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13-00000 r | SK ~ 4617 2 October 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, CI Liaison FROM : SR/CI/R 6 SUBJECT : Questions Concerning Defectors Joseph J, DUTKANICZ (201~289236) and Viadimir 0. SLOBODA (201-287527) 1. DUTKANICZ's Army assignment at time of defection. USAREUR Case Summary 2-62-2 (copy attached) confirms DUTKANICZ's assignment to the 32nd Signal Battalion in Darmstadt. However, his wife indicated that he had CIC connections. In an interview at the American Embassy Moscow on 5 December 1961 (cited in DBA=288, 24 January 1962), she indicated that their trip behind the Iron Curtain "had been made possible because her husband worked for the CIC and was allowed to do things the ordinary 'GI' could not do."* There are also penciled no- tations in the 201 file suggesting that his Army assignment may have included intelligence functions of some kind. 2. Previous KGB connection of both defectors. Per USAREUR Case Summary 2-62-2, DUTKANICZ himself told American Embassy officials in Moscow that he had been approached by KGB representatives in a bar near Darmstadt in 1958 and had accepted recruitment as a result of their threats and inducements. He claimed to have given them minimum cooperation from then until his defection, although the Army considered it probable that he had done more than he admitted. A 4 further indication of his KGB involvement before defection is the fact that the special decree granting him Soviet citizenship was enacted three months before his arrival in the USSR; see Emb tel 851. Document Number 293-9 (Q for FOIA Review on jut 976 Fp tte “Lo B~ 261-29923¢ — Raryy pits or SECRET CS COPY ole 2 oe ghey > 2eh ~ 28 TS 527° LOGS Sp ‘ . isin
13-00000 ve { i BLUE Sx-4617 2 Oat 6¢ SLOBODA's prior KGB involvement was confirmed by BEVISION, as reported in YT-1192. See attached memorandum of 28 March 1962 in regard to passage of this information to the Army. Further indications are the facts that SLOBODA was a KGB resettlement case and that he later told an American Embassy Moscow official that he had been blacksmailed and framed into going to the USSR. See Moscow Emb tels A-572, 23 October 1962, and 851, 23 March 1962. 3. Army security investigations as immediate cause of defection. Per USAREUR Case Summary 2-62-2, DUTKANICZ told American Embassy Moscow officials that he had informed his KGB handler that he was under investigation for security reasons. He defected soon after, in accord with a KGB suggestion that he do so. SLOBODA's defection was precipitated by increased Army security measures, according to BEVISION. ae a ee H, Wigren r) C/SR/CI/R gf 2PILYE SECRET es cory | pannaee
13-00000 So UTTAL . aan "Case, Sunmary: 2 W820 ‘DorKanrca, Joaopf, Set. Date(s). of Activityt 1958-1960. : Gorlice, Poland . ne i “Date Neutralized: 0/4 “Hostile Service: Soviet Intelligence Target: USAREUR Forces. ade Dy Services (SIS), co probably State —_ Security Service (KGB) Sumnary -'. Dutkanice claims ho was recruited by representatives of Seviet = = “intelligence in West Germany during 1958. A combination of threata and inducements’ were used to gain his cooperation. He admits having had four meetings with his Soviet handlers during a two-year period, but claims he supplied only limited infcrmation to the KGB. There are, how- ever, substantial indications that the compromise was greater. His espionage activity was terminated by his defection to the USSR in June - 1960. He was subsequently exploited for propaganda purposes by the — Soviets. Details of his complicity were obtained from statements made — by Dutkanicn to US officials in Moscow. - BEI and Ase ianmonts | a “Duthanies" 8 principal. mission wag to report changes in the | ‘gtatue 3 aoe “and. ‘Cisposition of USARSUR forces indicating possible preparations for oi | ‘hostilities. He also admits receiving detailed instructions fromthe. Sse sis. which probably included additional collection EEI, but he did. not © ; Mea elabcrate. on | these missions. “Reerui tment and Hodus Operands, . Dutkanicz, a ‘naturalized US ‘od tizen born in Polana,. was. “ehippod ¢ ‘to ee | . Germany in 1943 as: a ‘slave’ laborer and immigrated to the United States... ©. . ‘aftor World War II. He was drafted into the US Army ‘in 1951: and | Was 3 _gargeant in the 32nd Signal Battalion, Darmstadt, at the. time of, defection. He is a convinced liberal and has espoused leftist causea: =: -.. ‘which led to a review, and Fevecation of his SECRET: clearance in Janugry - 1960. en . Cs re a es: : a ca ; Dutkanicz claims he was approached by KGB personnel. in “1958 while ; os. 9°" @pinking in a bar at Crumstadt,. neur Uarmstadt. In the initial: con- 3:5 - Poe versation, a combination of threats and inducements were used to- obtain. '! “hig promise of cooperation. The threats were mostly implied and: - , directed against relatives in Poland, his ‘immediate family in West” : Germany and !utkanicz personally. Inducements consisted of ‘promiges..to oA ~ assist relatives residing behind the Iron “urtain. He also admits. having © _-, been offered money on several occasions, but he allegedly refused’ to» " , ,accept payment for his espionage activities. “Dutkanioz claims that the ce ENTIAL E c OA: “18: 6
