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28 August 1972

MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Chief, SRS

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: Chief, LEOB/SRS

SUBJECT

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: KORENGOLD, Robert J. #495685

: CIA Cable No. 689548 dated

22 August 1972 from London]

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1. Information contained in Subject's file is of a miscellaneous

nature. He has had no Agency affiliation or use.

2. An FBI reply dated 19 October 1966 to an inquiry from this

Agency stated that FBI files contained references to Subject's

assignment in Moscow as a correspondent for Newsweek but did

not contain any information of a derogatory nature concerning

KORENGOLD.

3. Extract of Foreign Service Dispatch No. 392 from Amembassy

Moscow to the Department of State, Washington, D. C. dated 12 December

1960 listed Robert KORENGOLD as UPI correspondent in Moscow. No

remarks were made concerning KORENGOLD.

4. An Overseas Press Bulletin dated 24 April 1965 reported

that Newsweek's bureau chief, Robert KORENGOLD, gave a cocktail

party for visiting Newsweek's foreign editor, Robert CHRISTOPHER.

5. On page 4 of a Department of State report of investigation

dated 14 December 1965 jegarding the activities of a Department of

State employee in Moscow, William Henry LUERS, LUERS said that

Robert KORENGOLD, Newsweek correspondent, was interested in

interviewing a Soviet painter whose work had been shown in Paris.

The report further stated "At KORENGOLD's request, LUERS

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attempted to arrange for such a meeting through Andre AMALRIK.

After calling from the Embassy to arrange the appointment, LUERS

and KORENGOLD went to AMALRIK's apartment.

The painter was

not there, and shortly after their arrival two militia men and KGB

officers came to AMALRIK's apartment. AMALRIK was arrested,

tried, and sentenced for being a 'parasite'. LUERS said that his

superior at the Embassy, Malcolm TOON, was unhappy about this

activity and was critical of LUERS in his efficiency rating because

of it. LUERS said he did not previously mention it to the interviewing

agent because he did not wish to further complicate matters. "

(LUERS was security approved as a GS-7 JOT in June 1957, subject

to technical interview, but his case was cancelled when he accepted

another position. He was subsequently granted liaison clearances in

February and March 1962.)

6. A New York Times article for 1l January 1970 reported that

Karel VAN HET REVE had given an exclusive interview to Newsweek's

Robert J. KORENGOLD concerning the trial of four Russian dissidents.

(Karel VAN HET REVE - #839052 - was granted a POA in June 1969 24

for use as an informant by SB/PO/M, West Europe, under Project

AEEGGHEAD. 1)

7. Subject's file contains a copy of his business card identifying

him as UPI correspondent in Moscow. A notation by E. MENDOZA/SRS

dated August 1960 states "KORENGOLD's card was picked up by

Barbara POWERS in Moscow during trial of Francis POWERS. "

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8. CIA Cable 389853 dated 29 July 1971 from London advised that

Mr. Robert James "Bud" KORENGOLD, London correspondent,

Newsweek, had told Mr. Eugene ROSENFELD, Press Attache, American

Embassy, London, that Newsweek was planning to do a cover story

on the Agency and KORENGOLD was looking for anecdotes favorable to

the Agency. Headquarters guidance was requested in cable. A CLA

Book Message dated 30 July 1971 was sent priority advising that

Newsweek magazine was in process of doing a major story on U.S.

intelligence community, including CIA, and while cable recipients

were not to seek out Newsweek correspondents, they were to be

responsive under certain limitations which were specified in detail

in the book message.

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