(1o4-10219-107149} hat Bie cba se BG BEE ca SAS a whe Cacia a tats + RA eS te ate ge am wiieee, ‘st oh Geen RoR BO bri tale as af PAC nn BO eds he aS REIT a 122 lea can Sette gn tenor ld Ste MEAT we Race bch in dettene Hemet SWS PERALITR Ade terme ab canermnenerh ee ne 3 ~‘ PFOCESSING 4CLON lL. The sttachment was passed to us by SKACT/1. SARET orafers to make their inquary tarough us in order to hold down the possibility of a news leak regard:sg Yilliam Martin’s potential trip tu SHADD. The Last thing the SHACDS want is for this item to hit the pavers, SHACT/1 says the forei,n sinister would prefer that no visit tske place, Until the laiter learns more definitively from LNUARP suthori- ties whether or not Kartin would be subject to extradition he will reply te questions - should the csroposed visit be leaked ~- that he has “no information.” ‘YWeanwhile he would appreciate receiving LNHARP opinion as to Martin's current Status in law, 2. Plesse advise. John W. BHOCZENBERRY Attachment: R/@ Distribution: - 3 =~ Chief, EUR w/att h/w CROSS REFERENCE Te OSPATCM SYURR AME RUMBER GATE : seta « attere ’ Fae 1 GR, - eb oe Fai,
nee eM Re ek It Ree mW ke me fim ea a et Tee OB ed ee SAD Te pleat ae oat PR ER epee Wh peer 1 rs UR Ng A wt “4 Eee oe SECK T LIZGTTN DISPRISOPIGN “illiaa Yartin “te Caradian Press correspondent in ioseow, “Allian . Buckley, approacted our “sbassy informally in the aicdle of Necexber on behalf of /illias “artin, the exeemployee of NSA who defected to the Soviet Union in 1560. weording to Buckley, “artin uishes to see als parents for compassionate reasons ard wants to cnow if he wculd be adaitted to Canada without fear of extradition to the United States if he were to arrange a rencezevous vith tis parents in Vancouver, <“e co not know whether Martin still nas a inited States passport or whether he has become a Soviet citizen. In any event Martin consisers rimself inadzissible to tna United Statese Suckley met Nartin at the apartaent of Howard kauseh, the Moscow correspondent fcr Meiraw-Fill Puslications. In addition Martin later telentioned buckley to indie:te nis Interest in finding cut wrether or not he could come to Canada. cuckley assumes, quite rightly I would think, that the <anner in which Martin has nade his request indicates that his Sussian hosts are aware of his interest in petting out of the Sovist Union to ses hia parentse ‘de have infer vd our Zabassy that it should take no action to enceurage @uckley or Martin to celieve that a visa would ce granted if Hartin «ere to make formal application. . Since, however, “artin's interest in coming to Canaca is already i in a newspaperzan's hands, we cannot rule out the possibility that Puckley wairht write about Martin's interest. Soch a story would probably lead te the need for an expression of che Canadian Soverrneect's attitude, In aking reccamencations es the kine ef response that might lo made in the evert that a question is put to my Hinister, it weuld be zost useful to know what Martints status in law is so far as the United States is concerned. If, for example, your tovernrent could not take legal action, the Canallan authorities would be i: a position if this aatter caz to publie attention to say tit they were not aware of any barrier preventing Martin froa seeing his parents in the United States. I should be xost grateful if trrough your channels we could be . provided infcrsally with an irdication of 4artin's status in law . - in the Tnited States. Buckley's only other cosexent on dartin was that he didn’t really know what to aake of Hartin. Hartin seexed outspoken in dealing with the shortcomings of life in the Sovirt Union. On the other hand he spoke with a slicht stamser ard see..i nervous. Buckley's view for what it is worth is that Martin is not interested ne Fee aa in getting inte trouble with the hmssians er doing anything which ana) they might consider underhanded. JI should emphasize that no meuber of the Canadian Sabassy has had any direct contact with Martin. er a