, y Cerveny said Mrs. Tannenbaum alw ays qwore a gun in @ shoulder holster and told hint she was an agent for a “corporation, (Mrse “rannenbaum’s word for what Cerveny inter preted to imply a secretive government agen- ©) serveny thinks his uncle, a respected schol- ar, believed Mrs. Tannenbaum s inferences that she was a “rich and powerful individual, but all she had to show ‘‘was an old Miinois driver's license.” Riha may even have believed she TORE eadawed with powers similar to those of an Tro Curtain country secret police agent, er Mr. Tolson_.. 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Degree, Lancto Rika house iis unele told him Mrs. Tannenbaum came io the Riha house on March 8, 1969, with papers she said concerned Mrs. Riha’s status as an im- migrant. Hena Riha, now living in New York City, is also a native Czechoslovakian. Cerveny said it was Mrs. Tannenbaum’s in- tention fo rernove Mrs. Riha from the house that night. He said his uncle had taken a gun away from Mrs. Tannenbaum, but she persisted in wanting Hana Riha to accompany her. U.S. immigration authorities say Mrs, Tannenbaum ihas never belonged to their bureau, 7 f A nearly hysterical Mrs. Rika escaped from, ther bedroorn window with the aid of a few meighbors. Fumes of ether were smelled inside’ the house. Cerveny stated his uncle told him. the ether belonged to Mrs. Tannenbaum. The nephew described the marriage between Hlana and Riha as a frustrated one from its inception Oct, 13, 1808. Hana was much younger, about 26. Riha’s 40th birthday took place shortly after his disappearance, She was nof the housekeeper Riha apparently had expected, Cerveny said. liana smoked and had a casual altitude toward the language classes Riha had arranged for her to learn bet- ter English. There also were arguments._the nephew said. , HW 55100 DBocld:32989553 Page Tf? ested in virtrhmony with a wom- . . da UYU eooho Jove dd. bo: me Afer th other affair, Hanal@h P PURO OVE A, “LT 2 T > Phos, a . a8 made and Dye moved feo the Boulderalo Mass 0 NP are tel ard les for New York City" 7 Heurished. “he” en- pher husoarsts Gixarpvaran ere 1 ant he | pe i m the previens munth was due iyi new York, and the iropending the merital problems. A divoree , WCC celebrated again dur- Was granted Sept. 30. ing ibe early Qciober social i ; omhering In Lyons. Cerveny tells that Mrs. Tan-P7 0? leo ent \ | nenbatm maintained a tena! , Corveny ee came, no} ious grasp on her relationship | “*!S- een th ae onde svith Riha, “Often,” he said,;%-ked me to join the “corpor:- “Tannenbaum would come tol ton” J would be valuable b- nis house unannounced and} “use I knew Bussian she said. barge in on Thomas when he|Cerveny remembers. was in his private study. Vien asked if there had “She would stay and talk for| been attempts to have the ihours,? unconcerned that he} Woman verify her claims, Cer- might have had other things "| yeny said she would Jaugh and do become evasive. +The young engineer scoffed at! She once told Cerveny she had ~~ e ane tat ot ; gt? it ‘Wrs. Tannenbaum’s deseription | “connections” with the Denver o? Riha’s childhood during|Police and would “fix” a ticket World War IL “the got for going through a stop 'Riha, half Jewish, was not igh . : . abandoned as a wartime waifin} She did. According to Cer- {Nazi-controlied Czechoslovakia| Veny, Mrs. Tannenbaum simply and pvt 10 work in’a German| Paid the $25 violation and tolé stave labor camp. him the matter ‘chad been taken Young Thomas did no: have to|care of.” i dive by kis wits in the streets be-} But Cerveny went through arr fore his arrest, as Mrs. Tannen-| other stop signal recently, and, baum also contends. instead, al-|with the points lost from the though he was kept under sur-j ticket Mrs. Tannenbaum veillance by the Germans and|‘‘fixed,” is in danger of receiv- j periodically had to report his ac-:ing a court subpoetia, he said. tivities to them, Riha lived with Cerveny and his parents, ac-i Chartered