Originator: FBI
From: SULLIVAN, W. C.
To: BELMONT, A. H.
Document date: 12/04/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/14/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10287-10185

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 94-57090-26, 28

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI.

FROM:

SULLIVAN, W. C.

TO: BELMONT, A. H.

TITLE:

DATE: 12/04/1963

PAGES:

15

SUBJECTS :

CC, CP, ASSOC, TRA, FINANCES, PRO-CASTRO, FPCC, JHO,

ARREST, ASSA, JFK

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION :

Secret

RESTRICTIONS:

1B; 1C

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

12/17/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF NSA

COMMENTS: INC ADMIN PAGE, MEMO

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

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DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR

Recent IBE High Lights

RELEASE US CIA INFORMATION

IN THIS DOCUMENT. MKH 7-29-98

Communist Party, USA

1

Communisn and the Negro Movement

Prosecutive Action Under the Intornal Security

2

Act of 1950

(Ponetration of Soviet-bloc Intelligence Services

(8к)

3

The Fodora Case

3

The Tophat Case

3

(s)

ATL INTORMATTON CORTAINED

HERE IN IS UNCLASSIST ED NACRE?

VEERE SHORE OTHERWISE.

The Came cases

no Candy case 5)

Declassify or PADR JFR)

Penetration o1 fle Yugoslav intelligence servico

(51)

Penetration of Soviet Illegal Oporations (u)

Scientific Counterattack

1/4/7a 5/2898 md

CLASSIFIED BY 56o854s/ade

Cuban Hatters

DECLASSIFY ON: 25XC

5РК)

5

5

5

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6

6

Major Criminal Investigations

Hoffa Case

7

7

Baker Case

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Antitrust Investigation of Steel Industry

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Penotration of Soulet-blot Intolligence Servicou

CHET

The Sovlet-bloc countrles aro conducting a

mosaive,

well-coordinated esplonago attack against this country.

November 20, 1550,

there vera 285) know or highly susposted Es

soviet bloc

intelligence orticers

in the United States assignod

to the various establishmente of the Soviet bloc in this country. (St

To thuart thair efforte ve have conductod on all out

offensive to penotrate their organization, detect their, personne.

and develop those desectors in the very here of their iatelli

Bence apparatus.

We have been unusually succossful in developing

such defectors. CN U

The Fodora Case # (U)

for crample, one Soviet officer (code name Fedora)

began cooperating in May, 1952.

(Cormittee of State Security of the USSh) assigned to the sovlet

no i thousa

He is an officer of the KGa

Mission to the United Nations.

He has furniohed information

regerding opprosinately 60 agente being operated by KGB offleers

in various countries of the vorid.

Six of those are actually

7BI double agents operating ageinst the KGB. (7)(U

This officer aleo furnishes inoide intornation from

KGB headquarters.

For exemple, John Butenko, an American

engineer, and Igor Ivanov, 3 KGS Antorg emloyee, vere arrested

on espionage chargea October 29, 1503.

Three other KGB officors

attached to the Soviet Mission to wie

United Natione were enpalled

from the United States for their complicity in the conspiracy.

Our defector was able to tell us of the extremo consternation

at KGB headquartere.

One third of the KGB scientitie espionage

officers in New York had boen lost Be one strade 4(4)

(The Tophat Case ]NU

Jack Edusrd Dinlap was an Arny sergeant ascigned to

the National Security Agoncy (NSA) who connitted aulcido the

night o2 July 22/23, 1963.

His widow, on Auguot 20, 1955, 1u5-

nished Arny investigators

twelve classified Government docunents

she clained she found in her attle after his death.

After the

FBI entered the case Auguet 22,

1963, odditional clogaliled

documents vere found and Dunlap's widow admitted Dunley had

admitted to her bolore his suicide that he was solling informi

tion to the soviets. (DU)

We recelved verification of this fron an encollent

source.

In 1961 we had devoloped e Sovlot intelligenco officer

(code nane Tophat) vho hud furnished valuablo dato to us until

his reture to the Soviet Union. Prior to hio return he agreed

to 1il. a crop in loscow on apecified dates in jung, July or

August, 1963, and place e specified signal.

CIA sEreed to

clear the drop vich State Department approval. Our source

made no signal on any of the agreed dates.

CRA was willIng. (4)

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(to clear the drop in July, but State declined to permit it.

