Released under the John F. _ DATE: 11-14-2017 AGENCY : * RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 32337292 Page 1 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI. 124-90137-10058 HQ “CR 105-92782-NR Document Information FBI GAMBER NY 03/13/1962 14 CIA LIAISON MATERIAL UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL USSR PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B; 1C Redact 09/28/1998 INDEFINITE MEMO Date: 4/17/201
eleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (4F USC F107 Hover DATE: 11-14-2017 . vi oe gt : . 1 whe ae ne UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT . , 5) MEMORANDUM bp Pt Lav bb Foc’ peck fe Be jae 1 — Byte Metin his Gpicvid Ct ; ¥ )) Date: 3/13/6 “a Aa - TO: SAC, NEW wore [i 100-92701 il DATE : A | ‘ E ag Up FROM: SA EDWARD F, GANBER SEC om F a aN , , ‘ seule SUBJECT: [oxen NATIONS PERSONNEL - USSR = lol) ates Is - Rk / Wyega /” Source fiw 3549 ~S* iB) : ~" “CLASSIFI ul Date of Contact 2/23/62 ewe N: 25X . Contacted By SA JOHN F, MABE Characterized . An individual with whom there aern APR. has been insufficient contact ALL ENFCRNATTON CONTATEED to determine the reliability of HERELA LS UNCLAGSS PR ED EXCEPT WHERE S@OWN OTHERWISS. INFORMATION FURNISHED BY THIS INFORMANT SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN COMMUNICATIONS TO BE DISSEMINATED OUTSIDE THE BUREAU WITHOUT SPECIFIC BUREAU AUTHORITY. IN THE EVENT THAT INFORMATION ON FURNISHED BY THIS INFORMANT IS DISSEMINATED, CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO veal THIS INFORMATION AT LEAST "SECRET", ny ((65- 19975" - Burea (65- vb Segtioniye Espionage Actavitie a; information he has furnished Tllegals SuBS port Sectio NY (65-21168) 1 - Bureau (65- 67298) (Utrsub Negro Who Is Furnishing Government Documents to Soviets) wy 105- ay Soh) 1 - Bureatt 103" “Bree 3) yore Vv. Sa ONY escai sony 1 - Bure 05-81613) (YULI N, STOZHKOV 65-2126 Hyg - Bur aso )(Unsub, Alleged Active Soviet Source, Washington, D,C., Possibly H Hess Plac - in United States Government)|1 - WFO 65- osu) NY (1035-35463) 1 - Bureau (105-77571) 1 - WFO (105-13538) viel (IVAN ILICH BARABANOV NY (1005-38040) 1 - Bureau (105-81726 (ANATOLI B, SENKIN) NY (100-93015) 1 - Bureau (100-357326) (ANDREI IVANOVICH GALAGIN: NY (105-43831} 1 - Bureau (105-91048) (ALEKSEI P, POLEZHAEV) NY (105-50e4) 1 - mureau 105-101528) (LEONID ALEXSANDROVICH GULEV NY (105-51584) 1 - Bureau (2105-1033%8) (IVAN Y. VYRODOV) | COPIES CONTINUED “=| Li - NY (100-92701) 1 ~ Bureau (62-77787-240)| 25-9 G2, Tan —— cht / ; : ee Lbs 13 j Ce RECORDED ! ¥ 4 jf 102 mar 16 1962 Docld: 32337292 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC Til; Hote DATE: 11-14-2017 Pony _ no. (a\ SECRET f Informant explained that he obtained this information as a sample of the material the "Negro" agent that has access to discarded Federal documents furnishes to the Soviets. He stated that this particular page is of no value and was to be destroyed by the Soviets; therefore, he was able to pick it up. He said "they" get even more important papers and documents from this source and what they get is supplied in large bundles and boxes about 3-4 times a year, According to informant, VADIM V, SOROKIN contacts this agent. After contact, SOROKIN takes the material to his apartment, sorts it as to what is important and then brings it to the Sovdel where the unimportant | papers are burned. Informant had no other information with which § to identify this Negro agent, and he did not know where he works, | However, informant said that this agent has been helping the Soviets for the past 2-3. INS uw did not know who contacted this agent prior to SOROKIN fierce s Agent in Washington, D.C Taw) Informant advised that the highly placed Soviet source { in the Government, in Washington, D.C., furnished some information,’ to the Soviets in 1959, either orally or in document form, which indicated