plane i oC cording to the nephew. Cerveny was with Mrs. Tan- " Seviet troo ps _}nenbaum on the privately chart- "Phis closeness developed in|ered airplane flight to San Anto-! the 19{0s etween Riha and the /nio, Tex., for which the wornan Cervenys accounts for the un. ;Paid with an allegediy- worthless cle’s desire to bring Cerveny 10 ence ; this country after the Soviet Un-| Cerveny related the incident jon sent troops inio transilionaljcame aiter he decided to drive Czechoslovakia, the young man{to San Antonio to sce Czechoski- said. vakian friends there, He did ncit Cerveny feels that Riha would| want to use his small auto fcr} not have left Boulder without|the planned road irip and asked conferring with other friends} Mrs. Tannenbaum if he could and if he were living, he would| borrow her larger automotile, attempt to communicate with | tne services of which she had of- them. fered on previous occasions. “irs. Tannenbaum has said No, Mrs. Tannenbaum told Riha has no intention of talk- | Cerveny, she would not lend jug to “fair weather” triends, | the cat to him. She had to use ‘apparently meaning those in- | i¢ for something important in dividuals Riha had associated | Denver during the next few with during his tenure at CU. | days. 3 wate geet aed ou cerveny vanes Biha ee But, better yet, she would use iren ais mand val ted thoes her position to have him flown he had. ps 2 alued Those lig Texas, Cerveny was told. Like many naturalized Ameri-| “Tannenbaum said she cans and aliens in the Unitea/Couldn’t fly us (Cerveny and zd States, Rina enjoyed companion-|#iend) on a military plane, ‘fox ship with persons from the olg|0vious reasons,’ but she would “country. He was not the type to get another one. . . wes reserve companionship and con-|_ Cerveny said his unidentified fidence to a single person and ic|{riend did not want to use Mrs. shut out so-called “fair weath-|Tannenbaum’s invitation, but! er" friends. after viewing the advantageous: ; His intvoduction to Hana was}@conornics of the offer and Mrs. | by some interpretation an “ay-|Tannenbaum’s insistence, they rangement” through acquaint-|tcok it. unecs In New York City, witht wy.- G whom the young woman, their # by Ing sEeruce [on Was staying. The party, with Mrs. Tannen- | Couple intreduced jpaum once again self-inserted The. New York people werejinto the siluation, left a Fort aware tnat Rina might be inter-| Collins flying service on July 20}
eae Bed er “ Fn ote Pal tage for-sair"Antonio. Mrs, Tannen- baum retuened with ihe plane the next dey and reportedly paid - $330 for the charter with a check signed with Thomas Riha’s name. , Because of insufficient funds, :the check was not accepted at the bank and the owner of the flying service found Cerveny at the Black Bear Inn. zs Cerveny said he took th; check and, with several pay, ments, repaid the flying service owner $220. ‘He suid he didn’t want to make money off me, so that’s all he took.” ? But then Mrs. Tannenbaum pleaded innovent and later in- snocent by reasen of insanity to forging ihe will of the late “Gustav Frederich Ingwersen, her acquarmance, who died dune 18. Ingwersen was a ! Czech and a friend of Riha. He * died of cyanide poisoning. “Tt was then (when charges came) I returned the check” to the Fort Ceoltins aviation serv. ice, ‘and told them to do wha: should be done,’’ Cerveny said. Another acquaintance of Mrs. Tannenbaum, Riha, Cerveny, and Ingwersen, to die of cyanide poisoning was Mrs. Barbara Eg-! berg. A Czech, too, she died, Sept. 13. "Cerveny speculates that if the. frderal authorities which pur-! yorted to know Riha was “alive} jqnd well” had been less dis-! ‘ereet, perhaps the deaths of Ing-! -wersen and Nyrs. Egberg could Jhave been avoided. '* Both Cerveny and Mrs. Stein .of the Black Bear Inn conjecture if foul plav is involved in the dis- . appeerente of Riha, more than , one person is implicated. Aa an An More nate Sod taelean, | AW 55100 DocId:32989553 Page 73 . . .
