HW 535294 s SUBJECT: TARASOFF, Boris Dimitri - #10887 The file of the Subject person reveals the following information: | STATUS Subject is being considered for the position of Intelligence Analyst, S-7, 4 in DDP/FI/Division D, Project PBJOINTLY, Washington, D. C. Clearance for \ _ Special Intelligence duties was requested on 12 Avgust 1955. hs ANS BACKGROUND Co 7 | \s Subject is h7 years of age, married, and naturalized RKussian-born Of natural- s2ed Russian father and Russian mother (both deceased). Subject's st€pmother is naturalized Russian-born. His wife is native born of naturalized & ssian-born parents. | : or who are not citizens o e United tes. Subject_attended elementary, school in Russia until 1920; and from 1920 to 1923 he attended British College, Constanti- nople, Turkey. Subject entered the United States in’19@3-and-became-a-U. S. citizen in 1936. From 192) to 1926 Subject attended kussian University, New York City. From 1929 to 191 he was engaged in private employment. iuring the period of 191 to 1945 Subject served honorably in the United States Army, which included a period of service as a Special Agent in CIC in Germany. Since 1945 Subject has been privately employed. OTHEE PERTINENT INFOR?A TION Investigation was conducted in accordance with current CIA procedures. Name checks conducted at FBI, ONI, State, CSC, HCUA, OSI, RI and Source K were negative concerning the Subject; spouse checks conducted at FBI, CSC, ana HCUA were likewise negative. Source K checks regarding Subject's parents-in-law were also negative. = AGO records confirmed Subject's honorable military service. Military records also revealed that Subject was granted Secret and Confidential cryptographic clear= ance on the basis of a four-way record check and limited investigation conducted in 19h) by the Post Intelligence, Ft. Knox, Kentucky. The files also indicated thet Subject had attended the Cadet Corps Training School of his Imperial Highness Alexander III in Russia for 23 years. I & NS files confirmed the U. &. citizenship of the Subject in 1936; of his father-in-law in 1936; end Subject's mother-in-law (now deceased) “in 195). Immigration records disclose no derogatory information concerning the Subject or his parents-in-law. MID records revealed a favorable applicant investigation conducted concerning the Subject in 1945, during which tine thirteen informants were interviewed. All informants endorsed Subject's loyalty and reputation for a position of trust. It was disclosed thet Subject's family had fled from Russia in 1920, and that his father had been a Colonel in the Eussian Army. OS Indices were negative concerning the Russian Cultural Club and the Russian Democratic Club of New York City in which Subject was a member, according to MID records. Subject's PHS noted membership in the Circle of Youth "Russian Culture," New York City, from 1936 to 190. «TO Docld: 32365937 Page 2?
ng re . % Pciouwb 2 — Ob. S282 HF During the current investigation eleven developed informants and six listed references were interviewed. No informant questionec Subject's loyalty or trust- worthiness; and no informant questioned or comnentec adversely on Subject's character, personelity, associates or relatives. Subject appeared to be a very well-read individual who had never been involved in any trouble or scandal. Two neighbors observed that Subject was unusually quiet and that Subject has many "Pussien friends who call at their home from time to time." However, the neighbors reflected no derogatory information concerning Subject's visitors. Subject is known to speak Russian well and has some knowledge of German and French. One informant believed that Subjeci's family was of the military aristocracy in hussia under the Czar; and that the family lived in Russia during the Revolution. Informents advised that Subject is active in the Oakland, California CIO labor union. He attends meetings regularly and participates in union economica%- boycotts. The local union shop steward states that Subject takes an average member!s interest in the affairs end proceedings of tne local unions. Another informant volunteered information that Subject shows more interest than does the average citizen in political elections. He gets a sample ballot and studies and discusses qualifications of the candidates. Subject lists on his PHS membership in the CIO gee) Alameda County, Oakland, California, from February 195 to Present (June 1955). JRF :mdt HW 53294 DBocld:32365937 Page 3