that the US had some information they obtained relating to the Soviets. Informant stated that when the GRU obtained this information from this agent, it started an investigation by "our" (Soviets) intelligence, One KORNIUK (PH) or KORNEEV (PH) told him that the information. furnished by this agent was very important and he (the agent):is contacted by({IVAN I. BARABANOV. } Informant described(BARABANOV as the head of the GRU legal | residency at the Embassy and a Golonet) in the GRu(S) Informant was unable to further identify this agent or the branch of the US Government by which he is employed, but he said that this person is very important and is currently furnishing information to the Soviets, Informant said this in- dividual has been an agent for the Soviets for 4-5 years and not only furnishes military information, ‘but other types of information Bi -3- 0 Docld: 32337292 Page 3
f\Releasea wider the vonn F. Kennedy Aeeassination Records” Collection Act of 1997 (42 Usc FioyT hover | DATE: 11-14-2017 ; SECRET According to informant, as a result of this individual furnishing information relating to the Soviets, which touched off an investigation by Soviet intelligence, © four people were remqyed from operations. One of these people was named (PUSTABY (Fi) and he will ay” to furnish the(_$} names of the others at a future date [amour B. sencrn B soncrn} 99/6) Informant advised that SENKIN returned to the US, but he did not as yet have an opportunity to speak with nim in any great detail. He noted, however, that he requested SENKIN's return to the US, Informant said that SENKIN is in "our" group (the Special Group of the GRU) and is, therefore, assigned tasks to support and document illegal agents, SENKIN told informant, however, that there has been no change in the Soviet Union pertaining to the current government policy relating: : to the downgrading of the military and the GRU as an intelligence (RQ agency. SENKIN has also advised informant that some illegals have been trained for dispatch to the US, but have not as yet been @ ieee they probably will be dispatched in the near future SENKIN also told informant that the main task for this group in regard to documentation for illegals is still to obtain information regarding the Selective Service System of the US, area breakdown, etc f¢ "5 In response to a request, informant advised that the following are the main GRU targets in the USUI To prevent surprise attack on USSR and get information regarding same, ; 2. Describe activities at Naval bases. | 3. Describe activities at anti- alreraft positions. V4. Get samples and documents of military operations, \ techniques and scientific and technical data, Docld: 32337292 Page 4
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 199? DATE: 11-14-2017 Informant went on to say that VASILI SOLOVEV told him that the GRU had five operations on last Saturday (2/17/62) in which technical information and documents were obtained. Informant explained that he knows that these targets were items such as radio sets, tubes, etc., and the GRU agents involved were SOROKIN, one or two operations; GALAGIN, one - he got some documents, and POLEZHAEV, who got some oral information.) [a] Informant was able to identify LEONID ALEKSANDROVICH GULEV (First Secretary) and IVAN Y, VYRODOV (Third Secretary) as the two GRU agents in the General Group at the Soviet UN Delegation, whose names he could not recall on 2/16/62. ul RU Agents in Sovdel esidency, nited NationsfSection . Informant then reviewed an alphabetical typewritten list of Soviet nationals employed by the UN Secretariat and pointed out the following Soviets fas members of the GRU UN Group, which group he adviged had Pesponsibility for contacts of legal agents lin the US: S) | ANDREI IVANOVICH GALAGIN | | (Director of International Atomic Energy Agency) | fhead of group | ALEKSANDR MIKHAILOVICH DRUZHININ | (Chief, European Languages Service) | NIXOLAT ANDREEVICH GOLOVKO | (Senior Projects Officer, Special Fund) | KELSI FEDEROVICH PETRYASHEV | (lranslator, Russian Section) | ALEKSET PETROVICH POLEZHAEV | (Economics Affairs Officer, Resources and Transport Branch) | VIKTOR NIKOLAEVICH SIMONOV ) (Librarian ee | Docla: 32337292 Page 5
