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./. ..uy T-1 furnished information tram NY tii-2 that subject,.prior to World War II, vaa convicted for Ca=uniat activity„

.:2Uhi1e student in high school id Latvia, but later reicaped-becouneof ago. Two/at:era also reportedly arrested; in.;' . .Latvia tor Communist . activities • before World:liar II.':After . Soviet domination of Latvia, ono of gUbject is . • .brothers booame metber or Latvian puppet -Parliament in 194.0.:

• Subject one of founders of 3:doubled . Latviah War Veterans,:allegedly founded to ..-aplit oxioting. Latvian uar vetoran

'.organilation Daucavas Vanagi. AZe T-2 stated subject;.;. .sincebeing in US, has been instrutental in trying to croate..

- • diocord in recentaatiOnal meeting., of American Latvian'Association and has tried to belittle anti-,Soviet activity ,•an part of organization. Subject reSidingsuith

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'kite trio!'•'children andmother--law at 103-33 115 .st., en6nd

Rill, Long Island. EOploycd as .draftoman, Otis ElevatorCompany, RYC. Subjecit born 11/11/19, Tilzaa,.Latvia, , and

• entered the US 1%16/55. Information ro bank:account.oet out.'Uy T-4 advised s iost serving 4.n Latvian Arm, Vhon PUDDJA •took over Latvia in 1940, and uos mobi1izc4 into Red Army;Subsequently he became a Lieutenant in thajiatvian Legionl -And served as' officer until endof var. J4 stated

:'oubjectzunder intolligenco observation in tatvian Legion, .•but no derogatory information obtained. It is NY T-41s.racollection_pubjectilnd Varked . for a n4ortAimp_fortsu

'-in Oormnny, before 1951 or 192. . 'ticonal-J T. 1 Jo . ..• ••

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•Cts September ill and September. 25, 3.51,..:.437 te-.:•• adirisocUthat ha had received the follotoing:Informatbn::-concernine -subject through ifY r2,,2: ' • -. . • •. .. . . .

•• ROBiaTS AUCAILS, .103-33 . 115th Street,. ach.itond...4111,.•••.:Yew.".YOric, was born in a province of 'Latvia .closest in :•:: . i...•:'• ...:-.SPOCraphic location and•sy4athies to the Soviet Lliton.......110:!•• •is • •appreetimately. 45. yeara • of 'Ede • an ha oitiO to the-I/onto*.•States -in 1555 or 1556: His occupation Is zmictiouri:...: . AuC4:3441.:

•.: in considered Somatdiat.of a • natiortal•Latvian hero,* inesnueh. , ' -,as ho ref:solved one of the highest decorations -posaible iinen:

hes- fought with theW .orld yar II.

LattaLion on thaEasterO.Pront.during

•••••••rf-..o.o: subject, •before "world Ilar. 11,.•-ibilaiatvia

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.... * .res 'still' tree, ' was • convicted in • Latvia for cOman.thist:. - Activity • whila a' ztudcrit, In high cehool.'. • fie Y136. . releasittfi

...ii3hartlY "artOis his arreat because it was felt : his . activitieS.,,-416pci motivated by his 1..aturity end.tha tiisinfcirmatica . '•!' 4 ..:

• .During active Military service.in . the Latvian*.

'1' .'.•:'-eometitaes • prevalent in students of his ace: •• - • - ' ....

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:Array, the subject was' under constant observation .by tile'..• Security Division of the Apiny oitti wars politically 'dottbtfui...1.::.. however, no positive: information was ever 'reeelVed • about ' .;.i .i..•his • pro ...Communist activities during this time*. n I-2 .....• , .

' . personally- 'lonew of this : constant observation Of • tht' Subject'in the Army.- /. ‘'. : • • . - • • - • 7 . • i • • .:.• :: • . .'.• ... ... - •

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. _ .• "Ali) . of the iSubject 'a sisters . were arrested '.n ..Letiie.

for Camtpnict activities before 144014 War . u.e. ,..: ,..:.,.....• . 4 .1 ,•• • ..•

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•After the Soviet domination of ' Latvia, 'one. of • ...•. ..

