NOTE AND ATTACHED MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD RE: DEBRIEFING OF REDEFECTOR FROM THE USSR
Originator: CIA
From: NED BENNETT
To: RUDY BALABAN
Document date: 07/23/1962
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Rudy Balaban

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Subjeets

Roferences

Attachod sesarandu for the resords, tolophara conversation os

I, an BUTTy to 88y that, beeause of a doadlina I had to noot, tho sens

fat the rooted was not wilton antll apered days attes a mone with

subjoat, It mey bo troost oot an actio dotedle of los histors, shiel you

rould of sourse law all about. il the story in the firat peragrapa does

pot perfootly natah what W. has told you, the sealt is prolably nine, sot

No, you sight call te 1f you sen any IXXXXt 1naossiateneler.

on soviot attitudes

2o Generally appatios, the intormation lo fare does not soss to so 10

¿onsiotent with what I here seen pron other sourceo. On the questlone

Of soalal Stlation and relleson, his reply vas noro proniorieto than

Information tal fras, other nourees. On the other hand, his answers on

int1-Senitiaa and his etatements on drunkenness certainly did not exot

ary very favorable XIX light on Soviet doolaty, One Interrating answer

unloh I neglested to inaludo in sy nemo indiasted the dontinuine eclatonde

of prostalin sentirent.

In the first paragraph of the meno, I stato that la seemed "politleally

or 1doo1081eA1y unraphiatieated." It probably could baro been more correct

to rey that he was winterested, or unounitted, rather than EMill unsophlatio

'ested, though that nes also trilo. Such negatire referenoes as ho nado to:

Soriet ideas (and there very not nary such references) seenad a little l:

tonded to satissy mo; they were nainly nade in the first part of the interi

¡ow, beforo any rapport was establiebed. Il he was unbaply la Leningrad, :

1t sorned to ba because he felt hinself an allen, and hedause ho was homo.

Hok for the good clu ISA, not becoure there kas arything wrong with Cor

menders, or arothing good about, Americar: polltical institutions, He pre-..

sentod hinsoll sorestost as the ordinary our who tries to get alones a lito.

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1l0 jis protinoial or even puritanteal in nakine noral judgaeats on cthers,

over thile abriouely exposed. to noral CILtjIn binalI. He described the

news of his rother's condition as baring sal been a joal shock to him,

and this acess consistent utti bie tendency to critialta drunkenners, bad

Jangraço, lipshod vork, and 8o forts 1n othero. la possented, rather

approyle, that Sovlat antldren really mind uhon they are roolded by

totel strangers, whereas Anertean children (he thought) would not. I

would espect that ha would be a good reactor uhas subalited to a polya

•prepa. Partipe bocauro IX ho had alroady been queatloned ser soreral

•Lours, he seemed to be littlo guardod and juapy, esperially shes sur

of to quations sooned to atray from the subjeet al Sortet publia attitador.

Da the other hand, ho volunteerod & quito a lou renerto about llo ons

case, dis on problene. He appeared to be sorriad about his cheaces of

finding & job, and sentlored that one old frland (kho had stuck by bla

"ell the way") was trying to help blo in this.

When the time sane for no to depent, 100. when I had askod ail tho

questions I could think of, he achod is arthlay furtber as to happen

that day. I ould that all I know was what you had told us when you lost,

stat thero was nothing further sat upt, and that I could aleply leave when

finishod. He offered no a drink, which I declined, saying I nanted to got

lone. I think ho rather enjoyed the Interview, or at loast lll tao chesco

to spout off ble slower. le of mone nd ontes, I war lapored to late

articulatonese, itsel probably resulled son his saying thingo to had

thought out and prepared hinself to say. I did not really ecst question

hla, 1n the sonse or lising to, cates his out, or probing his ona sotiress

he was willing to run on and I was willing to let him, astdig son questione

when ho had said all he could on old ones.

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