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To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 10/12/48
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COUNT IVAN (JEAN) TOLSTOY

PRINCESS TOLSIVY

NICHOLAS GALITZIN

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Reference is made to your memoranda dated August 23, and October

1948, in the above-captioned matter.u

In your memorandum of August 23, you furnished the Bureau with

normation indicating that count lolstoy, Nioholas Galitzin and his wir

operated with the Central Intellirance Arenovland the American Embassy in

Paris, France.

the information further indicated that the American Embassy

had highly recommended these individuals to the Secretary of State as a re

sult of this cooperation and suggested that visas be granted to them as soo

as possible in ordor that they might travel to the Unitod States Xlean.

According to the information contained in your memorandum of

October 12, 1948, Count Tolstoy and his mistress Princess Galitizine were

considered important agents of the Soviet Intelligence Servioes.

stated that they intended to change their field of aotion from France to the

United States and further that Count Tolstoy intended to naintain close conte

tact with Countess Tolstoy, the head of the Tolstoy foundation in New York

This information was furnished to you by Inspector Lelour of the French

Intelligence

Service who requested that no dissemination be made to other

agencies.

In viow of the conflioting nature of the information furnished,

Bureau desires that you recontact inspector Lolour in an attempt to further

clarify the

information furnished by him.

In the event Inspector LeMeur's

information is reliable, it should be pointed out to him that it will be

necessary for this Bureau to disseminate, on a limited scale, the information

furnished by him because of the allegation made that these individuals were

agents of the Soviet Intelligence

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Dear Sir:

Please refer to Madrid lottor to the Bureau dated

July 10, 1948, and my reply thereto of August 23, 1948, regarding

the above matter. fleas

Please be advised that a recent contact I made in tho

Ronsoignments Generaux, Prefecture de Folice, Inspector l ew,

has cornished the attached brief of information from the records

regarding TOLSTOI and GALITZIN.

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This informant further advised orally that it had been

Intelligence

Services, which has bean confirmed in my referenced letter.

attached informtion 1s, nevertheless, believed to be of interest

to the Bureau.

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and on the basis of no dissemination, it is rochested that this

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