{to4-t0247-40009 fs ’ ‘ . ° _ WA: AIR PCUCH DISPAI. 4 NO. EPZA-168 ty | OPEL DERE) ; . —— . - “, SECRET SFCUN GLAssiriCATiOWION TO: Chief, “E >_o dune 1952 FROM: Chief of Station, MICROFILMED OCT 3 1 1968 SUBJECT: Gexera— ? Chat with Soviet DipleratU’ SPECIFIC : OOc. MICRO. BER. 1. On 4 June 1S&2 Corwin attended a cocxtall party given -by the Argentinian Charge d'affairee tn honor of feron's reelec- tion to the preaidency. The party wag not too far alon;; when Corwin encountered Feodor Alexeiviteh’NAXANIN, a first secretary of the Soviet Legaticn. Corwin had met CARANIN once before at ia cocktail party given by H. Bartlett Yells, American First ry Secretary. Cn this cecasion (at the Argentinian party) Corwin % greeted the Russian with "How do you do, Mr. Garanin."” The oe latter replied and answered in turn, "How do you do, Mr. Cor- win,” using the latter's true name, of course. Caranin said, - "You have a good remory,” whereupon Sorwin replied, "Ly memo- ry is almost as ¢cecd as yours.” Garanin smiled and that ended the incident for the moment. . : eo Later, in searching for his wife, Cor«in fuund her engaged in conversation with Garanin. Corwin joined the group and chatted for a minute. Caranin then seid that "we must have lunch one of these days." Corwin indicated his willingness to this. At that point he introduced Garanin to Lt. Col. Howard Van De Car, United States Air Attacne. Garanin said that he knew Col. Van De Car but Van De Car later told Corwin that he could not recall ever having met Garanin before. Shoruiy after this Garanin excused himself but told Corwin that he would re- ‘f jAurn to the subject later. It will be interesting to see.whe- ‘ . /ther he makes any further contact. \ Se The next cay it was learned that Caranin had also ene . 7 Gagea rred Hajjar, Assistant Attache in the corzrercial section { of the U.S. Legation, in conversaticn and had indicated a de~ : . sire to have ai wee hia aLsu., usse, Occ! Sccanp SECY Afialace ~ 4. Mr. Welldtnas had some previous social contact with : Garanin and I. I. ASTCECUR, a second secretary at the Sovier , ation in charge of consular affairs. Yells speaks Russian . and has exchanged visits with these two individuals. Wells says : that MARTCHCUK is a much more pleasant persen than Garanin whom SS June! sa” Aol 340679 olaeeiaeneeeteenennnennentenmeaanes netstat net oe eres or are a prtaeeenrnmeeyeen eee sa enone tenement me: tiem Sesediieeeen rae-se gure dees cpanel: cca 7 ero RTCA RNpReRP ERT ooo
wet 6 come epee ; SECRET TON 5 June 1S£2 loos oe eeyRETY INFO! Page Two © (I okt R. Corwin . ‘Distribution: a a —Wash 2 4. ' SECRET pe meme, . ° - ' WFHA-168 exhibited a short terper on occasions with Wella end reportedly lost his temper completely during a meeting with Kr. AsR.X=ELLAS, forrer British First Secretary. On this occasion Garanin had needled Kellas ina fairly rough fashion. Kellas had replied in kind, and Garanin had lust his temper and left. 5. Garanin speaks fairly good English. Martchouk does not speak Englasn but, according to Yells, speaks French. It is not believed that Garanin's expressed desire to have lunch with Cor- Win has any special significance as such, particularly in light of his similar approach to Hajjar. It is interesting to note, however, tuat Garanin is currently anpearing in such a friendly fashion despite the Soviet Union's dissatisraction witn our policy in Germany. Qnty KU bsurenr 201-3406 FE