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1. Subject was net at RV point/ylp which was selected for securityo avoid theVrequent use of RV tl and the dangerous areas ofnd 3; The pick-up was made by George at the Island over which Le Pont de Grinelle passes. Protective surveillance was afforded by both Mike and Harold and the car picking up Subject with George was driven by Roger. The pick-up was made cleanly without incident, and Subject arrived at the safe apartment3 hours. Subject immedi-. ately reported on the last events at the Soviet Embassy ln Paris and on the success of his trip on Friday.
2. On Friday, ar sent by George HOOK and driven hy his engineer. Marcel G. HOCHON whose business card read ARMCO,ue Ampere, Paris XVII, Telefon. S: as already acquainted with this engineer since he was the one HOOK sent to me during the first trip toactory. (They drove at once to the Soviet Embassy where" SOLOVYEV was picked up. He had been advised by phone of the trip by: Tne REZIDENT was also there andold him about the proposed visit he was very pleased and said SOLOVYEV should also go along. He was taken to HOOK's office where we were met by HOOK who introduced us to his Interpreter. (They proceeded together with the interpreter provided by Mr. KOOK. His name Is Marc KAGANS and his card read UB Rue La Boetie, Paris VIII, Telefoninginieur. /TTnginieur Principal Au Service Technique De La Stc. Fran. Des Construction Babcock and WUcox/. KAGANS speaks Russian well and told Subject that he hefl left Riga8 and that ha had spentays In Moscow at .the French Exhibition.) S: KAGANS lost his wife during the war and has two sisters who live ir. .lescow. He daughter was from the first marriage. t hadhe Committee in Moscow and he knewalttne representativewhose name Subjectr;ed under LEVIN, thehief representative In the Committee. Subject knewthis nan weso-opted KGB worker.*,
3. KAGANS plans to sandiughter tit Moscow2 to attend the university thereo studysIan language. He asked Subject for his advice asowpreach the Soviet Consulate to effect this. S: ntroduced him tc SOLOVYEV who exchanged cards with him. Inntroduced SOLOVYEV to KCOK's engineer who promised to pass brochures for me through
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."SOLOVYEV. KAGANS also promised to pass brochures for meOvSOLOVYEV, particularly since he plans to call the Soviet Embassy
later anyway to Inquire about the procedure necessary to senddaughter to school in Moscow Therefore,'Is normal there and let these contacts through SOLOVYEV proceedrranged. It will be good for me with no involvement on myin the future. SOLOVYEV later reported to the REZIDENT that the contacts had been made. Therefore,ill be able to state at homentroduced two people to the GRU officer at the REZI-i pENTURA here and this will go to my credit. He was extremelyfriendly to me but with no other forwardness in his1 (They remained at the plant where they were very well entertainedearly" afternoon by the factoryoung manears of age. They returned to Paris atours. Innocuous documents were given to Subject by the firm. He put 3 these with the remainder of the brochures he had obtained fromnd from HOOK. Fromours0 hours he worked at the Embassy with the REZIDENT, with ANANYEV who got up from his sick -, bed, and with SOLOVYEV and KUDRYAVTSEV. They packagedkilograms of assorted important so-called documents for GRU and 'the balance was to go by heavy mail to the Committee In Moscow.
The following information considered by Subject to be of
/value was picked up that afternoon and he acquiredhort private talk with CHEREDEYEV, theSaturday0 hours. The REZIDENT told Subject thatappreciate it if Subject would politely and withoutpass the REZIDENT's greetings to Ivanand showed Subject the very fine report which wasto Moscov; regarding Subject's performance in Paris asa short cable to that effect. Subject on
nings beinguns, In short Subject felt that with our Ineip, he had accomplished his assigned mission to Parisavorable manner. The planned lunch with KUDRYAVTSEV couldake place because Subject was out of town on the trip during that time. Subject alsohort talk with KUDRYATSEV before he left and was given threeor-four administrative matters of little import to straighten out for KUDRYAVTSEV with the Committee when Subject returns to Moscow, This was clearly in Subject's view an ill-disguised gesture upon the REZIDENT's part to "scratch each other's
5. Subject discovered that CHEREDEYEVs pseudonym was CHAROV and that he ws well as all REZIDENTs were ordered tolace in their assignment during the .Berlin crisis period until further notice. This meant that no one would have leave at this time and that CHEREDEYEV could possibly get1 leave early Two days ago the Paris REZIDENTRU
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cable stating that the NATO countries were intensifying the! military preparations, and specifically were attempting toots for hospital use to have In reserve in the" Immediate future for troop housing. This Information came fromj Soviet agents In France, presumably Communists. The above .information was passed to Subject by the REZIDENT,
with the REZIDENT on Friday, Subject wasall persons entering the REZIDENT's conference roomwas formerly the reception room of the militaryMASLOVwould necessarily stay away fromwindows until Gen. Malor SOKOLOV entered thela the present military attache but has his officesand it is undesirable to have any silhouettes visibleroom of GRU offices unless the overt military attache
prior to leaving. Subject was asked by Gen.to visit him for fifteen minutes. Although Subjectlt was Impossible for him toackage to Moscowwas overloaded already, he didumber of fountainSOKOLOV's son, and was requested to contact GeneralChief of Personnel of GRU, about sending Genera,!to Paris by the end of October, The General' toldhis son is now entering the language faculty of the MDAthe school was again going to be separated Into theand MDA Language Faculty as it was before. The newagain be General BIYAZI who was formerly the Chief ofreason for this separation is that they need anschool to serve the entire Soviet Army becauseare needed. Subject considered thisGeneral SOKOLOV as being for the purpose ofthrough Subject's known connection with Generalalso mentioned that Captain 2nd Rank SUVORIN whofrom GRU Is now working for the Committee but thatbeen co-opted by the GRU to fulfill GRU missions. Thisreport.