13-00000 a3 aa ea Uta asdacove saree rages open na eanscinan a Sto acne wanna nA EES ES AL Cc -AET pet 4 Lap peas caksensetePee ts “controlling: agency was. the KGB. ° He admits ‘having four. meetings with oF .. the KGB representatives, who were allegedly. from Vienna, Austria,.°. °° — “during” the period 1958 to 1960.” He was furnished an. accommodations | oO ~ - address which ‘the no" longer ‘remembers and ‘was: given” secret: writing © , materials: He claims to have sent only four letters to the accommo~ dations address and he alleges’ to. have’ furnished only negative | imminence reports. Sia 3 ls Baa aT oo “In May 1960 Dutkanicz informed his SIS handler that he was. being investigated for security reasons and he was advised to apply for leave and defect with his wife and family to the USSR via Austria and : Czechoslovakia. Dutkanicz complied with the instructions. Contact ; . with KGB representatives was established on 26 June 1960 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, a short distance from Vienna. He and his family then ‘drove to Lvév, USSR, with a Soviet escort. He was subsequently exploited by the Soviets for propaganda purposes. The actual propaganda a material was prepared by the KGB based on details furnished by Dutkanicz. In March 1962 the Suviets permitted his wife to return to | the United States, but the children were retained in the USSR. Dutkanicg was allowed to accompany his wife to the US Embassy in Moscow for making the necessary preparations for her return. During this period Dutkanicz made a statement concerning his espionage activities in behalf of the KGB. . USAREUR soament *, >... Although Dutkanicz's confession was obtained under unusual ciroum- _ stances, his statements appear substantially true although obviously 7 incomplete. _A strong possibility exista that he worked for the KGB for =. a longer period than he admits, and it is probable that Dutkanicz pro- © . _ wided the KGB with considerably more ‘information than negative imminence reports. - His statement that his SIS recruiters. were from Vienna:is: =." ‘possibly correct and is supported by his alleged defection route. His . . gtatement ‘that he refused payment from the SIS seens unlikely, since he- we . . ; peportedly was spending considerable ‘amounts of money before his. defection. «-.} Phe. case: is’ of unusual significance since it constitutes one’ of the ‘most —— -. gerious known penetrations of USAREUR forces by hostile intelligence. J;  &ls0 important is the fact that Dutkanica's defection was apparently Lj ine tigated. by :the Soviets for Propaganda purposes after: he Aeat access . oo _ to: sensitive. Anforpation, |... peg ee re See oe ee ES frase bre. ; Asai tional reports will be Prepanpt 4 as. information becomes rie | ae 2 Ps rs er ce Da as "PREPARED BY ‘PRODUCTION BRANCH, “INTELLIGENOE ; DIVISION, HQ. USAREUR, -_ _APo 403, Us FORCES
13-00000 28 March 1962 © MEMORANDUM FOR THE ‘RECORD Hoy Subject: JAGUAR Request for Questions: to be usedin interview with os a Mrs, Lilian SLOBODA, wife of Americen defector Vi adimir SLOBODA - 1. LOND 0883 (IN 47926) of 23 March 1962 regarding tho Subject . was discussed with Mr. James Hunt, DC/CI on 27 March 1962, He was ~ - asked if the Amy had been advised of REVISION's identification of SLOBODA as a KGB arent (YT-1192, 16 January 1962) and if this information should be passed to JAGUAR. Mr. Hunt said that the =~ mA Army ‘was somewhat embarrassed about this case since SLOBODA had = =... Se "flunked or 5 LCFLUTTER examinations" before his defection, so | ; the information had not been passed to the Army,~ As noted in ¥T-1192, SLOBODA was not particularly important, according to BEVISION, and Hunt belicved the army assumed he was an RIS agent when, he went over the hill. = . re co che 2 ME. Hmmt saw no reason to give the: information to ‘JAGUAR a but. sugrested that in our cable we say SLOBODA was presumed: RIS. ‘ t a i 2. } Hy i ¥ t. “The Polish Des k said that BEVISION 4s- currently being _ ; “ant terrogated by the Arny and they probapiy | will ask him pestions | a about: i SLOBODA« ue, - ” touts Lyon, sat SR/CI/RED