Celeased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records DATE: 11-14-2017 Ep0-sefoa Kau) Informant further identified IGOR VASILEVICH CHECHETKIN (Chief of Policy Coordination, Office of Controller) as a person of high rank jn the Soviet "State Department”. : Informant explained that {the GRU UN Group, like the GRU General Co) Group, has responsibility to contact and develop agents, bu ' STARCHAK and PETRYASHEV have a special task and "go together all over the country on weekends, every weekend, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays to look at military installations." They- observe movements, take pictures, note changes and look for new bases, According to informant, they use their cars and have a special camera that fits into a special part of the car so that pictures can be taken discreetly. They do not go on bases, however, because this might compromise them. Informant explained further that the KGB also has people (legals) who do unas Qf) [tess News anenostaf(u A list of Tass News Agency correspondents and other Soviet rowtns@(W) was displayed to informant and he identified the following i VLADIMIR I, BOGACHE | the GRU General - Groud) Cs] The only member of (35 at Tass. Informant named all of the following persons (as KGB Cs} agents: | Tass Correspondents - DANILOV, ALEKSANDR Y. PONOMAREV, LEONID 8S, SAGATELYAN, MIKHAIL (Washington,D, C, TURKATENKO, NIKOLALT D, 'VASILEV, GENNADY V. VASHEDCHENKO, VLADIMIR V, (Washington, DiC.) ee (Pravda Correspondent - —- STRELNIKOV, BORIS oJ - comicheskaya Gazeta Correspondent - LOPUKHIN, MIKHAIL M,. Trud Correspondent - KURDYUMOV, NIKOLAI V. -~8.- | ECRET e SOA = ——s - — err nae Docld: 32337292 Page &
eleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records DATE: 11-14-2017 « Ce 7 wy [Epo-se7an QU) Tivestia Correspondent - KONDRASHOV, STANISLAV N. Radio Moscow Correspondent - * KALUGIN, OLEG D, Selskaya Jizgn Correspondent - LAURINCHYUKAS, ALBERTAS “fAmtorg Trading Corporation | From a list of Amtorg Trading Corporation and Intourist employees, informant identified the following: ' GRY ~ General Group 3 G Employee) SERGEI V. ZHDANOV (Chief Engineer) (f) NSTANTIN P, SEMENOV (Employee v) The above individuals were the only Soviets from the Amtorg Trading Corporation identified by informant, although the names 1 Soviets employed there were examined by informant RENN IfGRU $> sonnel P Tie A poviet Embassy @k ) ~ Informant was shown pages 49 and 50 (Embassy of the USSR), "Diplomatic List ~ Department _of State, December, 1961". He identified the following persons(as GRU agent SxS ) i Head of GRU (s) VA BARABANOV (First Secretary) | Assistants | BORIS GY KOLODYAZHNY (First Secretary) | MIKHAIL A, SHUMAEV (Second Secretary) # Others | VIKTOR A, OSIPOV (Second Secretary) | GEORGI N. BOLSHAKOV (Assistant Information Secretary) | ! Lt. Colonel ALEXANDR G, MANTROV (Assistant Military Attache) Docld: 32337292 Page 9
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assaséination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 Us Fit Hot DATE: 11-14-2017 2 C — LO O ry , Se SECRET tose @ SECRET : Informant stated that KOLODYAZHNY is [the only Illegal GS} Support Section officer|at the Embassy, He said that in all ; there are probably ovéY 15 individuals(in the GRU residenéy\C 5 at the Embassy, and gener they are broken down by groups as they are at the Sovdel. Informant advised that he knows of a fRadio-Technical Csi Group\at the Embassy that|monitors communications from militaryC$) instal lationd) between Washihgton, D.C, and New York, le ¥ 4 Washington, D.C, and Chicago. According to informant, /this isl oJ 1 done from an apartment \which he believes to be located In Arlington} Virginia, the residenée of ys of the(members SfRaat legalC$_). residency,) He said(MANIRQZJis the head of this{Radio-TechnicalC$) | Group |\in' Washington, D.c.