Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, CV
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 11/13/1959
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/30/201

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10210-10368

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 105-81285-27

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FROM:

TO:

TITLE :

FBI

SAC, CV

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

11/13/1959

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REW, EMP, RAND DEVELOPMENT CORP., DEFECTION,

SOURCE

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS : 4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 02/24/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

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*: STANDARD FORM NO. 64

Office Memurandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO

..

DIRECTOR, FBI (105-81285)

DATE: November 13, 1959

8C1t

SAC, CLEVELAND (105-3792)

ROBERT EDWARD

WEBSTER

INTERNAL SECURITY - RUSSIA

Re Cleveland airtel 10/17/59.

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

DATE 11-9-94 BYSP& Mie nde

(JEA

On November 4, 1959, Mr. JAMES H. RAND telephonically

contacted the Cleveland Office and advised that he

had

some information concerning the subject which he

felt would be of interest to this office.

He stated

that he had just returned from Russia and New York

City and wished to give this information to the

Cleveland Office since he felt that it involved a

matter within our investigative jurisdiction and

one which should be looked into.

Mr. RAND was thereafter contacted

at the Rand

Development Corporation at which time he provided

information concerning the subject's defection.

This information had largely been furnished by

NICK GRAZIANO previously and the Bureau has been

furnished this information in previous correspondence

in this matter.

RAND stated that he had learned that the subject

had initially applied for Soviet citizenship upon

his first arrival in the U.S.S.R. on June 10, 1959.

It was his understanding that

the suject initiated

the entire procedure and actually had some difficulty

in getting the Soviets to accept him. He originally

contacted a Soviet official at the Moscow Fair.

This official's name was SHISHKIN (Phonetic).

According to RAND, as soon as the Soviets decided to

they obtained from him a very

detailed bibliography of his life in the United States

which included previous residences, employments, educa-

tion, military service and all other background infor-

mation generally required by the United States Government

he thy too eaten coverment

in their PSQ.

Arter receivingE lg bibliography,

Bureau (RM)

103

Cleveland

62252

100.

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58 NOV 191959

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