Ib ‘ . . ¢ . L~ Mr, DeLoach REL 13/07 lL - Mr. Bishop 1 - Mr. Rosen = EM ° i . , Dy. Stephen Fischer-Galati oT Me, Sultivan yl - Director i - Mr Gray “ Center for East Yuropean Affairs — Mr. Redfield University of Colorado . ° Boulder, Colorado 80302 Deer Dr. FischereGalati: . Your letter of February 8, 1970, to the Vice President concerning the disapvearance of Professor Thomas Riha has been referred to the FBI for reply. The concorn you expressed in soliciting the “Vice President‘s assistance for ® careful investigation and meaningful resolution of the case is understandable, a — Ssoudxa 9019 ynoygun Jou 109 O12 PLD G4 2°UNLOD UNOh GQ biG 47 8.0 UOMDU DOM inde Sb QuaUitecp Sry T , © m — et, oe a a oo & yo zs Based cn the information which has been reported < ». Gpus concerning Professor Riha's disappearance, the FBI “~ << tas conducted no investisation. There is no indication of , [| -=- -o| violation of Federal law within the FBI's jurisdiction, 22% ——~—Horeover , the PBI has no information regarding Professor SSse Riha's whereabouts. SRS . Qo ey . . ™ oS As you are probably aware, Professor Riha'’s Sirs nother inquired of this Burenu in December, 1969, concern= J _“*%2 te ing her son's whereabouts. She was informed that we had SS oe o no infornation in this regard. Professor Rihan's mother Yon Bree a 2 .was asked?if she desired a missing persons notice ba placed WS a8 fone in the files of the FRE Identification Division. Our offer + os. oe 8 was declined. , S38 Bre . Le 8 st . P ~O RB BE You have furnished information that local authorie = 3 > en ties are currently conducting investigation into Professor elt ' by 3 Riha's disappearance. In the absence of information indicates Soe . ing a Federal law within its jurisdiction has been violated, f_‘s sn-———_ the FEY cannot conduct ay into tho disappearance Se seach of Professor. Riha. ses T8290 S's = ¢ - ae por JWR: er i and x 2a 2 teha ——____ (9) . - ce weg S 3 vad PJs: Miss t————_—. oY vA E NOTE PAGE TWO oO cm" Cte SOD eee on ow ety oe twos ——— ts 1G TS WE MW to] ‘ C . aw ‘ f e. Room (e) p pss | fa: ge “—< 3 58 APRS Ge untl_] HW 55100 Docla: 32989553 Faye T4 je aoe “y ALS
. : ‘ ‘ ’ Dr. Stephen Fischer-Galati - While I am cortain the Vice President would like to be of more assistance to you in this matter and appreciates your concern for your colliecague, in the absence of information indicating Federal interest or & violation of Federal statutes, this matter appears to - be one solely within the investigative province o euthorities in your area. . Sincerely yours, 3. Edgar Hoover Note: Above letter written pursuant to referral from the Office of -the Vice President. Xerox copy of the original referral and its enclosures being returned with the copy of the letter to the Vice President. . Riba, CZechosSlovak-born, naturalized, former prc=- fessor of Russian history at Colorado University, departed from Denver area March, 1969, without notifying friends, associates, or his estranged wife. His disappearance has been glamorized in recent months by energetic Denver reporter and spiced up with references to a mysterious paramour under whose influence Riha had falien. _. Fischer-Galati, according to Bufiles, was deferred in World War II for psychoneurosis, anxiety type. He reportedly advised State Department in 1950 he was a close friend of the Director's, an untrue statement. SEVSITWE SOURCE WFORMAT HM He communicated with Justice Department 4/7/69 concerning Riha's disappearance. Justice acknowledged his letter. Fischer-Galati hds been mentioned in severei press” items in the Riha case as an acquaintance and University _ associate. He is a professor of history, Colorado University. Salutation of Dr. taken from established reference book. Copy of letter being sent to The Vice Fresident 5 miter by Liaison. p £¢ BEING SENT DENVER OFFICE S& HW 55100 DBocld:329899553 Page 745 had