-: siobject i s .brotherc became a member of the'Latrian:puppet . ; ...•' ..parLiament in the early . stases O. Soviet . occupation, right:

)-- •••. after the arinexattion. ,of :. Latvia t'iy . the/Soviet Union in ..2:1 • ..•

. • .• .„ •.• • ,••••.. • .......... . :After or14 Var II,' iti Latvia,' tie aub:ect was . One '.

of . the founders of ,a'dleabled Latvian war veterans orcanization•''..2entitled, "Latvioau tiara InvaLidu 'Apvieniba". This orcanilation•;vas :four.ded to split lop% the .already existing. Latvian ;war • ., ••V0 •401,an.orstulizsition. entitled . ultaugavas Vargagi q, and ,to- . • •. • • .• • . . . . .

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.• 7. 1.ovomber 1964- reflect- that • . 1941 .rot.,..istr;tion C:17916, via's..• • . •..Vc.:;:tr...tored for a 195D croon and 14.1ptc ChrYslor aedan:-.terlOi. : •

•. • nu,abcr *,tre.55-61934,. under to ramir•ot r.0.7.11:2•4t,1th • 'Street, ?..ialmond 11111, 1:ati 'Yorl:. • .Ills dato . a birth •

. civeh as Novassor 11, d his . buzincba f as the • •2.1ovator Company, lad., 260 , — Llth . t.vcnua; ow YOrk.

City..2hore was no currant .drivins:. 1S.atod to •••••• • -date for MiCAN:t. • ••• • •

• On October 19, 1961, .Kr0:',..•EDI.'ill.t.:ireiN0,...Pciaorniol.Orfico; .• 6th floor, Otis Elevator. CC:roan:h. 260 ilth.-Avenue;

City, advif,•bd. that 1/.01.Erd'S Andf..1:6'; -163-33k treat; • nialuaond 11111,' Island; .-.16.6 prSaently . employed . ••::as a "Draftzzan A", and his szRloyment st=s . satisfactory.'

'stated .thoro raw nothing doroza•tory in'.•:his • fib He ..entered.. cimployment ulth-Otis Elevator CccpenY on -June 20,...• •1957, ao 4..."Dx'attairzwV!.. • ."..••. . ' -•••••• ' • •••;

•'An application %dated . 3Une •••1,.1957; reflectedAPCMS was-• -• 'a. •

then. iscaidihs . at 1014)11 th,_104 :StrObt,.. 'Richmond: :t•.1/111• .Lent ialand,"telophona , V1,..:•3•;627.: He riaa born

Li, 1919: : ,11o , attandcd :;1315a igh School . for tiVe....year:a • and the UniveraitY . .o.:' 'Rica. ter 'bra 'years, tale..nt a. •...43ourae • in incchanical ontinoor.z.n 31c dilittad to thei,.triited. Stated' on Deabeber 16,. 1955,. and ••hal.d .ALltHo . .vrais married, had tour dependenta,..end rented his pretent::..'

, die1lln He listed his hoicht as . 5 I,. .10" and his mightno • 194 pothas. Ho hated lansuaGoz-lipoken as . Latvian and

".- CO:r4stai: . • •••••• • • • ..• %.•-• .,-:• •::- • • '

• Au dependents llvirla ;irith'hiZ; *.AticiAlt.i 'Listed hi...vd.te. • II0A, 29; dauLth• fer, RITA, • .six ycara; ion, • 0=0*, •years;- mother-in,law,. •ARTA Llygpxs, .52. •.3tib.jazt

- •-• the .folIowins . .rotorenaoa: . .; • ' " •

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AS.? lier.ea?.•ch'I.oeociatos136 Liberty, Ile:: :fork cityDraf4,amanLarch 1937 - .7uno 17, 195700.05 'pox. rick

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Conatr. CoPaatorlace.r.272 :,›Ovor StroctRockville Centre,?!..3it York 4-Carpenter from -Pobruary, 1936t3 rovember, 1936,no moro jobs

' H A U (i;asohinon far. ituseburil - NE,C-ormany, aa mechanical:

draftoman from I:ay) 1933 t3Nwaabor, 1955

. • . • •The..indieot of ..tho . Voir York: Office:Of: the...PBX -eiontairr 2.10 • record of JILIIS JLTZS CX.T.ItIANS.. and

