Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination 
Records Collection Act of 1992 
(44 USC 2107 Note) 
NW 53216 6/27/17
104-10181-10236 , , Eewin, tom in 1956 in the U.S.A. Eer husband accempenied her to Ucscow and made tke arranpserent3 fer ber Geparturs: sho ¢:d not sention any + St= ary U.S. offistais ta Ucaocow. ; leaving Lvov she sas =resented sith 50 roubles ty te officer with wrieh to buy a present for ker the U.X. and she was sévised to contact the Soviet Lonion. regarding arrangenents for her.raturn trip at the conclusion of cer holiday; ker Fassoort was tor ninety cays. © lizs. SLOBODA, when intorviewed arck, said that sie. is now cosirous of returning to R. - Sho indicated that whitst in this country she had the U.5.5. taxea steck of ker position and felt duty boune +o retizn te : her children. She considexsd it unlixcly that the Russians "Woulé Ye prepared to allow all three chilézen to leave. the U.S.S.2. and thus she felt that the enly alternative was for ‘her to veturn there. In this cennaction ske kad recently received. a telegram from he> Susvand saying that he was -plamin> to despatch the eldes? child, David, bern in the U.K. in 1953, to"Ralifax, but she kad sent a.telecran in reply ; telling be> busband to abandon this plan as she hezself proposed +O retum to Russia in the near future. irs. SLOSODA was _ questioned about her motives for sending this télecran, seeing r that he> Lusbond appeared to kave anéo a decision +o return the Sristish born son to this ccuntzy and bearing in cind that krs. SICIODA herself had inéteated & r cispleasure at the fact that this particular son (vbo was at boarding school and vho now spexe Siuent Russian) save every appearance of growing away fron. the Zonily ‘and beconins a ¥ ung Communist. She averred that ste vas still very much in love with her Lusband. She Gid no% ‘see: to envisaze \any divliculty in obtainins the ; assistance of the Soviet Consulate in London to. rctern to the U.S.S.3., ané she expects the Consulato to provide her with - the necessary passages when recuested to do S03; S:0 added that she haé secaived an assurance edeut tho availabiliz: of free passases fren ‘Anton'. ; nee Intcllircnee 2? Te SO, = bevaccs of 26 shewas anvroached br Sovies Intelligence at any stage of he= Stay in the U.S.S.3., les alone recruited by then, on Ser arrival in the U.S.S.R. ct Leningrad she was rot by. ner husbsrid who intreduced : ner vo the R.I.S. resattlecent officer referzca to above. This ofTicial . arranged Tor her to stay a Tow days berore baking srsangencnts Zor he> Zcummey to Lvov. The nore of this resevtlenent officer was given by Urs. SLOBODA-as "Anton and sho sais cha: he is between 65 and 50 years of azo. Sha said that ali the - arranjerents fer ner trip. to ieningrad were made by Consuiste in London whem sho had. approached after receiving letter fra her husband in ussia.s The Soviet Ccnsul hinse handled ber affaivs in a courtecus and kind scnner. “ Baid all her expenses for the trip and in adéiticn Shipped les surniture. She maintained that en arrival at Leiinorad c.. was subjected to no sccurity interrogation ov intervi.z cae - by tho Soviet aitkerities and that the only serseon comiested with Soviet Intellisence when sie nes curing hor stcy in the U.S.S.2. ; * was the Anton referred tc above. Turthercore, she naintained . (that the 2.2.8. had attacked no concitions (involving intelligence , activities in this country) to tka érantins of persissioen to return tere. Coen teers
104-10181-10236 _—— Code $8.73 D. Details of her travel arranceron Co. Pefor: SLODSDA gofected Gefection ? som Ura. SLOBODA maintainea that at no stago pric> to his @ofection did her husband give her the Slightest Lirt or indicaticn of hie plans to defect. On the Gay ix question ke went ” off to work dressed in civilian clothes in the normal way and cuite simply, did not come back at the normal hour. | Lstexsbhowever, he telephoned fron East Berlin to inform hte wife *bat he would not be hone that night but would see her. again soon ard that in no circunstences was she to worry. _ & day or s0 rior to these | events SLOSODA had received his arny pay and hed handed over the usual anount of housexeeping to his wife. A day o> so after receiving the.tolephone call Lirs. SLOBODA received a postcard. saying in effect. "don't-worry, I will write again soon", and she oecred to third: that the postcard bore a Berlin postmark, She said his_carwas found abandcned near Cologne. Mrs. “'SLOBODA said che know nothing edout her husband having had arly cohitact with any Russians in Germany. at any time prior to his Gefecticn. Ske indicated that she had been Closely questioned about this matter by the American éuthorities in Peankxfurt whon her husband's defection had boon reported to tiec. She