CR 134-8502-3
Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, NY
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 10/20/1959
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/26/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10211-10468

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : CR SEE TITLE

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM:

SAC, NY

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

[Restricted]

DATE: 10/20/1959

PAGES:

12

SUBJECTS :

DLH, ASSOC, RES, EMP, SOVIETS

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C; 4

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 01/13/1999

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

INC MEMO

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New Yor:

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Director, TBI

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'12-10-59

ANNETTE SYLVIA EPSTEIN, ala.

Annette Eberly

721130

Classi

Beciassity on

3/37/85-

Reurses 10-20-59. (A(4)

Bufiles contain no information identifiable

wich coptioned 1001vi010 under the name of Annette

Eberly •(A)(U)

NrS. Jane Roman, CIA, advised on 11-4-59

that CIA

has no information concerning the subject

and that CIA has no interest in the subject.

ALL. (OFOAZATION CONTANED

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CLASSIFIED BY/ 5668 5L2/KSR

DECLASSIFY

ON: 25X

(OFK)

Epstein being considered by NYD for development as PS1.

NY requested BU determine if CIA has info or interest as

subject, during 1956 and 1957, attended University of

strasbourgh,

(4)C

set sore alone to sa

France.

Mrs. Roman,

CIA, furnished

J. Papich 11-4-59.(8 )

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSIICASION AND/OR,

RELEASE OF SIF. FORMATION

IN THIS DOCUMENT. MKH 2-6-98.

DECLASSIFIED BY 5668 5C0/BC

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STANDARD FORM NO. '64

Office Memorandum

SEC

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO

/ DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE:

10/20/59

SAC, NEW YORK

(137-4214)

280,386

Classified by

SUBJECT:

HORN FOREMAN

Annette Eberly

IS-R

RELEASE CE CIA INFORMATION

SAN THIS DOCUMENT. MKH 2-6-981

ReBuäirtel to NY.

BSI-R-DBSE0O; 19/15/592

captioned "BURTON VAN

ANNETTE SYLVIA EPSTEIN; IS-R."()(Y(U)

3-20-96

ANNETTE EBERLY, obtained from records of the City Court of

New York, Bronx County, NY, which reflect subject's name was

5668-520

Referenced airtel denied authority for the NYO

to conduct a DESECO] interview with subject.

This airtel (SU)

also directed that prior investigation concerning subject

97

10-29

S2D/KSR

DECLASSIFY ON: 25X

(Bufile 140-11741; NY f1le 140-5353) be brought up to date

and that discreet inquiries be made among subject's associates

to determine the extent and nature of her association with

Soviet nationals 7(5)

BURTON VAN HORN FORMAN, 160 Claremont Avenue,

corporation (ATC) 1016, since September 4, 1959 eu

on 9/10/59,

FOREMAN advised SAS of the FBI he had

had homosexual tendencies in the past.

directed that the PSI-R-DESECO case on FOREMAN be closed and

4/98

that no further contacts be initiated with FORMAN, but that

information FOREMAN volunteered

should

be accepted.

FOREMAN

since voluntarily furnished

information concerning American.

and Soviet employees of ATC and

concerning contacts-.and

activities of the officers of Alo

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(NY 134-42147880(4)

On 9/17/59, FOREMAN was interviewed at his request

at his residence, 160 Claremont Avenue, NYC, bY SAS WILLIAM V.

SCHMALTZ and JOHN C. HESSIN. FOREMAN volunteered additional

information concerning the activities or are ana furnished s

the following information concerning his association with

subject:

FOREMAN stated he first met the subject in January,

1958 when both he and subject were instructing English at the

Street, NYC.

FEDORCHENKO (Buffle I05-51672; NY file 105-20553) and BORIS

"ST/VANOV: (Bufile 105-36596; NY file 105-124561 started 5

1 che bertluz school.

elated the attendance of these Soviets at the Berlitz School S

continued through June 1958. FOREMAN Stated that, about one

nonth after these soviets started the Berlitz schools thes

subject, JORIE, CARRIGUE. (Bufile 105-74489;/NY file 105-32886),

himself

accompany FEDORCHENKO and. IVANOV on coffee breaks between

classes.

FOREMAN advised GARRIGUE and DEDERI were also

instructors at the Berlitz School and that the teacher-student

coffee break relationships at the Berlitz School were a

common occurrence.