~ a t i Dr. Stephen Fischer-Galati While I am certain the Vice President would like to be of more agsistance to you in this matter and appreciates your concern for your colleague, in the absence of information indicating Federal interest or & violation of Federal-statutes, this matter appears to be one solely within the investigative province of authorities in your area. _ Sincerely yours, v, Edgar Hoover Note: Above letter written pursuant to referral from the Office ofthe Vice President. Herox copy of the original referral and its enclosures being returned with the copy of the letter to the Vice President, Riha, Czechosiovak-born, naturalized, former pro- fessor of Russian history at Colorado University, departed from Denver area March, 1969, without notifying friends, associates, or his estranged wife. His disappearance has been glamorized in recent months by energetic Denver reporter and spiced up with ~- references to a mysterious paramour under whose influence Riha had fallen. Fischer-Galati, according to Bufiles, was deferred in World War IZ for psychoneurosis, anxiety type. He reportedly ‘advised State Department in 1950 he was a close friend of the Director's, an untrue statement. He has been in periodic routine contact in the past with the Romanian Embassy and contacts of known security significance. He was born in Romania. “He communicated with Justice Department 4/7/69 concerning Riha's disappearance. Justice acknowledged his’ letter. Fischer-Galati. has been mentioned in several press items in the Riha case aS an acquaintance and University © associate. He is a professor of history, Colorado University. Salutation of Dr. taken from established reference book. Copy of letter being sent to The Vice Preside it's. fee) pe Liaison. 00 BEING SEMWT DENVER OF Fick. Epa a SEK Act 6 (1) (B) - 2 on | AW 55100 Docld:32969553 Page 6 ad .
@e OF THE VICE PRESID.. Ps i REFERRAL Mt Gaerne The Honorable J. Edgar Hoover Me Cenend — To; Director, Federal Bureau of ; Date: March 16, 1970 | ar. rato Investigation . Mr. Gye a U. S&S, Department of Justice shi t 2 bd “a Mr. sift: Ge rey, roe Mr. Sevars Tele. Room_. Miss Hvuimes aise Gandy. ACTION REQUESTED wt Den was pr ewemeuoee we mers TSEAYS ota Hthrarer ee atta Draft reply for: - .Vice President's signature. FiO ort fey fer }d A . sos Serna! Undersigned’s signature. NOTE 1 PAY Memorandum for use as enclosure to J vy reply. Prompt action is essential. ¥ . 3? i X__ Direct reply. If moxe than 48 hours’ delay is encountered, ( i ow xX Furnish information copy. please telephone the undersigned immeciately, X * ‘ Suitable acknowledgment or other ; c appropriate handling. .* . . Basic correspondence should be returned when x4 Furnish copy of reply, if any. draft reply, memorandum, or comment is Te. — quested. ; in) For your information. » ro ne For comment. . _ = ; ~~ ‘ ; Ww ~~ . “ aS This document is prenerved ta m ~ an’ 6 NEY Paton gutst ino i respe mse to your reavest c: - \ & . Your Cora; ‘ - 6 and Contras “ee. “eds Fay "mat end és not for dissemi. © | 3 nel without the caps ie content man not be discles cd to aie Proceedings by | ne) press approval of the FR 0 wauchorized noitsan. . Description: , “, __% Letter: Telegram: Other: ** ee z Sas £ sb _ LY ; * To: Ime Vice President . REC: 37 7: oe 2B 2 . From: Mr. Stephen Fischer-Galati, Univ. of Cotorador Boulder, Colorado ‘ Dater February 18, 1970 =~ \G f.. Subject: investigation I Into Disappearance of ProfesnasdThonaa sofia _ ‘\ $ _ ? i . f oO WS . . ‘ go MAR 25 1970 - , i fe Lie ye - ue ~~ - . | 1 Q -, ; vy - c Ay ‘'y i * emecrneeces wemnenoenet | ie one, wey br’ direction of the Vice President i 4° 38 a > Su Andes tor ence wec - ar Ke 4 Core lie. hétdia ow he Labve ‘a Pe = t ‘IE . x GALigyj nee UH oy HW i (Department or Agency copy) /05- VE2ZL6 * 55100 DBocld:329899553 Page 7?
