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DISPATCH | Gbdef op Stet: WERQOH ET BLE meee eg nee tees PEIOOU ET OC be . ae | WAREID owe SEE . ri aks Lae - ” Bees cat wee Costitie Comiect i \ NO BOF. AS. ee eee mene cee ee decent ee bee eee es ve ee eae AC Taree ORE . . { | NDEEING CAN BE ROUEO Per Pera § ji | By Quaéikiad md Cee Rae etreeerel ttt e . DIR 191.57 le Gm tt April Costiiie hed Tumeh sith orisorl¥ Ve, ICLUS at wil tre Contiipets trestment in the Soviet onion (San fcrna R810) was broush re tre ovtsetrol Che lunch, Golub ise in the Soviet Unten. (thts was the firet tine tre: tillets trip, even though Colub had called severel tines to set a dunchecn date.) Costille answered that it hat te engeyed™the belist cond the tourist was uh interesting trip, and thas siphte but thet ce nad received on cversii bed impression cf the Soviet re Union becuse cf the treatment he received. Golub registered surprise ond aeked whet Costilie meant, Coetille stated that he had relxed into his “hotel roca “in hescew and Anterrustad three Seviets searchins his roo. Certile then pro- 22 . Gelub stepped eating and asked Costilie to continue. Geeind Lo tell the cenplete stery as related in, OFHA|3619 in as much detail the entr> of Volodya on the scene, as his Finnish would allow, He began wWAth th Volodyate ebviozs slips in cenversstion, rnd Costille's leaving the cpera early and welking into his hotel rece, At this point Golub stated, "You know who these ten were doen't you?® Fefere Cestille could] meke an ansrer, Golub said, "The internal police.® Cestilie enswarad that it was all fairly obvious who the zen were and that ther vere engaged in meking oa fcirly ex- tensive sesrch of his room. Thea ce.ut “acde some dercgatory remarxs shout the internal pelice and agreed that it was a sloppy performance. He stated that there rere a let of old silitery arn wh transferred to the internal Lice and were ret too bright om were used to this type ef behaviour, He continued that he could not understand say th police insisted in making room searches, escecially of Anericans. we said thet he had written a mumber of times to Moscow warning that Americans should be left alone as one time something like this would happen and there would he bad publicity. he told Cestille thst 2s scones they had finished lunch he was veing back to his office ond cable Mescew and mexe an official complaint. He algo stated that he would inform the Sovieb Ards gsader te Helsinki cf the treatment Costille _ had received, Costille said thet he alec thought the thing fairly ridiculous ‘and wondered what they expected te Nind, Telub answered, "Cf course, ‘hat did they exrect to Mind?’ You ore young and this is the firet tire you have been overseas, re did they think reu were? There will ba thousands cf Asrerteans in the LSS8 this sumer. [res ‘the internal police think they can cover everyone of then? This is ridciculcus.? 2, Cestiile continued stating that velub had not heard everything yet erd told him of° coming back to the recom ind “iniing the Seviet girl having dinner with Voledra in the roam. He laarhed dispararingly and sheok his head es if in ciscust. He also interlected such statenents ag: "This is terrible. “his is a seandal. I cant telleve f1," Costille told hin cf =a~ se Yolodya's feable stterrts to cive the atfcir sn illeeal black market atnos- phere rather than a claniestine one. believe his story ami it was cbvicus roen,. Castille next cold himcf tre hetel room, Celeb stoted, etill leas amt shsxirg his teed as in dis- belief, "Or course, that is opvicus tous They hed your roem buted, md evidently soma weenrieal difficulty prevect ed thet from hesring angtaing.® they were searching Costille's isent with the three chances cf his lie repeated a mmber of tines the wemi, gcardal, PeeyOre oo) rae UAE PATE STR j . : PEM ales sNews } ‘ £ ? Ai tow $3 Siw A me ane TN i og EOF: comtened + wae ase SAE > AAR. —_ °