FOREMAN stated this group met for coffee at least

once every two weeks and often more frequently.

FOREMAN stated

they generally retired to thelinternational Cafeteria, RA

Building, Rockefeller Center, NYC, and that the coffee breaks

generally extended from 5 PM to 5:30 PM. FOREMAN advised

subject was first formally invited out by these Soviets]inS

prit or May 1950 when FEDORCHENKO and IVANOV requested that

subject, DEDERI and himself accompany them to lunch at the

Russian

following classes

at the Berlitz School. FOREMAN

on this occasion

they engaged in light conversation on general topics.

FOREMAN

statea to the best of his recollection, he proceeded

by subway while the soviets drove DEDERI and subject to their S

residences.

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SEOREO

FOREMAN stated in June.

1958 he invited the subject,

GARRIGUE,

FEDORCHENKO and IVANOV]to a musicale in the residence 5)

of a Mrs. FNU LEVITSKY, 160 West 73rd Street, NYC, 9th floor.

FOREMAN stated he had previously attended several musicales

at the LEVITSKY apartment which were held

weekly on Tuesdays

during this period in LEVITSKY's apartment.

FOREMAN related

the people attending the musteales were amateur musicians

who met and played for their own pleasure. FOREMAN advised

that on no other occasion, to his knowledge, haalsoviet

nationals attended these musicales. FOREMAN stated there 3

were about 20 other people present aside Irom the subject

GARRIGUE and the mentioned Soviets, but that he was not (S

acquainted with any of the

FOREMAN advised that following the musicale, the Soviets. S

Invited the subject, GArRIGUE and himself to a steak dinner

at a restaurant located on West 73rd Street, NYC. FOREMAN

advised the conversation during the evening concerned only

general topics and was of a bantering nature to the best of

residences.

FOREMAN stated he invited FEDORCHENKO and IVANOV (S)

night in June 1958.

attend the affair but sent in his place LEONARD A KOVALEW "

(Bufile 105-64470; NY file 105=27651), a Soviet national,

employed at the UN Secretariat. FOREMAN related that DEDERI

GARRIGUE and subject attended this party as well as several

other instructors and pupils from the Berlitz School. FOREMAN

advised there were between 20 and 30 people in attendance at

FOREMAN stated one of these individuals was a

at 454 West 22nd Street,

number was chelsea 3-Y208 C, Apartment Aw, and whose telephone

FOREMAN stated HARBER became

somewhat intoxicated during the evening and started talking

about Communism In Spain, speaking apparently with authority

on the organization of communist cells in spain. FOREMAN

advised HARBER was

friendly with KOVALEV land EOREMANt

stated he had been

informed by subject that during 1958,

she (!)

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had dated one

AMERICO LNU, HARBER's roommate.

FOREMANormant

nad been to the apartment shared by HARBER and hamself os

tated subject informed him that AMERICO had told her KOVALeWl

several occasions.

FOREMAN advised he could not presently

recall the other people in attendance at the party.cop

FOREMAN stated that on a Saturday night in the

latter part of July or August, 1958, the subject held a party

in ner apartment.

FOREMAN stated he believed subject had

requested KOVALEV to bring along some of his Soviet friends. (S)

FOREMAN advised KOVALEV picked him up at his residence and s

drove him to the mentioned party and that YURI I WISHUKOVS!

(BufIle 105-64471; NY fIle 105-27649) and a BORIS INU.

Soviet nationals,

FOREMAN stated, subject, GARRIGUE, DEDERI and FOREMAN's room;

JAPAN

affair in addition to the mentioned Soviets. FOREMAN advisedS

there were also in attendance about a number of people unknown

to FOREMAN who were college acquaintances of the subject.

FOREMAN stated that on 7/17/59, while visiting the

(S)

Soviet Trade

Fair, ]NYC, he and subject encountered KOVALEY

and MISHUKOV on the (Soviet Trade Fair premises.

FOREMAN (S)

FOREMAN advised (5)

a date convenient to FOREMAN.

FOREMAN stated pursuant to a call from himself to/KOVALEV onS

7/29/59, he and subject visited KOVALEV at the UNion 7/30/59• (S)

about one half hour.

FOREMAN stated on 7/14/59, he and subject attended

the Russian Festival of Music and Dance, Madison square Garder

NYC, where they encountered FEDORCHENKO and IVANOV. FOREMAN (S,

stated that after exchanging social amenities, they passed on.

