Me . ose ee ec ce SUBJECT 7 7 7 = - — . - : __ CLASSIFIGATION - 7 — : Soe _ DISPATCH aa SECRET 4) 1g as MARKED. FOR INDEXING a Sev Blec Division NO INDEXING REQUIRED ORLY QUALIFIED DESK’ , CAN JUDGE INDEXING c, European Division chier of Station, Pan REDBLOCK - Activities of Soviet Consulate Among Russian Enigres | MICROFILM ACTION REQUIRED - REFERENCES 1. SUMMARY: This dispatch desoribes the tactics used by the Soviet | naulate Gn gain: gaining the cooperation of a local Russian. emigre to lend* Bia e to a "cultural" event,: overtly sponsored by the Soviet Consulate.” onsider thig report of some interest because it shows that the Gonsuiete. : ppears to be still active. in lecal emigre circles and using the time-honored ° tics of pressure and blackmail although, in this instance, not for the | pparent purpese of recruiting an intelligence agent but rather for support f Soviet. propaganda aims. |The information was. obtained by Lowell R.. FATNBERG his role as AEEGGHEAD/B |'jJournalist."- | Pris , 2. In April 1966 F & told by his soqueintance aa basis Rd 4) #* Lev (Adol'f toh) ARONSON | sen uc in ta Jura lV eoeappicd) bP wie IT DPOB cael8 Rugsia, possibly Ss Petersburg USSR A —_ French citizen ¢/7.' ARAVC oO” 22 Bue | Al Residing 19 rue ‘Brea Pari , - 4 @ | eck a Ode a address BUGHESS fF 1 G8 OCc. Owner of “Dominique! taurant at same AE ** @ that he had been approached ‘by Bs; . aj oe | #* Irina (Zinoyevna) Sexi fF oes). - DPOB approximately 1910-11915 Russia LESS nr 1 GB - French citizen .¢/7-- ARANCE ~! AL Residing 11 Rue Jules Chaplain, Paris 5 LRA. WCE o 5 2. occ’ Singer and ballet teacher 2 ATS : Mee a SH . ad in am iSALS2 ie De OD SARAMWICE , NS ob he Soviet. Consul, whom GRJEBINA ‘brought to the veataurant and introduced \ o ARONSON. The Soviet Consul sought to obtain ARONSON's cooperation in a x Soviet Enbassy~sponsored celebbation commemorating the 2let anniversary of the ~ \ end of World War IT and the defeat of Hitlerite Germany by serving on the ® (Committee of honer. ARONSON, as he told FAINBERG at the time, refused to 7 participate. | ot oo & | a /CONTINUED/ IGROFILMEP So 67 | 1 1966 Distribution: 07> ' : ale » 3+Sov Bloc w/att. - oo ot oc. mieeent SER, 37Rure. Div w/o att | POUCH SECURITY VIOLATION. 7 WO FIELD DISTRIBUTION a ns waren Ayeactnent: _ . — . - * Og } h/w ag state “ROSS 8 REFERENCED] 348434 ; . DISPATCH SYMGOL AND NUMBER ; DATE | JUN 2S a 15t0 i 201-255600 pense 27 June 1966 © CLASSIFICATION : HQS cor po 'gB CRE T
14-00000 - ee . a , - P CONTINUATION OF . Euassiricivion misearen SYMBOL AND NUMBER - DISPATCH SECRET OFPA-83192 2. We then had FAINEERG make contact with GREJBINA for the estensible purpose of interviewing her about this celebration. GRJEBINA gave him an appointment on 14 May. However, she telephoned FAINBERG in the morning of the lth and, claiming to be too busy, asked him to get the desired informa- tion directly from the man who was responsible for arranging the event, the Soviet Consul Boris Feodorovich KAZAKOV (201-255600), telephone WAGram 14;03 (the number of the Soviet Consulate). FAINBERG telephoned KAZAKOV two days later, identified himself as being from AEEGGHEAD/B and told him that GRJEBINA had suggested that he contact him directly to get some information about the planned commemorative event for publication in AEERGGHEAD/B. KAZAKOV was very polite to FAINBERG and invited him to come to his office at 1430 on 18 May. When FAINBERG gained admittance to the Consulate at the appointed hour (which ig not open for normal business in the afternoons), he was told by an un- . identified Soviet abaut 25-30 years old who opened the door that KAZAKOV had bee called to the Embassy and had not left any word about an appointment with . FAINBERG. FAINSERG gave his card to the young Soviet and asked that KAZAKOV call him. Later in the afternoon, FAINBERG tried to reach KAZAKOV on the © _ telephons, but there was no’ answer. KAZAKOV never called back. 3. The event toek place on 22 May 1966. It is best described in the - official invitation, a translation ef which follews: no, Dear citizen, . The Consular Section of the Embassy of the USSR in __ France and the Honorary Committee of Russian artists in 9: France invites yout a Commemorative Rvening of Soviet Citizens which is dedicated to the 2lst anniversary of ‘the end of the Great Fatherland War and Victory over Hitlerite Germany. . ; The event will take place on Sunday, 22 May 1966, at 20 hours, in the "Mutualite" hall (24, Rue Saint-Victor, Paris 5). The evening's program: oe on Commemorative part , 2. Concert by Soviet artista and by Russian artists residing in France. | THE EMBASSY OF THE USSR IN FRANCE | 4, A handsomely printed program brochure prominently listed the nembers \ ' of the Committee of Honor which consisted of 14 French personalities of Russian — origin, most of whom mage active in the arts. Among others, there was~HRASLAVSKY President of the "Federal Union of Voluntary Units of Fereign Origin in the Resistance Aruy" (whom we noted in 1965 to have been a contact of AEDIGIT-1), GRJEBINA, and - much to FAINBERG's surprise ~ Lev ARONSON. 5. We had FAINBERG contact ARONSON to find out why he appeared on the honorary committee and to attempt to elicit any information regarding the nature ~ of this relationship with KAZAKOV. FAINBERG had a suitable pretext since ms AREGGHEAD was planning to do ~ and did- an editorial condemning this event as a Soviet .propaganda effort. ‘FAINBERG visited ARONSON en 1 June, and this is what he learned from him: a) Tne brother of ARONSON's wife is presently on # visit to Paris oy 301 Wa. sired physiol. SY erom the Soviet Union, and is staying with the ARONSONs He is a ret fi tre had spent five years in a labor camp, is now retired on ¢ special rehabiliati: 1 to the Soviet Uniian toward the end of June. The - ‘| pension. He expects tex  gister of Mra. ARONSO /teached) French at the Leningrad :.University. She is a wid . — Ger husband, who was also a physician, was killed during World War II. She ! has applied for a visa to visit her sister in Paris and is expected te arrive. on : the.. Sy ted that he is certain that she will never return to se yietYtnion once’ she ARONSON himself has visited the Soviet Union — CONTINUED i Soviet Union once she gets out. | twdoektucH SECURIT PY. VIOLATION j PAGE NO. | rf qe iki DISTRIBU HELO ’ CLASSIFICATION _ a xg a Cae . USE PREVIOUS EDITION.