State approval CIA clenrod the drop in August and found a very

important message which said, in part: "Most important agent

Jack Edward Inlan, & Gunre Diret, Gion Burnie, Baryland, ats

no come to kostyus himself May, 1961."

Mikhail Kostyuk was

Soviet six Attrole,

Soviet, Embaosy, lochington, D. C., Cron July,

1958, to August, 2062.)15

(u)

Anolyale of the compiete message and the manner in

which it was placed in the drop indicates it was probably placod

in the drop in Juno, X963.

Had the State Depertment pernitted

CIA to clear the drop in early July, appropelate monouzes could

hove been taken againot Dunlap prior to his sulcide.

in March, 1963, (ve successfully defected and operated (S

in place another employee of the Boviet Mission to the United

Nationg (code name icknack)

He hac furnished us documents of CS

military significancekincluding Soviet evaluations of the defensoL S_

Installations in the New York and Boston areas.

The United StatesC

AiT. Foreg has

advised that these Boviet flocuments are complete and

accurate reporte, of equipment and capabilitiestos the North amor-CS

ican dir batense as of the time they were written.

the information

on our installations was obtained by tha Soviets through reconnais

sance one through the use or mobile electronie devices.(s)

This source in now in the Soviet Unlon,

Ingenious

nethod he recently comunicated with us

Irough sals

and furnishad C5

intormation of significant military intolligonce.

dofooted)and are now developings

code nune liter) employed in the CS

United Intions Secrotarlat. We expect that he will be able

turniah intornation of appolitical nature, waich ne has agreed

20, (5)

Xine prime case (5)

(Torly in 1903 we developodlas a defector in place

the CSJ

Clerk at the Polish United Nations Dolegation in New York

(code nano (Primo) .

Through intornation furnished us by this (5]

source, the United

Btates Government on a dally basis ie able to

(S)

resentative in Now York.

Jhas eraluated this source noting that

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10/29/1r dad

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The E1 mo cassits)

on september 17, 196%, the cooperation of a member.

of the Czechoslovakian United Nations Mission was obtainer

Trough this source ve have etainedesJorChtl

voluminous Information concerning Czochoslovakion intelligence CS

operations and targete in the United States. is particular

defector in place has returned to Czechoslovakia and has agreed CS3

to furnish information Eron there. (5)

I Candy care

Your informant entered the United Stated (as a Hungarian (S

refugee

In February, 1957, under cover of the Hungarian Refugee

Program.

Following recruitmentin Hungaryas an illogel agent (s

and diowatch to the United States with high-level intelligence

assignmente, he has succossfully carried out an extremely valu

able double

agent role under our direction for over Bas and one- CS]

holl yeare.

His most significant assignente are toDinpoint (S]

Location of

long sange balllotic niquiles) in several areas of

the United Statesy%

penetration o8 (ine Yugosley Intolliponco sorvieS)

Yugoslav

In July, 1962, we developed lthe Pirat Secretary of the CS

Embaasy

(Alogandar Lanbolt) a1 & source.

Through his

vo nave obtainedea penetrating picture of Yugoslav intolligenco CS.

operationa in the United States, as voll as policy planexor the (51

algostay Government destine wich importent political situa

clons.

As a rosult of inforuation furnished by this source,

action has been in plated fo neutralize bid Government enployees

known to havo been walued Yugoslav intelligence sources S

Penetration of Soviet I110gal Operations MY

Important in the Soviet bloc intelligence ayaten 1s

the undercover or illegal agent sent to this country who has

no diplomatic or official

status.

espionage who uses

fraudulent documents, elaborate codes, secret

Inks, microfilm and covert financial support to avoid detoction.

Networko of illegal agents serve to bolster the espionage activ

itios of soviet-bloc officials and are propared to tale over all

espionage operations in the event of war or,

other emergency which

rosulte in a break of aiplomatse relation pe

To neutralize the threat posed by this illegal aypara-

tus we have resorted to highly unconventional and inaginative

tochniques which have resultod in our penotration of a nunber

of these operatione.

One oi thee operationg invoires the two

Soviet illogol agonte using the idontitles of Robert K. Baltch

and Joy Ann Baltch who were arrested by us in Washington, D. C.,

this sumer and ara presontly amaline telal. The seescapat p44

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Government withees in this prosecution will be a foviet illegal

agent who was succesefully doubled by us over four years ago

and has been operating against the Soviets ever since. He is

a Soviet Military Intelligence Officer (code name Karot) who

entered this country through fraudulent documents in Decenger

He vas uncovered by us two months after his entry.

