Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 6/1/2015 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10279-10217 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 105-106958-50, 52 Document Information ORIGINATOR: - FBI FROM: SAC, WMFO TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: © DATE: 10/25/1963 PAGES: 11 SUBJECTS : PPJM, TRA, RUSS, FELLOWSHIP GRANT, STUDY, SOVIET LAW, NEWS ARTIC, US MAGAZINE DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 09/20/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC MEMO v9.1 : 4 Docld: 32301882 Page 1
| Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hotey. DATE: 11- 1a 20TF . a ‘ UNITED STA’ TES GG ZARNMENT . C) ; | ’ . ) M. emorandum | | U | | | Cte DATE: 11/1/63 Approximately 3 30 0 Year Old. American. -Tourist—of-—Interest for. Possible Recruitment. J Remylet 10/25/63 concerning PRISCILLA JOHNSON. | & . As noted in Page 4 of relet, Miss JOHNSON, on ee mes various occasions, submitted to the American Embassy,,: \ | Moscow, information she had developed through contacts i with Soviet legal experts. A review of WFO files suggests __ that two of these Soviet legal experts are presently in the : United States, .one in Boston and another in New York. The! following information concerning these experts and Miss JOHNSON is set forth for the assistance of Boston, and New - York. , i ~~ Foreign Service Dispatch 423 rom the Hmbassy in Moscow to the Department of State dated 3/19/56 % transmitted a memorandum prepared by Miss JOHNSON concerngny an interview she had 1/30/56 with several Soviet jurists. One of the Soviet jurists was BORIS SERGEYEVICH NHKOFOnOVg) $ e] = a3 (criminal law). 3 IN FULL S EA Bureau file Boston fil nknown He was scheduled. & to arrive Boston from Lol@on on*or about 10/18/63 to = 77 - lecture on Soviet criminal law at Harvard Law School until 12/21/63 when he is to return to Europe. His S sponsor is Professor HAROLD J. BERMAN, Harvard Law School.” AB Bureau : @- Boston (105#10488) (RM) SEGAL) 9 (eff 064 72 ae -_ 3 - New York (105-59587) (RM) . (1-105- 15667) (PRISCILLA. soxnson - ge NOV S 1963) : HLD:cjj (8) 68 Nov 13 i963 WFKOFO opovkis the Gubject of WFO file 105-55775 EWED 2 reed WA REL Cj Mm. Tota 5 | Docld: 32301882 Page 2?
‘Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992? (44 USC 2107 Note)” DATE: i1- aaa (2017 TU . os © = el N\A ~ : r é WFO 105~47870 Ss ey es ae Py 63rd Soviet tourist group which was composed of hight placed Soviets in. professional fields. The foregoing information was furnished to Boston in Bulet 9/27/63 under the NIKOFOROV caption. MR. BAGINYAN Foreign Service Dispatch 173 from Moscow, to the Department of State-dated 9/15/58, enclosed a number of memoranda which reported interviews had by Miss JOHNSON. with various Soviets in the legal field. The dispatch noted that Miss JOHNSON had continuously advised the Embassy the results of her interviews and had also asked a number of questions posed by the Embassy. Among the | interviews enclosed with the dispatch was one with Mr. | BAGINYAN, an expert in international law. - 4 BAGINYANAMA be identical with KONSTANTIN ABRANOVICH os at 4 Bufile 105-114293, Ny 105—-59762, WFO 105-50505.\$ 5 WM At the time he requested a visa to enter the United States as an employee of the U. N. Secretariat he was described as a Senior Scientific Worker, Institute of State and Law, USSR, Academy of Sciences. He arrived New York City 10/8/62; his wife arrived 12/9/62; they left the United States 4/20/63; and he returned to New York City 7/15/63. He resides at 147-25 Northern Blvd., Flushing, f ten Long Island. YP ek Brartie SF. Ca mbes foe Hes. STATE DEPARTMENT SECURITY FILE gee - CONCERNING PRISCILLAXJOHNSON L= ae: a Miss JOHNSON's State Department security file, reviewed 10/29/63, contains the following information concerning her. By. telegram dated 6/10/60 the Embassy in | Moscow notified the Department of State that Miss JOHNSON, a North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA) correspondent, had been informed that her accreditation as a correspondent i had expired and would not be renewed. She was convinced | that the action was not based upon any action of hers. ; The Embassy did not believe that further representation on its part would be helpful at that time. Docld: 32301882 Page 3