ee SN “ol INUATION OF . ‘ DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER DISPATCH CNR AR Ly: b) GRJEBINA brought KAZAKOV to ARONSON's restaurant and they asked ARONSON to serve on the honerary committee. ARONSON refueene because he felt that the 22 May event seemed to have political overtones. KAZAKOV accepted his refusal, although he denied any political propaganda purposes. However, ARONSON did promise to collaborate with Andre BARSACQ, a. ‘member of the committee, on an article about Russian art in the emigration, and KAZAKOV was grateful for the offer. ARONSON remarked that BARSACQ wrote the te platen ON translated it, but it was not printed in the official program as planned. oO 0) Several days after KAZAKOV's visit to his restaurant, ARONSON accompanied his brother-in~lay to the Soviet Consulate where the latter wanted to obtain an extension of hig Soviet exit visa. They were not received by KAZAKOV but by (Sergey Alekseyevich) LOKTSYEV (201-348434) who told them in . gubstance the following: "We do not extend the visa for anyone. You want hat we meet you halfway, but you do not want do do the same, and there is even talk that your sister is Betting ready to visit you." ARONSON understood: this to be a not too subtle allusion to his refusal te serve on the committee, and then agreed to do as KAZAKOV had asked him to do. After that. his: brother- 7 in-law's visa was extended. He told FAINBERG that he was not very proud of _ fs himself to have given in to his blackmail, and that it troubled him greatly, st Sit that he feared-for the life-of his sister, | 4 ; GA g $06 eon, pl re Sc Al ue Me Ke ~ WZ" a) ARONSON said that the_original instigatorfof all this had France. Desh Gregor fORICHINE, who iz a singing teacher at the Russlan Conss Conservatory DParis (aii a member we NoOhoPary Sommittee) who introduced KAVARI GRIBBINA, 2.7; a th ec ma Oe Leg oegs Sp 2b nLLN teO a ie a P 6) ARONSON desoribed KAZAKOV as a "nice" and well educated person. He was a pilot during World War II and is a "Hero of the Soviet Union." He was on a short visit te Moscow to participate in the VE. Day celebrations on 81/9 May 1966. : So , | Ee. 3030 f) FAINBERG promised ARONSON that he would see to it that his: name would be kept owt of the AEEGGHEAD/B article criticizing the partioipetion - of emigres in the 22 May event, which it was. ARONSON was very grateful ard: offered in turn to be of assistance to FAINEERG. The latter then asked ARONSON to keep him posted of visiting Russian artists who come to hia resteuran in order that AEEGGHEAD/B could be passed out to them. ARONSON promised that he wold do everything that he could, even offering to introduce FAINBERG per- . gonaljy if this would help him in hia AEEGGHEAD/S propaganda effort. 3. A copy of the program brochure and the Soviet Embassy invitation card is attached herewith. i | k, Station Comment: a) Our interest in ARONSON 1s predicated on the fact that the "Dominique" restaurant is generally known to be frequented by visiting Soviet artists ~ ARONSON himself has a theatrical background - and also because local Aldksey may frequent it. For example Deputy Chief of the Commercial Mission Aleksey Anatolyevich MALYSHEV (201-254801) indicated to Richard C. BASESCU that . he knew the owner of the "Dominique" restaurant personally (OFPA-77690, 16 : Dedember 1964). b) We are there fore planning to have FAINBERG make the attempt to develop ARONSON as an unwitting source, keeping in mind, offourse, that someore may| be trying to put the shoe on the other foot. This is an example of the type | of operational utility of FAINBERG when he uses his ARLEDGER cover functiens properly. . oo. ery, Iry Vv. pe SECURITY VIOLATION : WO Pew disrarputroy ~ 07 as7 og copy CLASSIFICATION SECM ET REF a vrinveo Soy. USE PREVIOUS EDITION. rey : PAGE NO. -f. 3 oo