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8, He was told very firmly that he was not to call up Marie-Polle LESCHAUX. He had attempted to do so during the day but she had not been in so it.was decided that Roger, legending himselfrench associate of Subject, would make the phone call after Subject's departure. He would express Subject's regrets at not having been able to say farewellnd say that Subject would possibly contact her on his return to Paris ln several months. (The purpose of this was toossible letter from the lady sent in care of the Committee In Moscow.)
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ubject reassured us that there could be no reflection" him in any -jay from the direction of KAGANS even If SOLOVYEV
would be ln contact with him in the future. Subject pointedif KAGANS had been recruited by the KGB he would not havethe fact that he had met the Committeewould not have referred to him by name. Subject knowstoGB .
10. omplete review of operational instructions followed which Subject covered perfectly from his own notes. To this were added two amendments in the Operational Plan, namely that our radio communication to him would maintain the same frequency of messages, that Isonth, but he could listen at any night of the week atours. He was, however, to change hie winter frequencies5ovember. Subject was completely content with this and Inscribed the new frequencies ln his notes stating that he would csstroy the old frequencies.
omplete review of the EEI's then followed and Subject waslgivaTL two additional documentary information requests. These wereVtar obtain manuals on the latesthat is, The other request was for manuals on/entional-arti llery pieces, particularly smooth bore guns. Subject believed that he would beosition to get thisand added that, in his opinion, the smooth bore guns were probably large mortars.
was instructed in the importance ofon important yields tied to accurately dated explosionsalso requested to pick up and record any informationon Soviet commo, cryptanalysis, cryptographic work,security, etc. Thise-emphasis of thegiven him. Only two questions were asked-ofwas on his estimate of the date of the first use of Subject stated that he felt sure that the system wasprior1 because he remembered that when heassigned asa political worker In the0 the system was already in operation,It may not have been multi-channeled and as refined astoday. His best estimate was that It has been
second questionequest for allphysical description,n Captainwas Subject's classmate andvho both Subject andhad been assigned to Illegals work. Subject saidwas an engineerraduate of theAcademy, and that he went to Illegalsafter graduating from the KDA Subject saw
him ink and was told by YERMOLENKO that he was engaged In "slyNIMAYUS' KHITRYMI DELATED. Since then Subject had not seen him and neither had GRIGCRYEV but GRIGORYEV assumed by his absence from Moscowsince they had been good friendsthat. YERMOLENKO was already working in h'ls target' country. His'description is as follows: sharp features, piercing eyes, thin but very strong and wiry, heightm, has slightly visible pock marks on cheeks, and has light hair combed straight back. He Is modest and very quiet and Isportsman. This completed the business for the day and for the last meeting.
Subject wasolume of Man and Space by Dr. Ralph LAPP together withpage translation of the summaries of thehapters of this book which were prepared by George. The translation was from English to Russian. Subject was quite happy with this and said that we should be preparedull translation of the book -as well as Westernreviews in Russian as soon as he gave us word through JANET that the powers that be desired to have this book published inwith, of course. Subject writing the Introduction. Subject was also given the broadcast schedules of Russian-language broadcasts by VOA and BBC.
fl$iJ Now there was much photography doneindividualwith Subject and of group photographs, and champagne toasts were drunk. odest setting of canapes was prepared by Roger and, after the traditional and somewhat emotional farewell on the part of Subject during which he kissed and hugged each case officer in turn, all sat downoment of silence in traditional Russian style. Subject leftours to be deposited by Mike and Joseph in the neighborhood of the^CarayelIe Bar. Subject was to be met there by WYNNE to finish his last
ilng in Paris, prior to his rising0 hours the next morning to be accompanied by WYNNE for his scheduled flight via-Air France from Orly to Prague.
ueery extensive fog the next morningthe waiting room at^llOO hours. By this time both
Mike and George arrived. They were to use the airport also but for much later flights. There was no point to contact or to beseen by Subject, soemote vantage point Mike and George saw Subject proceed to his plane. It was finally called for departureours. This would indicate that Subject would most likely miss his Soviet plane connection in Prague and would arrive in Moscow either late of on the following day, lfSj-Qctober. This fact could explain why the' phone signal indicating/arrival scheduled for the evening ofctober in Moscow could possibly not come through unti1 the same time onctober,
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