(404-10249-10007 ET Serene Crean nay wet wees emu er Yan me BANC MBE AT SE CRS LO ENS et tae OAT SOT mus mA EAE Tha HE AMP REI ihan Bd nA ntletingeT OM Meee ee eek cee nA HA pete ct Ate Sd we mito mere Bm wet nde eee pets tenon eee e ote é omen Abate te Ye tat ~ oe om Coalererp 19 December 1963 MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Plans SUBJECT: Discussion with Mr. Richard Davis, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs i. I visited the Department today for discussions of the Cherepanov and Martin cases with Mr. Richard Davis. Also present was Mr. John Guthrie, Chief, SOV/EUK, 2. I £irst showed Davis and Guthrie a copy of the preliminary traces on the Soviet officers whose names appeared in the Cherepanov papers. They were particularly interested in learning the true name of Counselor of the Soviet Embassy Fonin. Both officers were cautioned that this was sensitive information and could not be used overtly. I also informed Davis that the University of Illinois Librarian Miller had just returned from his trip and that Mr.) |had left for Illinois to interview hin, 3, With respect to the dinner at the home of the Soviet Consular Officer Begunkov attended by. Nr. Thomas Fain in Moscow, I informed Davis that our records indi- cated that Begunkov was an intelligence officer. Davis | said he suspected as much and that in his view the Soviet's principal interest in wining and dining Fain was to dis- cover how we got the Cherepanov documents and why we re- turned them, Davis added that if he needed anything to convince him further of the mistake in returning these documents, the Fain- Beg unkov dinner party offered final proof. Both Davis and Guthrie remarked that Ambassador Kohler would recognize the error and would insure that the error was not repeated. 4, Finally, on the Cherepanov matter, Dick Davis asked if we had any objection to his showing these papers to Ambassador Thompson. I said we had none and I mentioned that you were also interested in the Ambassador's seeing the papers. I asked that when the Department is finished withthem they be returned to us. §. On the Martin case, Davis was told that Ors, ~ .” Renninger and White had a second meeting with Martin who alleged that he had been told by Soviet authorities OXANTT [ Sere a ery coer fd beatin a0 gle GR taeemestnet Fae ON aL mea ue A me tm tte a ais
ce ae ON Re Set ROMER nO PR ORE MEED 6 ARRAN ORI dn SANSONE MAA sn a ob tne ot erchonaber atte Mt et oe ee eS ened ONE Sn er on ane een as 4- aeeretmaetemmaaaisiesaeheh+ sarennepemcrnnn ee Apu a mentten eg we ae tee . sea - ame ee seme ee - ae we aes se ore oe perenne vey ee erent ngage, — Rene ee en remaster OREO EER th AER TNE al ee Semen Rh RN aE NA AYA 2 Fe rod é that he must not tell Renninger and White his true nane if they asked hin. Davis was concerned that the two exchange professors might not conduct themselves with sufficient discretion and caution in this contact. I assured him that both had been instructed not to seek out Martin nor to invite hia to their quarters, However, if Martin attempted to see them on the premises of the Institute, they were not to reject the contact. [ added here that we would re-emphasize this in a letter to the Embassy after we had had the initial reaction from NSA, whom we have just informed of this, and also had a chance to read the Martin file. Davis then said that he had informed the Secretary of State of this meeting and that further correspondence on it would be handled in CIA channels. 6. Davis' last remark on this matter was an ex- pression of mild concern that the press might get news of this chance meeting and cause all concerned con- siderable embarrassment if it became public knowledge. I said that whereas at some point there might be a reason for publicizing our knowledge of Martin's ac- tivities, we certainly agreed that at present it would be the worst possible thing to have happen. Chief, SR Divisj Crs.) ase ot 4 wt. Giaiki z 4 o eheaee ee