LAS,' and auhjoot l a mothei-in-lati,LUTTINS. ,.. •. .• ••••••••• •

••••:*•On•••Octebor 30, 1961, PriAlk LICOBVIi111;• tooklecoPor,*;•••••• Air . Ygtadatc.li . A.ssociator••, 22 Boat 42nd Stroot, .1trom 'York City, ••:'*:'

atiddcl•Wil; •ROBLITS. ALCAITS, 104-41 104th 'Street, -Ozone park.,i•::'...York, • t.01OPhono. VI, 3-6527, irab employed • by that:. oempany • "

'...#6-1.•••NEIR.011. 25, • 1957 to. zilmo 7, 1957, at ;■70.00 Var . ueek...-. /21las . : 3601;3 aF: . 8.octirit7 .number.. vac 129-30.4334: *.:...:110'waa born

- 'llovembbr. 11, '1919; :and had five dopondento..:*.• . It • tct:1 •"•.' • •

•14dialitod.ha had no Blue .Cr000.• S.. ;.'. • '•-• .....-•••••-•-•.••••:',•!Z. . • .• . • . • • •• • , •• • INCONALI aViaod that P. I UOLAN, SonlOr Do

%Ida .tho :onlY employe° •arovnd . 1to ;actually .ropemborod • ANCABS . •advisod .124CO1WAIA • that..ANCENS ime not:much . of -n;

•:draftoman and iaa roloased coon aftor ho had boon hired. ••. . . . .,•••• • •••

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• October 13, 1961: •••••. • k‘, .• J..

_• •JAILS'BOIE and .00ntained'Baialc of Andhatti, Itindhani;•19, 1961

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This (=hock 144::endorzeda stamp of the Hational:1,Tet1 York, dated October,

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. . • I . •••r:o • cmAettent applications i:ora.; 5,••••

tilled' eat at that ti, but th.o ...looial Secariti./ 'unbar and•• • the ace or n prospective er...ployee.imre• all that yore required.-•;!••

••••• ,. • •• • •• r• • . •Ga Oetober19,-1961,-.1iY *T-3 advised that • in • ' • ••

. . • ..., -a dditien 'to _special acollat .1.s.mibbr 014-50:,"56:5, 0 T3• • • •••:: • 7. :••••••••• - •••S had A.• savinat aecoust • numbor 14 , ,7401, ..at . the Cic ica1•

•.• . J2ank Velf•York at Co;, 23rd 'Street and 10th .Avenue,. •-:.Her; york C.tr Ile opened tliia 'accoinit'Ooteber 6, 1953, ulth.

••••••••••.., •• • • • a 4ppoz.1.1.: of 2OOO. ic c'1 .othor depazit;in the •accoant

for .' 0170.00 on Cetobor .1, .1959. . lithe : re-laining entries • .• • ••;:;.. are trithdratala, soadrally in •low thxao-ricinto .amoisita...* The

balance in the account 1.10T/ i G3 naa reached on .,:•••••••,•••••.•• .•.• *.' Ootobor:28, 4960. ..• . • •••• :" ••• • • • • •

• • • : The aiLzature 'card dated getober. 6,, 1950, for ;•••••

210.7.3t.-112.1" A7.:CAITS reflect:. that :le itaz dratia=n residipa: •:•::•.1. : • :

• - 104-41 104th Street, i.thiend 11.111, •Queerts, lion York.heborn•Iletrombe.r, 11, 1919, in Latvia.. He lit.,•ted hia 1 -

•;;.. .i'athor aa, Ailt9-zi, his mother as =.1.08; atidys rite ', • . • • .•

• • • i.r: an application dated October 6; • 195i5., ; •!:7

checkint, aecoirra, he stated that he had lieen• er.iployod vd.th the Otia .Elovator Company, 260 llth Avenue,

. • raw "cloric--City, for trio oc Ho listed hie teloPhone;1.t.Twor co Cu 41-8000, 'E.-ttIonz,ion 69y...

_On iTorbtlinr• 2, 161, turashod•thei•-:

• rollOvdna in.rormation• concornins• thce iza erarra Onkorpmts• i .;;;411C411;3,;:apecia.1. .checkiris , accOunt number 01..11_500566:.

Rtimbor.','•••• 'Date . -• .

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October 15,-1951 ......0tisehevator.::? ., ' : Oomx.ny— ..,

'Oetober 13, : ./961- - Onsolidated••• . . • liaison Cp3pany:. • _ • . • /.4 *

October .3.3, 1961 •,-;•• la'.. V. *JANSOIZS, .