HW $5100 Docld:32989553 Page 78 — = fs . “ _ 2r wy) nwt . SrePnen Fist had ~&aeavl 3.1 an . . | CENTER FOR EAST EUROPEAN AFFAIRS | ton UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO | pQerel BOULDER, COLORADO 680302 | - ~ ° i q | February 18, 1970 . +7 The Honorable Spiro T. Agnew Vice President of the United States ° The White Eouse Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Vice President i . In the hope that you have raad the accounts of the Es disappearance of Professor Thomas Riha and the mysterious 3 circu metances SUE provnding tne investizsation of that dis- i appearance by the proper authorities, local and federal, SSan & I am teking the liberty of enclosing a copy of the latest See E relevant account, from The Denver Post. za > | es ed Pie 5 . S23 t As a trustee of the Thomus Riha Fund, I should like aS é lto solicit your agsistance in sscuring a careful in- SS E vestigation and meaningful resolution of the case. The eas” 3 | |fallure of the local authorities and of the Universit; BeOS i : . : * ° . 3 ray iq of Colorado to conduct a proper investigation at the gas 3 time of Professor Riha's disappearance in March 1969 is wens 4 reflective of the lack of concern and bureaucratic inept- BOS, : ness which has been so rightly criticized by you in recent S8ee FA months In.an age of renudiation of the fundasentel moral gr 8 3 values which have historically differentiated democratic ius E . . ° . . “bis oy 5 from totalitarian, bureaucratic’ socistias, it seems Renan i imperative that the truth de uncovered no matter what the Sosg 4 t enbarassnent to those who failed to fulfill ‘their moral ay oe Sete i i and even Jegal obligations. ie | . YY cy ° an ‘ae . Professor Riha'ts case is particularly relevant in gg \. that respect since he wes a refusee From communist Czechod- Ry § , : Ponty Slovakia, It would be a sad commentary indecd on ovr .- Sor - Genocratic society if he were to be tne victim of bureau gk | eratic neslisgence or of tactics identified with the regime Brotha" which he escaped, S83 Ole . ny : : . gS 5 = ° ° - EZ would de diexsod to send you all materials pertinent S28 ; to the caso, should that be reauired, to facilitate the me . Pea) honorable resoluation of the case of Professor Riha, 238 Sus yey Re Spee fully you JOS 16 20C— RL mG? . : Vleet ey ace hho VLLos f * y FINTOSURE ~ Stephen Vischer-Galati «
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CENTER FOR EAST EUROPEAN «4 AIRS “* : © UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER, COLORADO 80302 Jd. Edgar Hoover Director | | i | March 25, 1970 ‘ | | i t Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice Washington, D.C. 20535 a Dear Mr. Hoover: Thank you very much for your letter of March 19, 19/70 with referenve to the disappearance of Professor Thomas’Riha. Since I am not aware of the extent of the jurisdiction i of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, I am unable to provide UV) any information which will allow investigation of the dis- : appearance by the FBI. The only basis which may permit action {§ by the FBI appears to be Professor Riha's status as a recipient \/” of funds from the Office of Education of the Department of ie Health, Education and Welfare under the provisions of the ; National Defense Education Act at the time of his disappearance f} in March 1969. Whether the receipt of monies from a Federal borders agency constitutes a legal relationship with the Federal Government which would fall within the jurisdiction of such Federal agencies as the FBI is unknown to me but, conceivably, it would provide a rationale for participation in the case by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. + MAR 27 1970 “ar EXP. 44 Yours sincerely, A a 7 ee Dar aR Ly yor a Se _ g Copy t0_DiWWEk Tn Stephen Fischer-Galati Q pyrout ing slip for Director “9 ist. wt: “Sion OAD date Yefze . NS © wiQuigl igs —— . . It oe a} > 3 REC.35 SP ~ O05 7S 2 SFG:ml | 0 POD OEE # ' p request grat « “3 aank * for ae *-semtg, ee is prepared PES IES FO ete a atitiat sca-getéags By hie docnert your Comm ter, Pisvee ig Tones. tf Ure Ln0r lead Sed ecenuceon othe Cox viel a AQ tue Gor... oge 90d. “1 Ree pol WO Ute pe > . fhedy Ric an Sia * \ nel without the express appr ‘oval of the FBI. 6 KG ia } HW 55100 Docld:32989553 Page 80 ” ; 25
