Stand. Synopsis
Originator: DA
Document date: 05/19/1959
Document type: Paper

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Released under the John F.

Kennedy Assassination

Records Collection Act of

1992 (44 USC 2107 Note).

Case#: NW 64954 Date:

11-14-2122

Date :

Page : 1

11/19/97

SPRDENTEFCATTON

JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : INSCOM/CSF

RECORD NUMBER : 194-10001-10269

RECORDS SERIES : DOD AFFILIATED PERSONNEL AND INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : C6013559P - PAGES 124-125

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR : DA

FROM

TO :

TITLE : STANDARDIZED SYNOPSIS FOR REVIEW OF INVESTIGATIVE FILES

DATE : 05/19/59

PAGES : 2

SUBJECTS : FRED WILLIAM ONICK

RUSSIAN AMERICAN SOCIETY

ALL-SLAV COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : SECRET

RESTRICTIONS : 1C, 3, 4

CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED WITH DELETIONS

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 10/19/97

OPENING CRITERIA : COMPLETION OF REVIEW BY FBI

COMMENTS : COORDINATION WITH FBI HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND

DETERMINED TO BE RELEASABLE, PER MEMO DTD 5 NOV 1997.

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STANDARDIZED SYNOPSIS FOR REVIEW OF

• INVESTIGATIVE FILES

(AR 381-48)

2. SUBJECT'S LAST NAME- FIRST NAME - MIDDLE NAME

ONICK,

Fred William

NOTE S0088

went review - each

reviewer adding information will

make

the entry under item 16 and

will sign (including grade and title)

immediately under such information.

3. SERVICE

NUMBER

0458853

1. DOSSIER NUMBER

C6- 013559

4.. SO.CIAL SECURITY NUMBER

553-22-1259

5. DATE OF BIRTH

6. PLACE OF BIRTH

4 July 1921

San

Francisco, California

7.

INVESTIGATION(S) CONDUCTED

8.

LATEST CLEARANCE(S) ISSUED

TYPES

DATE

BY WHOM (command or agency)

TYPES

DATE

BY WHOM (command or agenc

NAC

1953-1956

Sixth US Army

TS

NACI

SECRET

al

1953

Sixth US Army

CTI

SCTY

1955

1955

Sixth US Army

FBI

AGENCIES

CHECKED*..

FBI CRIM

NR

STATE

NR

FBI SUBV

Item 16

ONI

cSC

I&NS

OSI

AFAGO

HCUA

NR

USMC

PMG

TAG

BUPERS

NI

OTHER

10. U.S. CITIZEN

EYES

→ NO

1. IF NATURALIZED, GIVE DATE AND PLACEUM AUTOMATE REGRADING,

3200.10 DOES NOT APPLY

plain in Item 16)

13. SUBVERSIVE ORGANI

ZATIONS AFFILIATION (IT

YES, explain in item 16)

14. HAS CLEARANCE EVER

BEEN DENIED OR REVOKED

(16 YES, explain in item 16)

SE 22-FOR OTHERE CAL RECORATIONS

(If YES, explain in item 16)

16. SUMMARY OF CONTENT (Use reverse side if additional space is needed)

SUBJECT has second degree relatives residing in Vancouver, B. C., Canada, degree

of contact unknown.

Valentina Onick, wife of SUBJECT was interviewed by the Federal Bureau of

Investigation, 30 April 1955, at which time she verified previous background concerning

herself and confirmed her employment with Office of the Commercial Counselor (Soviet

Government), in Vancouver, B. C., Canada from May 1946 to February 1947. Onick admitte

a member of National Council for Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society during 1943=

194415) (Which organization came under Communist Control about 1947. She admitted bein

a member of Federation of Russian Canadians and said her parents were also members of o

this organization.

Her Brother, Walter Belobrodski, was a member of Polish Democratic

Association(S)Both the organizations are Communist controlled. Onick declared she i

and her parents engaged in activities of the above organizations for social reasons.

Onick stated she has never engaged in espionage or disloyal activities, and she knew.

of no such activity on the part of SUBJECT or relatives. (tab 1).

SUBJECT advised that he was active in Russian American Society (RAS) in San-..

Francisco, during World War II, for purpose of aiding War Effort, terminating

affiliation in about 1946.

SUBJECT stated that he had no knowledge of present activit

SUBJECT was in contact with members of Soviet Consulate, San Francisco, in connection

with the delivery of clothing to USSR. and attended Soviet-sponsored social functions.

SUBJECT had no indication of espionage activity by Soviet personnel. (tab 2).

Frederick William Onick, SUBJECT's son advised that his father was associated wi

RAS, San Francisco, during World War II, but withdrew' in 1945, as he felt RAS was

17. DATE OF REVIEW

18. PURPOSE OF REVIEW (Such as, promotion, clearance, attendance at service

19. REVIEWED BY (Command of

school, etc.)

agency)

19 May 1959

Promotion (USAR)

Hq Sixth US Army

J. HAVRELEAD EUR CapE,

E OFAN TOMCEVIEWER

G2 Section, Hq Sixth US Army

SIGNATURE OF INITIAL REVIE

0670EC/62

oney

22

• Indicate in the applicable block all afencies chocked using our asl

Item 16. - which means that related derogatory informatton,

DA

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i MAR. 88 2073

SEC poes

ridorofatory; NI - not Identifiable;

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becoming political. (tab 3).

