104-10534-10101 es . ® en DB Mm $6585 3 January 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, wE/2 ATTENTION: BUBJECCT: Technical Analysis of Letter and Envelope - DB CASE #4361 REVERENCE: WE/2 Memo dated 13 December 1963 i. In response to referenced request, an original typewritten letter and envelope addressed to the American Embassy, Stockholm, were examined in order to determine the origin of the letter and the nationality of the writer. 2. The following conclusions were drewn concerning the letter and envelope: a. The typewriter in question is equipped with an obsolete atyle of German-made type which, according to cur references, was fitted on a mmber of typewriters made in Germany during the 1920s and early 1930s. The possible makes would be Stoewer, Torpedo, Groma, Triumph, Mere and possibly some others. Of these makes, the Torpedo, Mercedes, Rheimmetall and Triumph were probably the moet widely distributed. b. The machine in question is equipped with a bleck and red ribbon. The keyboard is very probably ane Ra shown by two strike-overs: umlaut-u for hyphen end "zs" for * These characters are adjacent on the standard Swed sh keyboard, but not on the German. The umlewt-a was not used in the street address, "Strandvagen" (where the dots should have been placed over the second "a"). This might be either a simple oversight or an attempt to conceal the writer's familiarity with the correct spelling. fhe paper of the letter is of the international standard (om) Gize "Ak" which 19 almost universally used in Sveden. ‘The linen-textured stationery seams to be rather common in Sweden. The two eualler pieces of blank paper match the letter paper with respect to width, thickness, color, texture and look-ethrough, and were probably cut from another sheet of the same type. The envelope matches specimens of Swedish envelopes taken from pa /54Postal. Intelligence files.
13-00000 DB Memo #6585 - Page 2 a. The letter Wes posted from the Stockholm Ban post office, which is located in the central railway terminal in Stockholm. All mail deposited in street mail boxes in this area or in the post office would be processed through this station. @. “The cancellation cachet on the envelope is identical in all respects (format, postmerk, number style and length of killer bars) to exemplars available in our office. . f. the postage is correct for Svedish internal met and the postage stamp ia of current issue. - ge A possible irregularity is the ‘time lag between the internsi date of the letter, the date of the pogtmark and the date of receipt in the American Embassy. The total time from the internal date of the letter to the time of receipt is eight. days, the time between the date of posting and the date of receipt is more than three days. This transit time of: wore than three days for intra-city mail appears irregular when ‘compared with the everage - transit time of only two- three days for arrival between Stockholm and the United States. 3. The text of the letter warrants some comments because a number of peculiarities were noted - aside from pure spelling or typing errors - which seem to indicate a Swedish writer. The following words represent either Swedish spelling or modification: "reserv", "etablished", “murded", "Krustjev". Other examples of Swedish gremmr and syntax would. bes "mst" (as past tense}, “in Sowlet” (Swedish form but not. spelling), “he was spy” (without indefinite article), “FBI, USA" (without definite article), “should” (rather than "would"), “outemuggled” (Swedish past participle form), and “whole the world" (pure Swedish form). 4. Another significant detail is the name given, "Ryo Liang Yuan". "Ryo" 1s not a standard spelling in any known Romanization system used for Chinese. "R" is seen in the new Chinese Communist national system, but never in combination with “yo”. "Ryo" is a Japanese. spelling. In the name given it is not know ‘whether the - ‘Chinese or Western presen-~ tation is used, in other words, whether “Ryo” or. “Yusn" is meant to be the surname. _Among Chinese syllables which could be represented by the Japanese “Ryo” ere Liao, Liang and lung. Of these lung ('0C:7893) and Idang (TC:2733). ere used as surnames. In either case, “Ryo" is hardly a name by which a real ‘Chinese would identify himself. 5. In summary , and based on. the ‘above information, it is concluded that the letter was transmitted via normal Swedish postal channels. ‘The letter is probably a “erank letter", most likely written by a Swede, using a Swedish-keyboard. typevriter and Swedish stationery.
13-00000 DB Memo #6585 - Fage 3 - 6. For further tnformation concerning the typewriter and paper anelyses, and the Swedish etyle of language usage, contact Mr. Jan Beck on x2009. For further information on the spelling of the ostensible writer's name, you may contact Mr. Geralg Worth on x2608. For further information regarding the Postal aspects of this case, please contact Mr. Robert H. Banks on x2303. Ts. Tne original letter and envelope are being returned herewith. ‘ALBIN R. TRECIOKAS Chief, TSD/DB Attachment: (1) As stated Distribution: Orig & 1 - Addressee L - TSD/GARB/A&R 1 - TSD/DB/3 1 - DB files 1 - PI chrono 1 - Case 4361 | 7sp/DBy -PI/RuBanks/x2303/ery