14-00000 ‘ i ‘ ; ~ iy . . * ry . 8 & re ee RR A At Prrers peer shlihaemeneamneneeemeed re ae yee nee CONTINUATION Os : mp. : 3 . OISPATCH : Ate : Cc: 4] w sae . . ‘ i [ ong , ”? . a Ve Ceostille stitaa that "Mbine to take prince because it ruined tre thin cae D8, “S8rectaliv ror the Ameriosn virla, Jelob et te amb nat Certiize murt take another trip te Vewlet inion te forma new, fresi: iu:resster, vobub Fala be much go furcher than Hoseww, gee come of one er Wtryuise like the Gntiennus or the Crimea, Se tell Coutitie ANN he would persoucily muarantee Chat he would be fess ators and be bothered whatscever, Costiite said hy sid not know if he would have the tice cr roney to po back ~gain, hut would think cbeut it, Golub repeated a atusber of tres thot ne would repert the thing to Moscow in as much detail as Costille hed told it to hia, Contille alse teld hin thet of course ce had had to report it to HITEC here, ih@ weve no respense te this at all. Ye asxed Costille if he knew the neme — of this Intourist ruide ort if ne hed a picture of- him, so thet he could notify Moscow exactly who it was, Costille stated that he was net certain of his lest nane and that all he knew wos Volodya, he also said thst he did not think he hed s enarshet cf him. (This is_trie_ og. Mr, Carruthers|tcok QO tha phote.) Colub asked Costille for the date the Incident took place, came «A 4. In all of Golubts reacrks, he attenrtad to disesscclate himself from fny participation or knowledse of the affeir, placinz the blane squarely on the Soviet intern:l Felice, (We assure he meant VD.) He showed discuet and surprise and never cence attenpted to deny thet it wags a room ¢earch, He attributed it to the cenernl r-ture of the KVD's suspicion cf any ferelrner and the slopriness as being typical of their actions. Ee once stated that since it was so slerppy end all the Soviet participants were so Yeung it must have been part of 4 "training ereblen™ for new employees and that Castille just happened to be the "preblen tarcat." It is practically imrossible te conclude from Golubta statesents that he kad received a report of the affair from Moscow. There is only one slicht indication that he micht have received some report en Cestillets trip, am thie pertaing to Costillets knouwledes of the Russian lancuaze, Golub had not known that Costi'Lle had pravious acquains tance with Russien, Costille had not denied this te Golub. ‘The issue had. Just rot cone up. Since Colub speaks n> English, Finnish hecate the rutual asnyuage., Golub never esked Costille if he knew Russian, and evidently assumed he did not, However, while in the Soviet Union, Costille used his Russian, but only vary linitedly, to order food, ask prices in steres, end read street signs, The regular Intourist suide, as woll as Volodya, were aware of this, | Nowever, Volodya and Costille used Enslish together. During tre lunch with ‘Golub when Costille did not understand a Finnish word, Golub on one or two occasions said the word in Russian, This was the first tine he head ever done. thie with Costille. Costille felt that he should mentien to Golub thet ke had studied Rucsien for a shert weile in the Universit » 80 he would not think Costille was attempting to hide the fact that he knew Russian. Golub advised Gostille to see a new Russian movie in tom. Costille seid he would Mike ts but did not think hts Finnish was that gocd to read the sub-titles and that he had had only ene semester of college Russian, Golub gave no indication of being surprised et this recark, Hewevor, this putting a werd now fod then into Fussisn micht have been nothing more than 2 notlural reacticn, since i: is his .first lenguaca, . - de We are for~ardin: the pleture of Volodya thit wes taxen by Mre OLGarruthers! Mrs. Cerruthers]is also in the picture. Please make «s eAny og copies ofthis ae Feu like and return the slicn ag quickly as pessible, es this is only on Joan to the Station. Ne weuld also apcrectate any traces. on this Volody. ARTE CATCY) ‘S 6, Cre Lten en Voledia we std not’ trelude in the brevioug disrateh, 7 (lorka 3919, which mir be of interest, thea Voleira was esked why he ofa not meet the tour in lercow on the Nret dav, De ansverad that he had beer acting 4s onn of the interpreters with Price Minister Maenwtliantg Eriupe Ne enty: nade this one referral to thic, @0 we have no way of knowin: Lf it ts true, if 4 co L7 April 1959 WILT Ly Costille Ereleosure: Ploture fer SF ; cistritution: 2= 5k wench, 21%, 2 fs ust rero.a rete | ae s BUR ALES Meret . . Vu— . i ee Ny sane ef x ann Hl en re) : +g wean eat MARE j i ! er a Te TOS + seaman =e at | teenie ede nemnaetnuaeeen oe me wm coer