Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, WMFO
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 09/17/1964
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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DATE:

09/17/1964

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DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 1B

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 09/22/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF CIA

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WFO 65- 9225

SECRET

The State Department information operator on

9/9/64, confirmed the listing of RICHARD H. DAVIS in the

February, 1964, Telephone Directory of the State Department

which listing reveals that RICHARD H. DAVIS is presently

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of European Affairs X

LANCELLE stated that he knew pRIScILLAXPoSt»OHNsoN

and ROBERT W.GIBSON by face, but never associated with them

in Russia. He recalls that he may have talked to GIBSON in

a general security orientation session before GIBSON reported

the Soviet approaches]SHe explained that he had this

security

-session with GIBSON because GIBSON's wife was quite attractive

and had departed Russia leaving GIBSON a bachelor in Moscow.

LANGELLE thought that GIBSON might be a target for the

Russians in view of the fact his wife had left him a bachelor

because of marital troubles. LANGELLE does not recall that

GIBSON mentioned anything concerning SOCHUREK or any other

correspondents during the security orientation session?

LANGELLE explained that he exercised no authority

over any Americans who were not employed at the United States

Embassy. He said that he could not order these people to do

or to refrain from doing anything.

He could only talk to

them informally at their own volition.

Therefore, he was

unable to call in SOCHUREK for an interview even if he had

desired to do so

u)

LANGELLE advised that he did not receive a reply

to his 8/14/59 letter to the Department of State and he

thought that if he had received a reply he would remember

it-

He had no knowledge what, if any, action was taken by

the State Department upon receipt of his letter. He was

sure a copy of his letter reached CIA through the Security

Office of the State Department A (4)

Mr. LLEVELLYN E. THOMPSON, former Ambassador to

Russia and now Deputy Undersecretary of State for Political

Affairs, was interviewed on 8/25/64g by SAS MAURICE A. TAYLOR

and BRONT. Ambassador THOMPSON advised that either EDERERS

or RICHARD DAVIS was the Counselor at the United States

Embassy in Moscow and since he, THOMPSON, usually talked to

his Counselor, he may have told DAVIS about the soviet

approach to SOCHUREK. Ambassador THOMPSON believed that

DaY Is was counsalor when this securred lj Decins iFie pen Das

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In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UMCLASSIFIRO

EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN

OTHERWISE

UNID STATES STATES OF JU LICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

SECRET

DuS

REVIEWED BY SWJFK TASK FORSFINGTON 25, D.C.

ON

4/9/2 na/clar

September 17, 1964

RELEASE IN FULL

RELEASE IN FART

TOTAL

HOWARD JAMBS SOCHUREK

Declassify/

On. DADR SEIN.

On August 5, 1964, Russell A. Langelle, Security

Officer, United States Embassy,

MoscOW,

Russia,

from

3-21-98

CLASSIFIED BY 5668 SID/SR

DECLASSIFY ON: 25X.

approximately January 20, 1958, to October 19, 1959,

(gтк)

advised a representative of the Federal Bureau of Investi-

gation (FBI) he had never, to the best of his knowledge,

met, seen

engaged in conversation with Howard James

Sochurek•

U.)

Не

stated that the information he reported in

his letter of August 14, 195% to the Office of Security,

United States Department of State, Washington, D. C.,

concerning sochurek, Priscilla Post Johnson, correspondent

for American Newspaper Alliance, and Robert

W. Gibson _o1

McGraw-Hill, came from former Ambassador : to Russia:

Llewellyn E. Thompson only and the Ambassador did not

indicate that he had discuated the tutter with anyone else, (u)

Mr Langelle said that he never interviewed

Johnson, Gibson or sochurek regarding the recruitment

attempts of the KGB (Connittee for State Security) and 5)

he never prepared or submitted any further reports or

communications concerning this matter

Mr. Langelle advised that he did not interview

Johnson because Ambassador Thompson requested that he not.

He did not recall specifically why he did not interview

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Sochurek or Gibson but speculated that he probably did not

because he was awaiting further word from the Ambassador.

He also stated that it was possible Sochurek and Gibson

were not available for interview prior to

departure from Russia on October 19, 1959.

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR,

RELEASE OF CIA IRFORMATION

SECRET

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Date of Deciassilication Indetinite

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