Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, NY
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 08/23/1960
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/26/201

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER:

FBI

RECORD SERIES :

124-10282-10485

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

105-82933-2ND NR 4

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FROM:

TO:

TITLE :

FBI

SAC, NY

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

08/23/1960

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CLASSIFICATION:

RESTRICTIONS:

CURRENT STATUS:

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

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• UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

MEMORANDUM

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SECRETI

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI (105-86307)

DATE:

CONFIBENTIAL

8/23/60

FROM:

SAC, NEW YCRK (105-39681)

731/386 5P6 BJA GCL

Classified Dy

SUBJECT: AMERICO JOSEPH SALEBE

IS - R

DADR 3/37/85.

#01 198-27352-47

nine

Enclosed are sane (l) copies of a letterhead

memorandum dated and captioned as above, setting forth

all

information furnished by subject concerning his past

(SLassociation with so tan tho are 8/11/00, re-

during interviews

conducted on 7/21/60, and 8/11/60.

interview was conducted by SS RICHARD W. HILL and FRANKLIN

B. TEETER aras from subject's place of residence @ lan

In addition to being shown photographs of Soviets

ROvALev ara MIshusov which he positively identified, (s

SALEBE was also shown photographs of Soviets VADIM A.

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINES

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

EXCEFI PHERE SHOWN

OTHERWISE

KIRILYUK anG BORIS 1. BUKATIY, He was unable to identify S

either of these Soviets. In connection with KIRILYUKS)

attention is called to the fact that former PSi advised

the past that SALEßE had told ben that he had taken KOVALFV

YURTY A. MISHUKOV, and VADIM (IN so a party siven Dy LIBEY S)

HOLMAN REYNOLDS in the Summer of 195c.

Throughout the

8/11/00, interview, subject insistec

that KOVALEV and "George

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сіянв рит герту) ки

13-80.

REASON - FY

Bureay (105-86307) (RM) (Ercla 9)

DATEOF REV

81080

- 105-64470)

LEONID A. KOVALEV

105-64471

YURIY A

MISHUKOV) ((S)

I05-

JENNIS HARBER

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New

New

New

New

New

(LIBBY HOLMAN REYNOLDS)

York

(105-21649

YURIY A. MISHUKOV

York

1105-2765

LEONTD

A. KOVALEV

*X5)

York

105-37990

DENNIS HARBER)

York

105-37950

(LIBBY HOLMAN REYNOLDS)

York

(105-39681)

FBT : 1hb

10-27-97

CLASSIFIED BY 51e8 SLO/SONIATE AGENCIES

ENCLOSURE

(JFK)

CONFISENTIAL

V05-82933-

NOT RECORDED

98 AUG %9. 1960

11/25/9/577

52 SEP

1960

SECRET

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SECRET

NY 105-39681

ICONE S

When shown

NTIAL

who was a student at the Berlitz School.

(IN ate the ed that he had never actuatin cot

this individual.

He further advised that the only party

he had ever attended at LIBBY HOLMAN REYNOLD's apartment where

(s) soviets were present, was the affair following the art

exhibition (seferred to in the letterhead memorandum) and

present. &

In

connection with his association with LIBBY

HOLMAN REYNOLDS, subject stated that he had attended

parties and other social gatherings at her apartment on

several occasions, but insisted that the above mentioned

lowever, he pointed out that it was entirely possible

the only such attal, where Soviets were presents)

MrS: REYNOLDS InVied KOVALEV and/or other Sovietsitos

parties after the one where she first met KOVALEV.I

this line he volunteered the information that in March, 1960,

LIBBY HOLMAN REYNOLDS contacted him by telephone to invite

him to another art exhibition to be held in Greenwich

She told him that she planned to invite KOVALEV 5)

and asked subject where she should send the soviet's

SALEBE told her he only knew KOVALEV's UNIS)

Subject added that he had not actually attended

this art exhibition so he did not know if KOVALEjwas presents

However, he pointed out that he did attend a party at Mrs.

REYNOLDS apartment following the art exhibition, and KOVALEVS

was not present. & 66)

During böth the 7/21/60, and 8/11/60, interviews,

with this Sovietzhad been in March, 1959, at the s)

party at LIBBY HOLMAN REYNOLDS' apartment.