Scientific Counterattack

SEGRET

One of our most valuable contributtons in the sequelt

feld has been the procurement of

materials

In the United States for use

These opore-

tions have involved(the opening of intricate losing nechantsms (S

contents As of today, the value ofl

the penetration and subsequent restoration 80 121(s]

incalculable intelligence value to agencies and officiale of

our Government.

FK Act 5 (g) (2) (D)

Cuban Matters

Our investigations in the Caban area have been most

intense since Castro ascended to power January 1,

1959. We have

concentrated not only on pro-Castro individuals but on such

groupe as tho Patr Play for Cuba Committee, organized in New foris

City in April, 1960, to sexye as a propaganda organ for Castro.

(Lee Harvey Gavala,

accused assassinator of president Kennedy,

claimed to head a chapter of this group in New Orleans.)

we have specialized coverago of( three)high-level Cuban(S

intelligence agents hose activities are being directed from Cuba

through clandestine

Tuelve cuban aliens sent to the United states

the cuban dovernment under the guise of refugees to carry out

intolligence aotivities against this country are cooperating nith

the FBI and their activities are not being directed against the

Cuban Goverument. C

In late October, 1963, (one of our sources, who has thols)

confidenco of Cuban Foroign Minister Baul Roa Carcia and the

Foreign Minister's son, Cuban Ambassador to Braati Raul Roa Louri,

(5 (vas sent to Brazil to visit with kaul noa bout.

Vital infornation

concerning the extent of Castro's influence in South America and

future plans of the Cuban Governnent was obtained

Coverase of Non-Sovsot-310c/mattere (S)

(s)

We maintain coverage of certain(non-Soviet-blod countries

in order to produce intelligence information of value to the various

United States Government agencies. One of the principal means of

acconplishing this is by maintaining technical surveillances on

toreign aiplomatic establishments in this country.

As of today

have (47 euch surveillances on 27 aifferent countries (s)

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Frequently we institute special coverage to establish

the actavities and contacts of various internationally known

6.5

figures who visit this country such as Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu of

South Vietnam, Cheddi Jagan, Marriet Prime Minister of Britieh!

Guiana, and Cathal Goulding, Chief of Staff of the Irich Bepub-

Iican Army/who was here last month to obtain United States support

He have just completed special covorage of

this nature on Juan Bosch, deposed President of the Doninican

This was done at the spocific request of the Honorablo

Ralph A. Dungan, of the thite House Staff, and resultod in pro-

ducing information showing that Bosch ie conducting an active

campaign urging that the Dominican people overthrow the army

As a result of our coverage of (Cheddi Jagan, we have

Learned that hie united states representative is considering

asking the Cubans and Bussians to prepare a plan for guerrilla

warfare in ritish Guianad He have also come up with strong CS

indicatione the Soviets are financially supporting (dagan throushCS]

communist contacte in the United States.

Major Criminal Investigations

Hotta Case

The two principal cuses in which James Riddle Hoifa,

resident of the Teamsters Union, is now undor indictment include

an indictment of Hoffa and six others at Nashville on May 9, 1983,

on charges of Obstruction of Justice and the indictnent of Hoffa

and seven others in Chicago on June 4, 1963, for mail fraud, fraud

by viro and conepiracy.

Trial date in the Nashville case set for

January 6, 1964, and tentative trial date on the Chicago case set

for February 3, 1964.

Baker Case

We have received thirty-oight requests from the Depart-

ment for inguiries regarding possible conflict of interest .or

fraud against the Government on the part of Robert G. Baker,

former Senate Majority Secretary.

Antitrust

Investigation of Steel Industry

On October 21, 1963,

the AntItrust Division requested

we locate witnesses and review hotel registration records to

determine whether representatives of steel compantes were in

New York City and Cincinnati, Ohio, for meetings on the same

dates fron 1955 to date. This le to aseist a grand jury inquiry

authorized by the Attorney General and former President Kennedy

Looking into pricing activities of stool compantes on four major

steel products.

This grand jury in offect ie a continuation of

the 1962 grand jury inquiry relative to the increase of stoel

prices on April 10, 1962.

The investigation requested of the

Bureau by the Antitzust Division bas been completed.

Case Involving Bombing of Canadian Freighter

Ho are investigating the bombing on September 6, 1963,

at Chicago of the Canadian freighter, "Howard I. Shaw," which

appears to be a direct result of a jurisdictional dispute between

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