eo! hs . 7 @ i Wo , Barch 31, L870 ir, DeLoach Mr, Bishop Hr. Rosen Mr, Sullivan Liaison ur. Pay Me, Redfield cf £ | ALUN i . Dr, stephen {viacher-Halati  Direstor Center for East Burapean Affairs Gniversity of Colorado Boulder, Colorado 680502 Jat foot teak feat fact fred fr Pee eta esas Dear Dr, Fischer-Galati: - ~§ oe - &O* § Reference is made to your letter dated March 25, <228 i876, cencerning the disappearance of Professor Thomas ee 3 Rika. oi a . Qe > 3 “4 The information you furnished has been carefully 8 9:23 a reviewed, Based upon the available facts, there is no gays P> =lindication of 9 violation of any Federal statutes over BF 23 ‘“ &lwhich this Bureau has jurisdiction, Therefore, I am unable aaa Site be of assistanes to vou, : Uns : Sincerely yours, S28 : S833 mee or 8 \y J, Edgar Hoover vA works | dWRsebp . Shy * Res * Biha, Czechoslovak-born, naturalized, former Ken* professor of Russian history 2t Colorado University, departed ‘ as Denver area March, 1969, without notifying friends, associates «. 3:; or his estranged wife. His disappearance has been glamorized ~ 23 in recent months by energetic Denver reporter and spiced up bso with references to a mysterious paramour under whose influence wes & Riha had fallen, ene "A 9 ; Gad pison " Fischer-Galati previously wrote to the Vice President gas alters concerning the disappearance of Riha, which letter was referred *<% pis to the Bureau for reply. He was informed the FBI had concueted asper “no investigation concerning the disappearance of Riha; had eliehen information regarding his whereabouts and there was no indication = of a violation of FederkY law Within the FBI‘s jurisdiction. Our psen 2 eply to the informatio’ in his\ current letter was coordinated with aa the &c counting: and DAA Segti neva Investigative Divesigne ats 4 ele. Room tf / t j ae * ie 3G © GAPp cdg os tee mf ‘f " NOTE CONTINUED PAGE 2“ a 3 gh SE: we HW 55100 Docld: 32989555 Bage 31 - 7 & AND etereenemn enantio nanertarr uni ThGa Ht hoa Wh enyeiAl Ib Aref assanens *siveinearremetnterumatnes Manama mene meRShMe ere ART) etter TOIT =
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iad 35100 ,Docla: 32989553 Bage 155° . 7 ot BS 105-528 ceed : ss tacteoh] MAME established source, was contacted by SA DANIEL J. GRIFFIN on June 16, 1960. Captain MATTHEW J. TOAHY, Hervaerd University Poli .¢ Department, established source, was contacted by SA DANIEL J. GRIFFIN on June 16, 1960. This report is being classified CONFIDENTIAL as it diecloses the Bureau's investigative interest in the East ‘West Exchange Program which could be detrimental to the défense interest of the nation, THA has accepted a position as Professor at Chicage Universt& Sp Uni easos eset and in this posttton will have mo peason 0 institute convact with the Soviets. RIHA stated that since his scudy in Moscow, Russia, the Soviets have not contacted him. It is not believed at this time that RIHA possesses any double agent potential or that he should be considered as a PSI. One copy of this report is b eing furnished Washington nd New York Offices @s per instructions in referenced ted April 5, 1960. BB One copy of this report is being designated for Chicago as subject will reside and work in that area, The Boston indices reflect in the report of SA (A) RUSSELL J. PARDEE entitled "Czechoslovakian Funds, Boston Division, IS -~R & CZ," dated March 31, 1958, that the subject on February 27, 1958, sent $50 through the MAME ne Cambridge, Massachusetts, to LUDMILA CERVENA and also in the report of SA (A) RUSSELL J. PARDEB dated April 30, 1958, entitled “Czechoslovakian Funds, Boston Division, Ts «= R & CZ," that subject during March 1958 sent $50 to the same individual in COzechosiovakia. During the interview of RIHA, he stated that this money was sent to his sister prior to his visit to Czechoslovakia to be used by him if he needed it and if not, he would leave it with his sister. ra ME at