Inäsmuch as

ANNETTE EPSTEIN and also former PSI BURTON VAN HORN FOREMAN

had reported that SALEBE was present at a party given on

4/16/60, by FOREMAN and advised that[KOVALEV was also presentS

it was

decided during the 8/11/60, interview to resolve this

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NY 105-39581

As a paGult, and because of OvALay a departare

from the US and the

subsequent closing of the 134 cases

on both EPSTEIN and FOREMAN, subject was asked if he nad

was present.

had attended such a party at the residence of FOREMAN

and stated that he had forgotten about it.

At this

point he also stated that he had done nothing wrong, had

nothing to hide, and had no reason not to tell the FBI

about the April, 1960, party except that he simply forgot

it. He further stated that he was very security conscious

because of his job with Lockheed and had he thought that

Conley was up to anything suspicious he wou. have

contacted the FBI immediately ixo

With respect to his contacting the FBI, subject

stated that he would immediately notify the NO

DENNIS HARBER and that KOVALEV had shown nothing more thar

just a casual social interest in him.

In view of subject's cooperative attitude and

willingness to furnish the details of his association with

(S) COVALEN] it is felt that he does not constitute a slax to

the security of the country. Also, because of the fact

(9) the to di an a an act on me a no 113 483

potential as a couble agent or intormant.

therefore, this (5)

case is being placed in a closed status.

Should any

infornation be received indicating further association

between subject and Soviets, this case will be re-opened s

and handled in compliance with Section 105K of Manual of

Instructions IX8

The confidential informant used to document

(S)LKOVALEV's past intelligence actlvities in enclosed letterhead

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SECRET

NY 105-39681

CONFIDENTIAL

MISHUKOV In enclosed letterhead memorandum was former

NX 2620-5. 218

5)

One copy of the enclosed lette head memorandum

is heing disseminated locally to OSI. By letter dated

7/28/60, the District Commander, Second District,

111 E. 16ch St., NYC, requested

the do to turnten his office

with the results of

any interview of subject that might

be conducted. For the information of the Bureau, a copy

of the report of SA RICHARD W. HILL dated 6/15/60, at NY,

was previously disseminated locally to OSI.

report

contained the results of the investigation to that date

re subject.

Extra copies of the enclosed letterhead memorandum

are being furnished to the Bureau because of the number of

files to which it will be disseminated at the Seat of

Government.

The enclosed letterhead memorandum nas been

classified Costidential

as it relects investigativa

coverage oila contact of a soviet national, disclosure cfs)

which could be harmful to the national interest.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

SECRET

In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

5-4394

Glassified

Declassily vi

A (JFK)

New York, New York

August 23,1960

CONESENTIAL: 10-27-97

CLASSES 08 SED /KER

DECLASSIFY ON: 25X

Re:

Americo Joseph Salebe

Internal Security - R

(JFK)

On July 21, 1960, and August 11, 1960, captioned

Individual, who resides at 454 West 22nd Street, New York

City, and is employed as an Aviation Electrician at Lockheed

Aircraft Service International, Incorporated, New York

International Airport, Jamaica, Queens, New York, furnished

concerning his past association

with soviet nacionals employed at the United Nations:&

(5)

Shortly after immigrating to the United States from

Colombia, Central America In 1956, Salebe met, and became a

roommate of Dennis I. Harber, an

English Instructor at the

Berlitz School of Languages, Rockefeller Center, New York

of foreign nation, no whom were several one ser

Harber often talked to Salebe about the fact that he had

5 Russians as students and explained that they were in effect,

International civil servants as they worked for the United

Salebe met

Salebe met this individual in the

Berlitz School. Q

He next saw kovaley S)

sometime during the Summer of 1950,

when, he attended a party on west 79th Street, New York City,

which was given by Miss Annette Epstein, another Instructor

at the Berlitz Schoo1.8FM

This document contains neither recommendations nor

conclusions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is

the property of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is

loaned to your agency; 1c and its contents are not to be

distributed outside your agency.

1211,3

SPUBJAACL

Classified

Declassify

BAX DADR /54/85

por 190-28352-4

CONFID

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ENCLOSURE

105-82933-

CONFIDENTIALT

AS INEDRGIATION CONTAINI

HARSIN 15 UNCLASSIFIED

EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN

OTHERWISE

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CONFII

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SECRET

Americo Joseph Salebe

DENTIAL

Also present at this party was another Soviet S

ational who was introduced by Kovalev as "George") and CS.

further identified as a fellow worker at the United Nations

Secretariat. During the course of the evening, Salebe (S

conversed on several occasions with both Kovalev and

"George."' These conversations were purely social in (S)

nature; however, at one point he

conversed in Spanish

George," who told him that he the soviet had learned 5)

Spanish while serving in Spain

in 1934 and/or 1935.