said that her husbara worked as a "plain clothes" ras in the U.S. Arzy Military Intelligence group based in Prarx“urt. He never sought to discuss his work with her but be Seened to . enjoy it and it used to involve a cortain amcunt cf travelling. Ere. SLOBODA said that whilst relations betwoen he> and her husband were normal as at tho tire of Lis Govecticn, there had been a nurber of disputes over meney. It seemed that SLOBODA, ‘contrary to arny regulations, had taken to visiting night clubs and. cabarets in Frankfurt and also to Gambling. Ail this had led him to incurring substantial debts and in this connection hrs. SLOBCDA said that at tke tino her husband was in debt to tke extent ‘of 84,000, a fact which he feared would in time reach the ears of the nilitary euthorities and resui+ in hin’ being court sartiallod. irs. SLORODA hinted that sha kad ‘had more than her share of finencial worries whilst they sere living in Gormany. Sho said that life es a soldier's wife in the U.S.a. had been extremely ploasant and that toth her Eusband and herself had more than once cursed the cay when they had been posteda to Geruany. Mrs. SLOBCDA said that. she did xs xnow why her husband decided to defect but asreed that. his state of indebtecnoss had been playing on his mind for some tira. (Incicentally Lichael SLOBODA, brother of Vladimir, stated in October 1960 that he knew his brother to be keavily is debt due to gambling and that on ono eccasion Vladimir SiZiSDA had renarxed cryptically: "I don't want to go, but. I rusz".) irs. SLOBODA indicated that her husband had been out en ; gambling excursions ror many tonths ‘prior to-hio actzsl defection. <3 immediately <-or t Gs as + ? si ner win dgonartura from En-land Tor U.S.S.2., ané@ ectatis _ from Enslané to ultimate destination in U.S.S.R2. See (A) above. E. Mhat_ Soviet Bloc Intellisence ard tons: 5 SLCSCDA ard t'rs. SIOSODA were made ? “rat tyme nature and extont of inrornation Gid they Airni 2 mee ‘ane in what tye or propacanda progress wera ther favSived and what were their the-os ? ; Urs. SLOBCDA said that during her tine in the U.S.S.3. hex econ | ._fawe tes
104-10181-10236 /to Coe 10075 ‘PL Whit methods & EEO ee beens enna re cen ee se eeenmee fanily rere troubled by propaganda workers cn one occasion only. A Soviot journalis® seugnt to interview her to Find cut now she foit adout living in tho U.S.S.R.3 in fact the reportor waa . handled by hor husband. oe Bera used + None. non of SLOSODA's re attitude tovards =m is SLOZODA'S sresen a attitude & a 2 as G. Urs. SLOBODA cae S that her husband did not di scuss political - mattors with her dut erat t he appoared to like his job as a ‘translator/libzarian at tie Polytechnic Institute in Lvov. Additionally he aap areciated living in close proxicity to his om father and mother. She authoritios had provided a three-rooned flat and SLOSODA's income wad in excess of 300 roubles a month which was quite sood by local standards. ‘The oldest boy attended a boarding school and he.now spoke fluont Russian and corrospondingly, little English. In short, 5 SLOSODA seemed quite content with kis present lot but Urs. SLOSCDA said she did not imow what ber husband theught about the United States. She repeatedly asserted that her husband haé sot only been “reticent about his plens to dofect, but rofrainas Tron discussing any of his eZperiences in Soviat hands: prior to her arrival at Leningrad. lirs. SLOECDA éid not seem to think that such reticence as betwean man and wife was at all unusual + ~ H. ‘hat is SLOTS? Going now to. include emnlernont, nolitical - activities, nawes and cescrintions of nersons with whor he is in centact ?.- € men ee vo ovay with voats derection ies ZY RL ot 2. Zadeuss -LIPSXT nm the person See (G) above. ans Yet comnec’ LCP At first Mrs, SLOSCDA denied all imowledége a but Jeter said she theucht thet he cust have bee: ; sespansible for enscuraging her husband to consider foining the U.S. Amy Nys. SLOSIDA recalls that LIPS called on tage in Franktirt. on his arrival in Germany. Mrs. SLCECDA said c , theught LIPSiG was a Uerainian who had been rith hor bua in the U.K..as a D.?. after the War. LIPSXT continued +c sée the SLOBODA family. £ Pron tine to tige. in Gormany Sut vag stsesaned in Berlin and not Praccust. She cia not see LIPent after her “hebaka"s derection. “Sie 38 therefore unable to say whether o> not Si know anythe ng about her husband's plans in this confection. eran. J. Where are the S7C70D4 c! are os "Oy Seecre Two of the SLCZCIA children are at presont with their father in Lvov. The eldest goes to the International boarding school. in Lvov whilst the secend son.(torn in Ascrica) at sends day wr: Behkool. The third child was too young attend school in Russia and ie now in Mnglend with her mosher, i x bs