“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 6/10/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10224-10269 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  61-10448-22 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LEG, PA TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: — 10/12/1948 . PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : [Restricted] DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS:  1B;4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 07/30/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF CIA COMMENTS: | INC MEMO - eee v9.1 ; 5 DoclId:32298989 Page 1
ir SiFIED “ s Oe oCWE ATION COREA TIED ae ThE Hy: SUES NT$, + i RE Fatty RACeP He “SECRET oe = Foreign Service desk ° eNO! opsectl iON 10%, | om ce ie a NON aANDIOR, — ' ON 9 pao [teas conr Dae TraL SELEASE OF CIA IN INFORMATI CONF DREN TIAL NTS ‘DOCEMENT, Exe cept kp Te ; AIR POU CH Date: November 16, 1948 ad jis 5; oud Lanes Ss Legal Attache ' Auerican Embassy Paris, France ~ | ‘From: John Edgar Hoover, ee Federal Bureat’ of Investigation . = of Lo NEED i ie LE PEE A TOLS TOY PRINCESS TOLSTOY oo i ageified bs A NICHOLAS GALITZIN ~ Si y a a Declassify on: mon Ys/ S _ LYDIA. GALITZ gl SECURITY MATTER -R NG tect whe wa Git 1948, in the ‘above-captioned ‘matter. ue In your memorandum of August: 23, you furnished the Bureau with: information indicating that Count Tolstoy, ma Galitzin and his wife Is cooperated with the/Central Intelligence Azgenoyf{aHd the American Embassy LPs j We Paris, France. The information further ‘indicated that the American’ Embassy ‘had highly recommended these individuals to the: Secretary of State as a rex ff] sult of this cooperation and suggested that visas be granted to them as soo as possible in order that they ‘might travel to the United States C fu}, cae poo erate ae > ee Or. ; According to the information contained in your memorandum of Qetober 12, 1948, Count Tolstoy and his mistress Princess Galitizine were considered important agents of the Soviet Intelligence Services. It was . Stated that they intended to change their field of action from France to tHe" United States and further that Count Tolstoy intended to maintain close corn’ tact with Countess Tolstoy, the head of the Tolstoy foundation in New York. This information was furnished to you by Inspector LeMeur of the French Intelligence Service who requested that no dissemination be made to other agencies. {.($) . ae oy - In view of the conflicting ‘nature of the information furnished, thé Bureau desires that you recontact inspector LeMeur in an attempt to fur ther® clarify the information furnished by him. In the event Inspector LeMeur's information is reliable, it should be pointed out to him that it will be necessary for this Bureau to disseminate, on a limited scale, the informatio ae . furnished by him because of the allegation made that these individuals word, agents of the. Soviet Intelligence S98 vice. gen of t 1 SECRE Ke) ERC:ofm etl, a oe oe, Docld: 32296999 Page ?
Released under - ALL | TREO! ERAT EON Docld: 32298989 The Agha FS KE: DATE: 1¥-14-201 Ss 3 eye TAS SHED Director, REE s ORE Director, FEI ot SSS B77 SY Res " comP ive (sex?) TcISTOY (TOLSTOT) 3 HICHOLAS GALIP2IN LYDIA GALITZIN SECURLTY HATTER ~ fear Sir: OTL re ° ae oma d py dee Siasse s yefer té Modrid letter to the Bureau dated my 10, 1848, and my reply thereto of August 23, 1948, regarding the above matter, Ru ) Please be advised that a recent contact I made in the Henselgnnents Generaux, Prefecture de Police, Inspector Le Meur, has furnished the attached brief of information from the records regarding 1 TOLSTOR and GALITZIN, ra (3) _ Phis informant further advised orally that it had been alleged that this couple had’ worked for the American Intelligence Services, which has been confirmed in wy referenced letter, The attached information - is, nevertheless, believed to be of interest to the Burean. Inaemmch os this report wos secured: esonfidentially and on the basis of no dissemination, It is recuested that thie information net be distributed, K (Sy ’ Yery truly yours, norton R. vapor ) Stu! Legal Attache hp oye Page 3