"George" did not explain what work he was doing in SpaintS)

Following the party given by Annette Epstein,

Salebe saw Soviet Leonia kovalev on a number of occasions 5

either at the Berlitz School or when the Soviet came to(s)

his and Harber's apartment for English lessons

His next contact wiüh Kovalev

occurred in the

Spring of 1959.

Sometime in March, 1959, Mrs. Libby

Holman Reynolds Invited Salebe to an art exhibition to be

Salebe explained that

Mrs. Reynolds was a wealthy woman he had met some five years

previously when he operated a Hi Fidelity Repair Shop.

She

referred to him by another customer and had utilized his

services both in connection with Hi-Fi systems in her New

York City apartment and her home in Connecticut.

As a result

of doing work for Mrs. Reynolds,

she had invited'him to

several cocktail parties and other such affairs.

In addition to inviting him to the art exhibition,

Mrs. Reynolas told salebe that she was planning a cour of

the

who might be able to give her some ideas as to the type oi

entertainment which would be accepted in the USSRIC (S)

As a result of Mrs. Reynolds request,

contacted Kovalev nos telephone at the united Nations.

xplained to the Soviet what Mrs. Reynolds wanted and inviteds,

him-to the art exhibition. Kovalev stated he would be glad des)

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Americo Joseph Salebe

SONFI

SENTIAL

to talk to Mrs. Reynolds and they agreed to meet at the art

gallery. HER

Following the exhibition, Salebe and Kovalev (s)

attended a party given by Libby Holman Reynolds at her

that the type of concert she was planning would be very well

received lin the USSR and also stated that he did not believe (S

she could arrange it under the (official exchange programs)

etween the United States and the Soviet Union.

ne told her that it she still wanted to try and arrange 11

she should contact [the Intourist organization. K(s)

Salebe's last contact with Kovalev Securred in

April, 1960, when he attended a party held at the residence

of Burton Foreman on Claremont Avenue near Columbia University,

New York City.

Salebe identified Foreman as a former

Instructor at

the Berlitz School of Languages who currently

teaches Japanese at Columbia. He further explained that he

had met Foreman at the party given by Annette Epstein during

the Summer of 1958, and did not know him well, adding that

It was Annette Epsein who invited him to the April, 1960, party.d

Salebe advised that he arrived at the Foreman

parcy at approximately 10:00 p.m. and knew few of the people

present.

showed up at the affair s

approximately one hour later, and they visited together

socially on several occasions. [Kovaley left the party, alone, S)

at 12:30 p.m.

Salebe remained at the affair until it ended

at approximately 4:00 a.m. and spent most of the time dancing

with a girl introduced to

him by Annette Epstein. X

Following the above resume of his contacts with

5 Kovalev, Salebe advised that all of his contaces with this

Sided 1 had been purely social in nature and"above board"

He

that Kovalev had at no time asked him about his job

York International Airport and in fact had made.

no. unusual requests. Salebe stated that he considers himself

CON

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CONTES TIALO

SECRETI

Americo Joseph Salebe

DONE

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any way.

concernin& ["George, it salebe advised that he had

only met and talked wiüh this Sovietion the one occasion, the (5)

1959, art exhibivion, although if so, he,

5) "George, "Jaid not attend the party held afterwards

at Libby

Holman Reynolds' apartment.

During the gourse of the aboye interviews, salebe

positively identifieda photograph of Soviet national Leonial s

Afarasievich Kovalev as the Leonid Kovalevhe had met through (S

He further positively identified a photograph

01 Soviet national Yuriy Alekseevich Mishukov as the Soviet (S

Prior to his departure from the United States on

Service, Office of Conference Services, United Nations<S>

secretariat, New York City. Yurly Alekseevich MishukovT is C5_

currently employed in the same capacity at the United Nation's

secretariat) *(s)

Also, according to another contidential source

who has furnished reliable information in the past, Mishukov

• has engaged in intelligence activities in the past

(5)

CONFID

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