Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotery. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System . Date: 4/30/201 Identification Form Agency Information -. AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: 124-10210-10361 RECORD SERIES: HQ , ‘AGENCY FILENUMBER: —105-81285-17, 18 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, NY TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: — 10/19/1959 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : REW, RENOUNCED, US CITIZENSHIP, SOURCE DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: — 1B; 1C CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 02/24/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE . ; s COMMENTS : INC A/T v9.1 : 5 Docld:32293085 Page 1
“Retegsed under cre Jone. Rennedy Assassination Records Co tion Act of yo? (44 sc 2107 Hote). DB-TE {Raw 4434817 Se a oe FBI oe . Date: 10/20/59 Transmit the following in Bt: TON-CONTAINED L i d ALL USES ; (Type in plain text or code) HEREIN TS UNCLA SSEPIED BRORHS WHERE SHOWN OTHERWE SB" (Priority or Method of Mailing) fp TS me Qe tg op- | . maui - NIG TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (105-81285) ole rySkle i a mer accmy OME LON Vi _ AIRTEL la i FROM : SAC, NEW YORK f105-31687) BECHNes SUBJECT: ROBERT EDWARD WEBSTER jg < af Declassifyon: OROR/Y HA ) é ReNYairtel, 10/19/59, caftioned as above; Om 1519-8* Jadvised on 10/20/59, Mri FNU. TANNER, reporter orf-a local Cleveland newspaper, had received the following information from Mr% His dis, \ RAND, President of Rand Development Corporation in -° Moscow, ussR yh RAND advised that the last time he had seen subject/was Saturday, 10/17/59, at a police station in Moscow, USSR: He advised that at all times WEBSTER was in the presence of others (not identified) and at no time was WEBSTER allowed to talk to RAND alone’, / ) RAND stated subject applied for Soviet Citizenship, July last, Subject advised RAND that : /i he had made up his mind to apply for Soviet Citizenship, Jf According to RAND, his reason for staying was "personal", i but. he would not go into details./.) ee : : RAND stated that subject was on his own now, y now that he is a Soviet citizen, Subject was advised a | by the Soviets that-he could not leave the USSR except — under the "Quota Rule", RAND indicated subject had resigned his job with Rand Development Corporation, but that he (RAND) woulds Bey for subject's return fare (3) - Bureau 105=i8285) .(RM) oO an VM pee a Sleveland tose 37eer4 (Info) (RM) | LA 1 - New York (105-37687 i 12: : REI /OS-Sf agen! po’ eh ica 18 OCT 21 1959 ee App. oved!) DocId:32293085 Page 2
3 eady Hseassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 DATE: 11-14-2017 . Sy — aa nice a > ; Cy SEC ni Le RAND advised that he had been iisquoted . about subject having family trouble; He (RAND) had never advised that subject had trouble with his wife; RAND stated he felt that story came from subject's conversation with the US Consul office. coe RAND stated subject's reason for renouncing his US Citizenship was for some woman, although he did not know for sure; / RAND adviséd subject did not want to talk with his wife, but had advised him (RAND) that hewuld call his father’. ” RAND indicated he would not attempt to see subject before returning home on 10/21/59 Gi (4) (3) NY 1519-3*\ advised on 10/20/59, Miss NANCY SEELEY, répresenting New York Post Newspaper, New York City, attempted to contact subject care of United States Embassy, Moscow, She was advised that subject was in Leningrad; Miss SEELEY inquired if subject's address in Leningrad was available, She was advised that subject's address was,not known and that they were attempting to locate same’ Information from this source, if used in report, must be most carefully paraphrased in order to protect the source, Under no circumstances should subject or any unauthorized persons become aware we have knowledge of the above information. DoclId:32293085 Page 3 usc 2107 Watery.
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 {44 USC 27107 Hote y. TRCERE: ( Hele 14+2007 roa i re a Qf ‘ ae oe se ati te ty —~ ‘ ye : ae ref | os Cre AN? © | ; Date: 10/19/59 Transmit the following in PLAIN TEXT (Type in plain text or code) & AIRTEL Via X ,  ALt, TRYORMATION CONTALSED “>. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (105-81285) Haye IN 1S UNCTAS ss1PtHo EXCEPD oe . WHERE SHOWN OTRERGI Soo : ' FROM: ‘SAC, NEW YORK (105-37687) SUBJECT: ROBERT EDWARD WEBSTER Is - R ReNYtel, 10/17/59, captioned as above, - Clay 1519-s* Jadvised on 10/19/59, that Mr. JOE MICHAELS, NBC, Moscow’ correspondent, submitted the following news story to "NBC , NYC: PO / ~ ah Today, an American man connected with last summer's ‘ exhibition, Moscow, USSR, decided to become a Soviet. citizen. ROBERT E. WEBSTER, a 30-year old plastics technician, is now in Leningrad after having formally renounced his US citizenship this last Saturday. The Cleveland, Ohio man is described by his former employers as an able and conscientious worker, somewhat—o - iY lone wolf. He came to the USSR in “April and returned home or: a time where apparently he had some disagreement with his wife; who with their two children, is still in the USA. WEBSTER, nevertheless, returned to Russia working in a plastic' s exhibit at the fair revealing his plans to no one 2) (Uh (Bey [OS LES Bureau (105-81285) (RM) - erste THps Cleveland (105- 2B) CARES) CRM) By HS . NY 65-14825 Sub B NY 105-37687 © ND " Approved: fh ore L \ Docld:32293085 Page 4 repens fa Beboe™ 48 2 eae (a we et 2 & 0