Thia chock : contalnoti on :the back...i'stam.P.:Of:the'Chazo.:Eanhattan.Badc....-,

osetehor 18, 1961 otio Elexator,

October -22, 1961 1 .11r.4..E...-:LAURIS: ' 6.50'...- . • _ . % - .. .

. .This chock contained an'tholack a: stamp of thetenestoca • BationalEar14 . LaneaCtc74 Pennsylvaniai...,

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'ooiobr 23, 1961 . -:', Mumble Oil and .- ''' - 34416.--.:. - .. . . I. .. : .. nofininc.Oompany s. .. '

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October 26;1961 *,: ,',Otis Eleiator . ' 35:00,..•: . . • Ocapmay .. ' • : -...1.'

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to be made .public'exCept inn usual proceedina-folloissu4nce-of-a suhpoond duce'S.tocu -

m.- , .- • •• .- • • ! ;.......• . . . . • . ....• . • .. ... • . ' .. . The indidea .of the Mow York Offico . of.tho FBI -

contain no-record of:subject s :1 Oaronts, listod above,.* .. eivJALTIS MOM and A...E.:141.41IS.....:... .',-': . . -. -' % '. • ,,-:;-

September . 3, ':1961,j6IDNEY A.. bAVIS,'Ar.oittozitthief,' , Adminiatration.atid ' laformation Section,'Imiartion.and Natuealisation:$orvice (IM2), 20 Most -...•Troadway, Mow York pity, mado amil3bla.t0 - 2A WILL1A4- p: ,) .2.WATI1 the WS filc-puMber A10233656, 'en nrIppTspicAnsi:

uhich reflects the fellouinainformation:- , . _• • ...• •• : •

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MC 1.05-5151'42• •. •• , ttn• ar...nl:Lecti,r...:1: for ra.-rt••Viaa and •••'.11ien••••/.:,.

• .;:tration I-107241:0, 'reflects .P.,.:C.a.'3,•1:::o• r,tated ha- •

. var.; born I:ova:Soar 11, .7.1./sas, 'Latvia, stated • her .• also lalom as rozas Itar.7.1:kinar. !ILI last por::.c.thent .* •• res•Icle.x.ce was 55 ..Aur;zbt.m.;,. •orzarri. Uc ms.'der:tined to ny_ta1cil3 . 11/.0.A.2.410, L, Eadt 163r1 StaNDe p•• .

55, now York.. Ho to desoribed as 5' . O H ; ?205:.potr41.H tic-.;•:,:.blond hair; gray bluo OZ,r0C ; bomp1e:aionj•S3tdtb115.n3-• Leiwian; -scars on.forohoad and loft chco l.c; ooeupation,'pi,of.ozoional anay OffiCer,.. nOw • painter •crid.driv...s.•*: Me'zr.olco Latvian, 0e 'man, Itusoian 'and•aono

' listed previous residences' at'. 193; Idga*...- 1939;Army sor.vice and P.O.W. • in Latvia, liaddia• and .Gornany

.• 194G • Bad lioarishoren•- 1948; reuburg L050; AUgsburg/ •liochkold, Germany, to date.

..• .. Subjeat'lleted‘., hie rolativez • as rename'.

•Wife •• • . ILlyi AAHCNSDa. euziter '•• An% iti=11S . :Son Gra° ituciaa • ,Pathor .• maws t.1:0.11113, deceased . 4.Mother. . HARM, nee W.ICS;-• "Address

. tte.aiork". "

. . •.•-• ANCAUS filed' an Affidaitin Lion of a• .

C2rtilloae, .a mxoriaoe .cortificate, .an• •Affidavit in Lieu••- . of Dir.charr,e Certificate, police record, . Certificate of •':

•ii:ae.n.ission and verified At:cure:nee Number 3367, approved • ...asis • 29, • 1955, lio elaided *. to be .a non-quota imnigraritz .eligible .to. an aseepee; and stated that in 1949, he had applied for

. an itnicratit vita at the Lilo Office, Nouburg/Do., aerclany,and in 1952,.. applied a.gain at the Illitod States• (US) • •.Condula t et Ati: Munich, Coranny•• • • • • ••• • .1... • • :

. , , .. •• • •was vanted an immigrant s vioa number 59k30...Novembor 10, 1955,..ao :a otatelotb linty-1=11 O mellitEL•BACIit • •; .:.•