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SCONET

FOREMAN advised that on 9/11/59, the subject

informed

him she had made an appointment with FEDORCHENKO

at the UN Secretariat and requested FOREMAN accompany her.5

FOREMAN

advised the purpose of the visit was to see if the

Soviets would be Interested in a plan the subject had con-(s)

ceived to set up an English language curriculum especially

designed for the various foreign delegations to the UN. S

According to FOREMAN subject had planned to draw on former

advised that after some additional general. conversation, he

and subject departed.. FOREMAN stated there is an amicable

relationship between subject, FEDORCHENKO and himself. (5)

DEDERI and himself with the Soviets mentioned above, developed S

from the student-teacher relationship at the Berlitz School,

a curiosity on the part of the subiect, GARRIGUE, DEDERI

and himself to find out more about the Soviets and theirS

way of life and a desire to exchange Russianjand English (S)

language lessons. FOREMAN advised he had never heard sub-

ject, GARRIGUE or DEDERI utter remarks that could be construed

as sympathetic to the Communist form of government..

FOREMAN

related he was a particularly close associate of subject and

that she had confided to him that she had been troubled on

being turned down for a position with the State Department,

US Government, during 1956.

FOREMAN stated the subject felt

her rejection for the position was the result of some suspected

subversive associations of an uncle of the subject.

FOREMAN

stated subject is a sincere, loyal American and that subject

was not bitter over not being accepted by the State Department.

the cloud

which she believes

hangs over it."

JORIE GARRIGUE, previously mentioned, furnished the

NYO with considerable information concerning soviet nationals

inglish teacher to NIKOLAI M

9/4/59. GARRIGUE left ATC to attend pre-medical school au(s

the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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HOP SEORET

On September 3, 1959, GARRIGUE advised SA THOMAS

D.J BROOKS that she had

been acquainted with the subject and

FOREMAN since January 1958 when they all taught at the Berlitz

School of Languages,.

New York city.

GARRIGUE stated she

recalled that subject and FOREMAN had, on severa. occasions

during 1958, gone out socially with FEDORCHENKO and IVANOVS

who were then students of the English language at the Berlitz

school.

GARRIGUE stated she recalled subject had attended a

party at FOREMAN's residence, 160 Claremont Avenue, NYC, during

June or July 1958, to which FEDORCHENKO and another Soviet

national]were also invited..

GARRIGUE advised subject, FOREMAN, (5)

FEDORCHENKO and IVANOV had attended a musicale in a woman's S

apartment on West 73rd Street, NYC, during June 1958.

was unable to recall specific details of this affair.

GARRIGUE

GARRIGUE related the association of subject; FOREMAN

and herself with the mentioned soviet nationals developed ass

a result of student teacher associations at the Berlitz School

and through the above mentioned social functions. GARRIGUE

relatea subject

and English language lessons.

of no sympathy on the part of the subject of FOREMAN for

Communism and that she had no reason to question their loyalty

to the us. In this connection, it is noted GARRiGue's intro-

duction and recommendation of FOREMAN to Soviet officials at

ArC led to his employment by ATC officials as her replacement

as English Instructor at ATC. (S)

BACKGROUND

(u)

[Change of Name ]e (u)

On 10/8/59, FRANK CONCILIO, Assistant Deputy Clerk,

City Court of NY, County of the Bronx, NY, furnished SA JOHN

c.

HESSIN with City Court Petition No. 7317, year 1958, captioned

ANNETTE SYLVIA EPSTEIN.

This petition reflects that on 12/8/58,

ANNETTE SYLVIA EPSTEIN, 3871 Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx, NY, made

application to the special term, part 2 of the city court of

NY, Bronx county, NY, to legally assume the name, ANNETTE EBERLY.

This petition reflects that subject stated reason for desiring

the change of name was that, for the past two or three years,

subject had been known to her friends and business acquaintances

by the name ANNETTE EBERLY.

Subject's petition was

granted on

1/19/59 in the City Court of NY, Bronx County, NY.

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NY 134-4214

Residence] * (u)

N SECRE

On 9/18/59, a pretext telephone call under the guise

of a credit inquiry to KIngsbridge 3-1982 listed to JULIUS

EPSTEIN, 3071 Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx, NY, by SA JOHN C. HESSIN,

determined subject currently resides

at that address.

