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EMA RY ne 8 mee = meee or | ey faa ies ee sete y tae oeECh T LISTCTN DIEPRILITION illiaw Martin “he Caradian Prese Serrespondent im toseow, illian Buckley, approacted our Ssbassy inforsally in the aiscle of Yecexber on behalf of .illias Hartin, the exeemployee of NSA who defected to the Soviet Uniden in 1%0. weording to Buckley, sartin wishes to see nis parents for cozpassionate reasons ard wants to cnow if he would de adaitied to Canada without fear of extradition to the United States if he were to arrange a rencez-vo.s with tis parents in Yancourere ~“e cdo not know whether Martin st’ 11 nas a United States passport or whether he has beconc a Soviet citizen. In any ovent Martin consijers niaself inadzissible to tna United States. cuckley met Nartin at the apartsent of Howard hausch, the Moscow correspondent for Meirawefill Puslications. In addition Martin later telephoned Luckley to indicate his interest in finding cut wiether or not he could come to Canada. cuckley assumes, quite rizhtly I would think, that the xanrer in which “Martin has nada his request indicates that nis Sussian hosts are aware of his interest in petting out of the “ovi:t Union to see nis parentse ‘se have inferooed our Zabassy that it sheule take no action to enccuracge Muckley or Martin to velieve that a visa would se cranted if Martino were to make formal arplicaticn. Since, Lowever, “artin's interest in coming to Canaca is already in a newspaperwsan's hands, we cannot rule out the ;ossioility that Cuckley wivL* write about Kartints interest, Swech a story would prebaply lead to the need for an expression of she Canadian Joverrnsent's atiftude. Jr asking recowmencitions om the kind ef response that aight .: made in the evert that a questicn is put to my xénister, it wruld te zost useful to know what Martin's etatus in law is so far as tne United states is cancerned. If, for exaecle, your tovernrent could rot take legal action, the Canallan authorities would ce 4: a position is this aatter caw to public atcconticn to say t.:t they were not aware of any barrier preventing Martin froa seeing his parents in the United States. I should coe xost grateful if trrough your channels we could de provided infcrnally with arn irdleation of Martin's status in law in the Tnited states. Buckley's only other comsent on tartin was that ha didntt really knoy what to sake of Martin. Martin seesed outspoken in dealing with the shorteonines of life in the Sovirt Union. On the other hand he spoxe with a slicht stamser ard see..i nervous. Ruckley's view for what it is worth is that Martin is not interested ie in getting Inte trouble with the Aussians or coing anything which they might consider underhanzed. JI should emphasize that no mexver of the Canacian "abassy has had any direct contact with Martin. noe - ated Ober.