JFK Assassination System Date: 6/8/2015 Identification Form eee Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-90151-10021 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR SEE TITLE oe Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: WMFO -TO: - HQ TITLE: ° [Restricted] . . DATE: 10/24/1962 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : ALINE MOSBY - NORMAN RAY RENNION DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C CURRENT STATUS: — Redact -~ DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 01/27/1999 4 ‘OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : MEMO .. . v9.1 HW 45886 DocId:32339776 Page 1
QONTAINED ce q. SHOWN n me Be xine: on ae ~ a + OPTIONAL FORM NO. we A : Co ~; a . , ¢ 5010-104 > 7 _ A wo Oh - SNe : BS f _ « . UNITED STATES GG (_/RNMENT | Spy ‘ 5% O vor mo - ‘Memorandum ae a . Pat ms M4 : 1. 3 DIRECTOR, FBI . ee sie : | - DATE: 10/24/62 2, ~ “ oud ED BY J. wens a we toe aan a tw tye a " SUBJECT:_CHANGED 1b, Le; . . K: ‘AK 7 () ot COO: WEO iE i i} , ~ “The above title. is marked changed to indicate Se Gran a \eat Bi name as indicated by his signature on his nn he =. spasspor photograph. a a ~ ; ee oT be 2 8 Dae’ . RS, oe Se | 7 . /ReWFOlet o/i8/gp Betting’ forth pavkeround infor— oo ke => soe mation concerning with’ request for Bureau authority ras) | =] sz. to. conduct -a "sounding out": interview. ‘ReBulet, 9/24/62. : S 25 authorizing such | interview. - oo -OoRos VAs ‘indicated ‘in, re “WFO ania sou Journa oMKo . isDin ¢ the employ: of Gainer Press International UPT 7 Saa8 ‘well as a member (of the. National Press. Club (NPC), puna) ie 253¢ a es | =fau> ns was ‘intérviewed -on 10/15/62. ‘py ‘SA rounar C23 ~~. JACOBSON »- JR., W _nersonaily: acquainted with him. During - _ the conversation evidenced a cooperative and friendly€$}... Pg attitude: : — CO yee ae ae Coe . __ - It was. ascertained. ‘during ‘the. interview the t a oS some slight degree of acquaintance withXVORIY Vv. v. - | a Washington correspondent. for "Izvestia", ‘news ° ~ = | _ .organ of the Supreiie Soviet of the USSR. He did’ not know wd BARSUKOV, by name but. recognized . a photograph of him. and -- wo stated hé had been under the impression that this ‘individual. va -: was. the Tass correspondent at Washington, D.C. . He said hy .- he-has, merely a ‘speaking acquaintance with BARSUKOV,. having) _ ‘first seen him in Washington,.D. .C. about one year ago. «< > * RUNNION said it is-his assumption, that -BARSUKOV and othexw Soviet newsmen attend-White ‘House ‘press: ‘conferences . and brief- -. _ ings here at the Department: of State ‘He mentioned having: a Seen BARSUKOV at. one - ‘such briefing. ~ He’ ‘also mentioned having ; 4 £ ” * 4 oe leas a REG 8 NX @rarcas ALL INFORMATIO Oats HW 45886 DocId:32339776 Page 2
wFO 13444659 | 6) SECREF ™ [seen him recently at a press conference on the occasion of the visit ‘to Washington, KONSTANTIN G, PYSIN, Soviet Minister of agriculture,[ ~~ T)said he, himself, eats C$) lunch everyday at the NPC @ estimates that BARSUKOV - junches there about three times a week. He said that on occasion he has happened to sit at the same table with BARSUKOV. He said he assumed BARSUKOV considers him as a reporter but is not aware of which news service employs him. He described BARSUKOV as a personable individual who has an excellent command of English although he speaks with an accent He expressed the opinion that BARSUKOV is shy by nature | . [ _]saia he is not acquainted with any other C$) - press representatives from Soviet bloc countries to the best of his knowledge. He said he believed he had once met a Yugoslav newsSpaperman and he also recalled that j journalist was present at Cape Canaveral while he nn (4 $) was there in connection with coverage of a rocket launching, He remarked that this Pole was the first representative of a-so-calleg Iron Curtain country to be present on such an occasion. [ ___}recatiea that while working as a newspaper=($J man in(London, Sland,| he was acquainted with a correspondent CS J of Tass (official Soviet gency) who appeared t : endeavoring to(euitivate[ Jon a social basis. cs3 indicated there was no d s mind that this Tass man was endeavoring to utitizel — — fas a source.G) It is noted that in discussing parsukoy[ JCS) laughingly remarked that if the U. S. Government were To . make a case against BARSUKOV and have him expelled from the U. S., such action would no doubt result in the expulsion of an Ameritan reporter from Moscow. In this connection, reference was made to recent expulsion of American diplomats from the Soviet Union, apparently on a retaliatory pasts -6R) « — In this connection, it appears probable that : 1as in mind the interest ofl UPI with regard toCS) possibile expulsion of some one of its representatives from- the USSR. This probability wili_be borne in mind in the event of further interviews wital—_[Y5) Also in the course of conxeysation, he remarked that a{UPT \iewspaperwoman mamed ALINP\MOSBY at one time was. -4- cad SECRED ( a | HW 45886 DocId:32339776 Page 3
) . b, ob WFO 134 4659\(5) _ OTHER 1 : stationed in Moscow. He said that on one occasion while stationed there, Miss MOSBY was found unconscious and partially disrobed in a gutter. He said she was jailed over- night at th i d the incident was mentioned in "Izvestia"™,. Said it was his understanding that (SJ upon her release the following day Miss MOSBY was examined at the American Embassy and it was determined that she had been drugged. He said she h been charged with drunkenness although she did not drink. Pp jsais that this episode CS) was considered an attempt by e Russians to place UPI at a disadvantage, so that in the event UPI should in ‘the future incur the displeasure of the Soviet Government, they coujd concoct a Similar .incident and have Miss MOSBY expelled from the USSR with resultant publicity. He said that to avoid such an eventuality, UPI transferred Miss MOSBY to another post, thus terminating her career in Moscow. — eats related an alleged incident concern- CS’) ing an uniden ed British newsman who, it was stated, returned to his apartment in Moscow one night where upon as he walked in the door the lights were switched on and a nude man was Seen lying on the bed. At this point flash bulbs went off and Russian agents present in the room _ addressed the British reporter by name with the obvious in- 4 tent of blackmail. {| _ in his.:conversation, made it clear that Cs y | he understands that the Russian journalists are official oo representatives of the Soviet Government and-that as indicated above, he is under no illusions concerning possible methods tion engaged in by the Russians. It is noted that L (SY Poossesses a considerable degree of intelligence and é as indicated a favorable disposition toward the FBI. — ring the interview he volunteered that although he has little information concerning BARSUKOV, ne could, with complete discretion, obtain some information concerning BARSUKOV's 3 working activities.from mutual acquaintances in the ee i istic field Definite instructions were not given to Co dis this conmection but it is contemplated that on (5h e occasion of further contact with him, efforts will be - made to develop his assistance along these lines. (§ } 7 ted that results of background investigation concernin Have been set forth in re WFO letter a) including reSults of credit-and criminal record checks at an ee ee - 3 = SECRER | HW 45886 DocId:32339776 Page 4