It is

noted NY report of SA BERTRAM WORTHINGTON, 3/12/56, captioned

"ANNETTE. SYLVIA EPSTEIN, APPLICANT - FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER,

DEPARIENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, D.CO, SECURITY OF GOVERNMENT

EMPLOYEES" sets forth interviews verifying subject's residence

The following

Interviews set forth under the caption "Employment" reflects

subject resided in France during 1950 and 1957 and at 3071

Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx, N7, 1958 to date C(U)

Employment

On 10/1/59, BURTON VAN HORN FOREMAN, previously

mentioned, advised SAS SCHMALTZ and HESSIN that he had recently

typed an employment resume for subject which reflected subject

had tutored the English language to French students at the

University of Strasbourg, Strasbougg, France, during 1956 and 1957

yu)

on 10/1/59, JOSE MANOS, Assistant Director, Manhattan

Office, Berlitz School of Languages, 40 West 5lst Street, NYC,

advised the subject applied for a position as English teacher

at the Berlitz School on 1/6/50. MANOS stated subject started

employment on 1/17/5o as an English instructor and taught at

the Berlitz School until 3/4/59, except for the period June

through September, 1958, when subject was on summer leave of

absence.

MANOS stated subject listed her residence address

as 3871 Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx, NY. MANOS stated he was

personally acquainted with subject and that she was intelligent

and competent instructor and that he knew of nothing that

would

reflect on subject's loyalty to the US Government.

MANOS

advised subject would not be eligible for rehire because

of

a

spotty attendance record que to extensive sick leave (lu)

on 10/1/59, RITA DUNFEE, Assistant to Personne:

Director, Benton and Bowles Advertising Agency, 666 Madison

Avenue, NYC, advised SA JOHN C. HESSIN subject, as ANNETTE

EBERLY ,

was

employed as a research trainee at Benton and Bowles

from 3/9/59 through 7/17/59.

DUNE stated subject 11sted her )(ul)

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did tea to a later. da

employment application.

subject's personnel file that would reflect adversely on

subject's character or loyalty to the US Government. DUNFEE

stated subject was eligible for rehire.

Miss DUNFEE advised

she did not personally recall subject and that there was no

one

presently

the

subject.

i Benton and Bowles

who would be able to recall

Director, Time and Life, InC., Rockefeller Center, NYC, advised

SA JOHN C. HESSIN that subject, as ANNETTE EBERLY, was employed

as a temporary secretary in the Market Research Section of the

Fortune Magazine division of Time and Life, Inc., on 9/14/59.

Miss WEST advised subject listed her residence as 3871 Sedgwick

Avenue, Bronx,

NY, on her employment application. Miss WEST

stated

subject's position is a 6 month temporary employment

during a period of maternity leave of another employee. Miss

WEST stated that if subject's work record was satisfactory at

the termination of the

6 month period, she would be considered

for further employment elsewhere in the organization.

Miss WEST

stated the subject had not been employed for a sufficient period

to evaluate her performance or personal characteristics.@ u

Education

on 10/1/59,

BURTON VAN HORN FOREMAN, previously.

mentioned, advised. SAS

SCHMALTZ and HESSIN that

the previously

mentioned

employment resume typed by FOREMAN for subject reflects

that during the period 1956 - 1957, subject attended the University

of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France as a student of French language

and civilization under a French Government scholarship and a

Full Bright

travel grant.

According to FOREMAN, this resume

reflected that subject attended the Strasbourg Seminar in American

Studies at the University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, during

1957 •

FOREMAN advised the resume also reflected subject

represented the US at a Seminar of 17 nations at Schloss

• Leopol-

dor, Strasbourg, France, during 1957-(p)U)

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Election Records ]($/U)

on 9/22/59, records of

the Board of Elections for

the borough of Bronx

County, NY, were reviewed by IC ROBERT C.

NADLER. The 1955 Signature Book reflects subject, as ANNETTE

EPSTEIN, student, registered in 1955, listing a preference for

one of the two major political parties (R)(u)

on 9/22/59,

the records of the Credit Bureau of

Greater New York were furnished by PAULINE DE FIORE to IC

ALFRED G. ENNULAT.

These records contained ne derogatory

Information concerning subject or mabers of her family. (i(N)

Criminal 71444)

on 9/25/59,

SA VINCENT F. CLANCY caused the records

of the BSS and BCI of the NYCPD to

be checked for subject and

members of her family.