(S ' OO ) Informant explained that this (monitoring of military Cs) : installation lines is done by very special Russian radi | equipment_that covers "4, 13, 16 Channels, a wide field".\ He : said the |broadcasts of the military are in code, but they Cs) are recordéd by Soviet monitors and the recordings \are. sent 6 back to Moscow to be analysed. He said(she monitePring jin Cs} Washington, D.C., is more successful than that done at the a Soviet Estate, which is at Oyster Bay on Long Island. He A described the (equipment as very elaborate and technical, some C s.) . ’ pieces as largé as a bedroom dresser (he pointed out a specific chest of drawers in thg bedroom) and other equipment that_i carried ina "suitcase" .) He said_he was not (eechnicaliyl5.) qualified to operate the equipmentjor explain = Gquipnent. C2 use, He mentioned that the utilfZation of thisfequipment is such that the monitoring has to be_in a direct line with the transmissions from "tower to tower He mentioned that the (transmissions from the "Pentagon" “are monitored.) and are sentC$_} o Moscow(for "decodine™.) The fdonitoring at} Long Island ands) in Washington, D.C., are~the safe type,. the only difference . C53 being in the location, He said Fonversaticn (sgvsages)) goi i out of Washington, D,C., and.thosé coming back (are mon cored) Informant speculated that this might be done from (BOLSHAKOV's apartment or MANTROV's apartment,| but he is not sure Cs He mentioned that BOLSHAKOV was formerly an Assistant to . (Marshal) ZHUKOV. » 7 -~10- “Cte ee “ 2 4, i BaF Bees Wet? 4 BS | DocId: 32337292 Page 10
Released“tnder the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 7107 hope DATE: 11-14-2017 Ls 4 at . . ° . ‘ So DO 0) | wy [E0-s2701 |W (ue) ) SEG RET | Concerning the Embassy sestaenceS nformant mentioned that General DUBOVIK (Lt. General ADIMIR A, DUBOVIK, Military f Attache) an held the position of SOLOVEV (VASILI I., Cs ‘ ‘but : Counsellor fand Head of the GRU residency Jat the Sovdel), due to the downgrading of the]GRU/military, he is now only G) subordinate to BARABANOV in Washington, D.C,, even though BARABANOV holds only a Colonel's rank. Informant said that DUBOVIK is now only a figurehead. c Informarit advised that(KOLODJAZHNYI\in Washington,C$ } D.C,, now has a "task" to find atflian who was here and to get all his documents, He said it is important that the man be 33-34 years of age, "or between 1928-1937". He said this person would already be included or registered in Selective Service Informant said KOLODJAZHNYT\told him he has 3-4 men in minadc S$) for this and got "them" from jury duty records and has a Ckonopsazat where he cén get this information. In this regard K y ; OLODJAZHNYI is working on the documentation of "our man” (toC SJ} e sent here). Informant reiterated that he knows almost for : certain that there are no GRU illegals operated from Washington, (Gy D.C. It appears that the individual to who nformant has reference is undoubtedly(BORIS G, KOLODYAZHNY S) Informant has advised that one of the primary problems of the Soviets is obtaining documentation of their illegals through Selective Service and this is one of the main tasks of the GRU PETR VNUKOVSKI . Informant advised that VNUKOVSKI is scheduled to arrive in the US on 3/10/62, to replace VASILI I. SOLOVEV as head of the GRU residency] in NY. Informant again stated $3 ficant and it is not, to his hat this is in no way sig cnowledge, an indication of increased intelligence activities by the GRU,) Informant described SOLOVEV as "well regarded"[ ¢ } and as having "more brains than VNUKOVSKI" (SR) -l1- —_ | DocId: 32337292 Page i1