Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 21I0T Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 6/10/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI _ RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10224-10285 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  61-10448-34 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI TO: SAC, NY _ TITLE: DATE: 03/23/1951 PAGES: -. 5 ~ SUBJECTS : , L [Restricted], DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT, OTHER NON-TEXTUAL CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 08/13/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS :: INC MEMO, PHOTOSTAT COPY v9.1 Docld: 32299005 Page 1
Rele ased a ther Sea SAC, New York wr Y re @prector, SHAG Lf  cogRDERD fthas aecond ) med TOLSTOI-MILOSLAVSKY, wa. COUMT MICHAEL TOLSTOI INTERNAL SECURITY - R aaa 4 There are enclosed two photostatic copies of a memorandum dated Marchi, 1951 received fron a confidential source abroad. Two copies of this letter and a photostatic copy of the above described memorandum dated March 1, 1951 are attached for your ro file on Countess Alexandra Tolstoi. @ 44) | tte os UNCLASSIFIED : SHOWN In keeping with the request of the confidential source abroad, | no dissemination of the information in the attachments should be made by your office. This is-being submitted for your information. If you should receive any information at any time from any sources concerning the subject, particularly information indicating he is — ‘in the United States or plans to come to the United States, you should immediately furnish that information to the Bureau. gf sf - none ro to So wy od ALL INFORMATTOR copra HEREIN Ts OR You should keep the information in the attachments in mind in your future contacts with Countess Alexandra Tolstoi. Weses ie There is no information in the Bureau files which coula-be identified with the above-captioned subject. eee + OSD hide = fe Attachments eee New York file 100-372710 a * SyeeneY 61-1048 (Alexandra Tolstoi) = ‘SGR:mreczemr eR e Note: Bureau file 61-1048 reflects Countess Alexandra Tolstoi . ~ ‘is used by the New York Office as a confidential informant and she has frequently provided information of a Clegg eR * Bea LA Glevin__” Pe ie ony eLiee 8) y P \ artieon Loe x OF wn 8 Se Rae” § Zi ’ Rosen_, i ae — oe : 7 oF oe ae “sR Tele. Roowl Bad fe ¥ fe ace DoclId: 32299005 Page 2?
Ee ee ae 2 ins aN a Oe pack Osh, at tit MAR 1 1951 8/0732 Mareh 1, 1951 Biechael TOLSTOI-MILOSLAVSKY, wa. Count Michael TOLSTOI Born: September 10, 1922 Wanscha, Saxony. Nationality at birth: Russian Naturalised British Subject: August 19, 1947. Last address in U.K. 23 Albert Hell Mansions, London, S.W.7. British Passport No.777276 issued London, Beeeaber 6, 1947 in the name of Micheel Tolstoy MILOSLAVSKY. ®e have a report that the above naged recently visited Barbados, &.W.I. When he left there on December 9, 1950 for Venezwela he stated that he planned to visit Jaaaies, and Candda. TOLSTOI served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Sub-Lieutenant) being commissioned im i942. . He was adversely reported om and his commission was terminated. He joined the staff of the Control Comsission in Austria, but apparently his services were dispensed with and he returned to the U.K. He entered Austria clandestine- ly in September 1947, and wes expelled in Novenber 1947 by order of the Commander-in-Chief, British Forces in Austrie While there, he appears to have indulged to a considerable extent in Black Market deals, notably in cigarettes. He Was brought to the U.K. under escort, the Expulsion Crder showing that his deportation was on the ground that his presence in Austria was detrimental to good order. An Intelligence Report from Austria says that there was some suspicion that while in Austria he was working for the ms, but no firm evidence to support this has ever been obtained, nor @id the circles in which he moved in Vienma in any way bear out this suspicion. -Docld: 32299005 Page 3
From a confidential source we know that in 1947 TOLSTOI was in friendly contact with Ivor Agafonov who was at that time an assistant Naval Attache at the Seviet Embassy in London, Bngland. In Bay 1948 a report was received that TOLSTOI Was engaged in selling arms to both Jews and Arabs. It Was stated for instance that ne had already sold 4,000 Beretta machine guns to the 4rabs, and was in touch with a Jewish group who had 50,000,000 Swiss francs at their disposal for purchasing arms. Certain names were mentioned in this report known to us to be in fact engaged in selling arms to the Jews. - Later that year he was reported from Switzerland ama. Austria as dealing in arms. ‘ne Countess TOLESTOL, who lives near New York end gives help to White Russians is an aunt of Michael TOLSTOI. You will remember that she figured in the se of Madame Kosenkina. TOLSTOI speaks Russian, French, English, Spanish and German. We last heard of him in 1949 when raveiled’ to Monte Video from Buenos Aires. It was also reported in 1949 that he had applied for permanent residence in the Argentine. Om arrival in Barbados from Trinidad on r 6, 1950 TOLSTOIL stated that he proposed to 4 en days. Im fact, he remained for three during his stay he incurred quite an amount of , Whilst in Barbados he called Heel TOLSTOL, but when he left for the mame Michael BILOSLAVSXY. ‘The above is for your information in view of the presence of TOLSTOI's aunt in this country as it ass. | mt possible that he may as some point pay her fwse -Docld: 32299005 Page 4
~3- Mach of the above information has been obtained from very delicate sources and it should not therefore be disseminated to other agencies. _It has already been passed by our Headquerters to the R.C.M.P. for their confidential informetion. | DoclId: 32299005 Page 5