These records contained no information

identiflable with subject or members of her fartly. CoU)

Informants

The following confidential informants who are

acquainted with the activities of the CP in the NYC area,

were contacted by the following agents on the dates set forth

below:

These informants were unable to furnish any infor-

mation identifiable with subject or members of her family:

Informant

NY 1086-S

NY 2009-S

NY 646-S

NY 779+5

NY

388-S

NY 2124+S

NY

384-5*

NY 972-S

NY 367-S

Date Contacted

Agent Contacting

9/28/59

DAVID RYAN

9/28/59

DAVID RYAN

9/24/59

JOHN A. HAAG

9/24/59

JOHN A. HAAG

9/22/59

LEROY W. SHEETS

9/24/59

LEROY W. SHEETS

9/22/59

JAMES P. HALLERON

9/23/59

JAMES

HALLERON

9/23/59

JAMES

P.

HALLERON

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ÍSEC

NSA

REVIEWED BY JURK TASR FORCE.

OM

4/24/97 cat

* RELEASE IN PART

TOTAL DENIAL

NX 134-4214 CX4)

Miscellaneous

REY

Prior investigation of subject was

conducted by NYO

from 2/56 through 5/56 in the case captioned

"ANNETTE SYLVIA

ESPTEIN; APPLICANT - FOREEGN SERVICE OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF

STATE, WASHINGTON,

D.C. - SECURITY OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES."

Agent, NYC, sent information to Moscow on 5/26/43, mentioning

the address

3871 Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx, NY..

Following the

address were some missing parts, then came the digits...982.

An additional gap in the message was followed by the statement

that

someone's sentiments were pro-Soviet.

Thereafter,

considerable portion of the message was missing and then

the name LEBEDEV was mentioned. In 1943, the EPSTEIN family (S)

residence was 3871 Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx, NY, and the EPSTEIN

family telephone number was KIngsbridge 3-1982. It is noted

subject was nine years of age in 1943. R

The significance of the above information was not

known, but, in addition,

to forming the basis of the mentioned

NEW YORK (SOME) ESP-R"

JULIUS EPSTEIN and TATIANA EPSTEIN, subject's parents, LSJ

a corollary case was investigated, captioned "NELSON CHIPCHIN, 7

OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"!

(ure 123 53 10 16 440-306 PO A GONERAME ENTORES

Considerable investigation was conducted in the

unsub case subsequent to termination, in 5/56, of the NYO SGE

case of subject. (fl

NY letter to Director, 8/23/56, in the unsub case,

reflects that during the course of an interview with TATIANA

EPSTEIN, the subject's mother, by SAS of the FBI, TATIANA EPSTEIN

advised that subject had received a letter from the Department

of state, Washington, D.Cs, stating that the Department of state &

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(m) BECK

Ny 134-4224J81(4)

could not use the subject's services but that their failure

to hire her was noc to be considered

reflection on subject's

character, reputation or abilities.

4)

SEGRET

for the unknown subject in this case.

This report also set

forth information in explanation and mitigation of the original

information furnished by source 5. In this connection, It Is

noted that subject advised BURTON VAN HORN FOREMAN, previously

mentioned, in 9/59, that CHIPCHIN was currently

employed by

(5)

the Department of State at Radio Center, Munich, Germany.

In view of subject's established acquaintanceship

also appears subject would be receptive to an invitation to

cooperate with the Bureau concerning her continuing association

with Soviet nationals in view of her purported remarks to

BURTON: VAN HORN FOREMAN, previously mentioned, to the effect

that

subject had in the past, possessed a desire to "ölear her

name" in regard to suspected subversive activities of an uncle.

In this connection, Bureau authority will be requested

to interview subject to assess her

attitude, availability and

potential as a PSIor double agent upon completion of background S

checks currently being conducted by the Newark Office and com-

pletion of the following request of the Bureau.

The Bureau is requested to determine, through liaison,

whether CIA has an interest in subject or information concerning

the subject, noting subject reportedly attended the University

of Strasbourg,

Strasbourg,

France, during 1956 and 1957. Subjec

was born 3/12/34; Bronx, NY•C

The Bureau is requested to search Bureau indices for

mention of subject under her legally assumed name, ANNETTE EBERLY.

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