MEMO: RESPONSE TO REFERENCE.
Originator: CIA
From: SHEPANEK, NORBERT A.
To: GABRIELSON, RODGER S.
Document date: 05/05/1978
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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MEMORANDUM. FOR: Mr. Rodger S. Gabrielson

Office of Legislative Counsel,

Coordination and Review Staff

FROM

Norbert A. Shepanek

Office of the Special Assistant

to the Do for External oversish plain

SUBJECT

: Response to Reference

REFERENCE

: 0LC 78-1690/1, 26 April 1978

1. The following is a list of senior officers assigned

to Moscow during the period indicated per reference request:

Mr. Russell Langelle

29 Dec 57 - 16 Oct 59

(currently employed)

Mr. George Payne Winters, Jr.

(DOB: 1 June 1920)

Resigned mid-May 1961 to

complete PH.D. at Columbia

George june May t

23 June 53 - Jan 61

192 Columbia

University

ar, Hugene l Mahoney: (esigned) 1 Oct 60 - 27 Sept 61

Route #1

Berkeley Springs, W.Va.

Mr. Paul Garbler (retired)

30 Nov 61 - 11 May 64

1503 Snughill Court

Vienna, Va.

22180

Tele:

356-4650

(was

first COS)

Mr. Hugh Montgomery

17 Feb 62 - 20 Apr 63

(currently employed

overseas and under cover)

Mr. Rodney Carison ?

26 Jun 62 - 14 Dec 62

(currently employed

overseas and under cover)

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Mr. Édward Gotchef:

11 Jul 63 - 31 Aug 65

(currently employed Has)

Mr. Jerry Prehn

11 Jan 63 - 18 Jan 66

(currently employed Has)

2.

The following were Chiefs of the Soviet Division

during the periods indicated:

Mr.

John M. Maury (retired) 1 Dec 54 - 29 Jul 62

3704 Farr Avenue

Fairfax, Va.

Mr. Howard J. Osborn (Retirid 30 Jul 62 - 15 Sep 63

(may be contacted through

his

attorney Mr. Jack

Debelius, 948-6727)

Mr.

1537 Forest Villa Lane

David E. Murphy (Retred) 16 Sep 63 - 10 Mar 68

McLean, Va.

lele:

356-9523

3. According to the records available to us, there were

officers assigned to Atsugi Base between 1956 and 1960.

This was a support base staffed by support personnel during

that period.

Interviews will be arranged for currently employed

personnel at Headquarters at the convenience of HSCA staff.

Special arrangements

can be made for personnel currently

employed and overseas.

Personnel who have resigned or retired

should be contacted directly by HSCA investigators.

Please note that we consider the information in

paragraph 1 very sensitive, and we would like to be consulted,

per our agreement, prior to actual

contact by the HSCA staff.

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