William Frederick Onick's daughter-in-law, Valentina Onick, freely admitted former

nembership and being

on the Board of Directors

of the National Council for Canadian-Soviet

Friendship Society (Communist controlled) in January 1945. When interviewed she stated.

that she had been a member of the Federation of Russian-Canadians (Communist) but held n

office in that organization. (tab 4).

The FBI has

information that Vera Onick, SUBJECT's wife and her sister according to

a clipping from the San Francisco Chronicle, dated 26 December 1945,

assisted the wife

of the San Francisco Russian Consul in planning a celebration of "All Slavic. Council of

Northern California" in San Francisco. The celebration would mark the finish to a victor.

loan drive. (tab 5).

The newly elected officers of the All-Slavic Council of Northern California for 1948

are definitely pro-Communist or Communist party members.

As a result of the election of

officers for 1948, the members of the Czechoslovak nationality who are not Communists.or

Communist sympathizers have withdrawn from the Council., (tab 6)..

One informant advised that he knew SUBJECT's father-in-law, John Orloff, to have been

extremely active in the Russian American Society in San Francisco, 1943, and to have acted

as treasurer part of this time.: John Orloff was described as ambitious

always desirous of being the leader. He was elected president of the All=Slavic Council

of Northern California in 1948, which position he has occupied to the present time. He had

considerable contact with members of the Russian Consulate in San Francisco. Informant (S»

stated that John Orloff had stated that in July 1944 three Russian Engineers had visited)

a factory in San Francisco, which manufactured nautical and surveying instruments. The

engineers had been taken on a tour of the factory and one of the engineers wanted to know

the metal from which a magnetic needle was made. Orloff said that he had been the trans

lator, for these engineers, and that the company official leading the tour at the factory.

refused to furnish this information to the Russians, saying that it was SECRET. Orloff-(s

told the Russian engineer that the metal was not SECRET and he would get anything the

(S

visitors wanted. (tab 7) Informant stated that John Orloff is very favorable to the

and that anything Russia does is correst to Orloff's way of thinking.. (tab 8)

John Orloff was president of the All-Slav Council of Northern California, had presidea

as Chairman of a meeting, for the purpose of raising funds for the support of raising

funds for the support of Henry Wallace of the Third Party..

Independent Progressive Party. (tabs 8,9).

Henry Wallace supports the

The American Russian Institute and the

American-Slav Congress have been cited by the Attorney General. (tab 9).

One informant stated that Vera Onick, SUBJECT's wife, that he did not believe

Vera Onick was a member of the Communist Party or particularly sympathetic to Conunism

or that she is particularly interested in any form of Government.

He stated that she:

believed that she associated with the Russian groups because her parents do, and inat

they have developed friends among the Russian people, mainly because of their. co

background. (tab 10).

Informant revealed that Vera Onick's parents exert a great deal of influence ver

her, which was the main reason for her divorce from Fred Willian Onick. (tab 10).

Informant revealed that Vera Onick never at any time questioned the instructions

her father and that she had been taught to obey her parents without question.

It was

informant's opinion that if her father requested her to obtain confidential infornation

from the Government, that appointee would probably obtain it. (tab 1l))®

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One employment source advised that he had never heard Vera Onick make any remarks

which would indicate dissatisfaction with our form of Government or sympathy with

Communism. He stated that she was

a very satisfactory employee and well regarded by

her fellow employees. (tab 12) •

Two reliable employment sources stated that Vera Onick had never at any time made any

remark indicating that she or members of her family were opposed to our Democratic

System of Government or advocating any changes.

Sources stated that Vera Onick has great

admiration for her parents and particularly her father. (tab 12).

On 12 December 1955 SUBJECT was interviewed under oath concerning his association

with the Russian American, Society, his knowledge of his present wife's activities

the Canadian Soviet Friendship Council, the Canadian Soviet Friendship League, and the

Federation of Russian Canadians; and his beliefs concerning communism. (tab 13).

and one a ene sure decline to recoe ad gull. because of his habst of drinking

One listed character references declined to comment on SUBJECT's suitability because

of her limited association with SUBJECT. (tab 15).

One listed character reference hesitated to recommend SUBJECT due to the fact that

SUBJECT has been away from home for considerable lengths of time and source feels that

he does not know SUBJECT well enough. (tab 16).

Another listed character reference declined to recommend SUBJECT due to the way

SUBJECT uses his friends for his own advantage and his inability to handle his financial

affairs. (tab 17).

Two developed character references declined to recommend SUBJECT due to his limited

association with SUBJECT. (tab 18, 19).

One developed character reference declined to recommend SUBJECT because she was not

acquainted with SUBJECT during his adult life. (tab 20).

SUBJECT and his present wife had contact with Irving Isidore August, a developed

character reference, at a party given by them for the ARC personnel in Seattle area in

approximately March 1956. An Army investigation during 1955 uncovered information that

August was associated with CP members and or front organizations. (tab 21).

It was concluded by Has Sixth US Army, 14 August 1956 that based on the lack of

evidence of present membership, affiliation, or association with a subversive organization

and the lack of evidence of sympathy with such organization or communism SUBJECT is not

a security risk. (tab 22, 23). Concurrence from ACSI, Department of Army, 13 Sep 56. (Tab 24)

Six listed, four employment, and seven developed references were contacted, all of

whom are favorable.

REGRADED UNCLASSIFIED

ON SEP 0 8 1994

Provisions of paragraphs 6 & 7 AR 381-130 apply.

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BY CDR USAINSCOM FOI/PO

AUTH PARA 1•603 DOD 5200.1-R

3

067 DEC/62

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