• T.Iinioh. He 'hold :F:eiseaunweis 'number .0020306 dated Novotiber 10,1933, at Augsburg, •Cterinany,•' expiring • Novombo.r 10* .1956. • : • • • •

It was certified that .subjeet . hr.d Arrived at ,tho

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The insiieCo ::ofe the Netz : Yark Ctrtiee eonttinecf.no

•,,...:rocord concerning POL43 IIELLINGT011, m•ye"finnim:AROMIS, NELDA ACA", • LILI3A,B451.10.47. and ..BAIP.Pe.:;,.Allovians o l.T.IM -117EDRIT/S..

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't On October 39, 1961, 21,2r e.dviaed..ttiat the : Pirot i:. f'' :'•A ,lalow.ncertras ANCANS in . Germany, pO3sib in the eprin at

1i47. : ANCAN$ lived ini.Auseburfsi,..,:hia000t0i.. ANCAN$ vacs on the 'Central Lzard 0 palivai VaniG

Cei until about 1951k, dienthe:',Gonaress

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• • .A:or Votsrans, or:thisil ho.A:C.3 C 10 C 4.:%! a CACI:trZan .. SAC"• ore7onization la still cativo, and it is located' in.rou...•yOrk ....• • • .:

- • .• .r.r.cAus' wt .; •:,•arvin:; in the vin ..ParM,1 idiOn •.,• ::',.uSsia took oVor Latvia in 191:o. . sir.10. Latvian ItT-..e was.. ts.o'niiiica. into the .r.c..d Ara-,1 cad AX:G3 ilao .accordingly.,.•Mc:dill:mil wIth it. IT.o loft tho A-..-rj do a cOrporal . or ••••.*•• ..1..,..'. sergeant. Sifeacquer.tiz,r,.*AHOP.II!..i bocr.trao a lieutenant' in. tho.;Latlian Logical .and • coryod as an officer in no •Logion-to.tlio:‘:,'.. . . , .. ••

-• end ' of 'the war.' : ...,..,• •

. • • Imcomx 3.7:c .4r;:aa, now working fortio nouspapor.: t Liyi.t n in Gonsany, served as an it:toll/gong° officer •with : . the Latviar. Lozion. 'A.11113 was Under abr.:cr ./at:Lori s- ;U, IC iltTI, bat 1.4CI:ArI3 nclier ob"aincid any derogatory .

. oe,air.st• ••.• ". . . .

• !TY T-4 'stated that nor° ve.;..c .. trio 'sr=oro .azainstaoraszy. • One as tluit . onc or two off his sistOrs

vas rxrcotod • as a Gothimist. and . content:0d' tO'occond rumor. wan that a brother oi' •AHCAIr3 . ts o/ceted to..

•parliamont • Whcn it was tirzt, organized in cooperation with.-ths •• CoLu•smists,. after the- esion of Zoviot • 3ocia3.ist' • •Hcpublioa (133:.M) took; over Latvia. A-AGMS came fro. at.a..big i tamily. • NY T.4; stated ho itid not •laiou•thero was -.

• :any .subotr.nco to thoso f.ttorics At all.. Iiowovor,. it was hia,*opinion that ANG/ING Vas •-"somorfait stupid "„ And . was not.intelligant•enotzt, to be active as a Soviot scent;

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It Ilia HY. T-4.1.3 recollection that:A: , AIM had •

rox2L.:cd a very short tim6, for the Central inô13iconca. • .:Coney (CIA) in Gemaziy ..baZon* 195rriFF"19:2)this • inforination camo : to him thrOuWi:VITI.S . Ww4:3,. ate is...

- .Ott Juno 3, 1960, IC THOMAS G. CLEARY roocived EV.7

• tclophone • oall from an, anonynuzuo fcmaio complainant who •' '; ". •otatod that oho was Gorman Jew, and that . hor husband; a .....houochold oorvico man, had boon doing somo Vark 41 the hOme: •of HOZEHT AlICANS at 13-33 115th stroot, HiChMOrld Quoons,and ho noticed that One of the SUbjoct io walls was alniostontiroly covorod vdth a•mural or photo of himoolt in a Corneastorm trooper =form.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Yoe:, lIerr YorklIovoctor 30, 1961

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Character Internal Scourit7 R ••

Reference is made to kat: York report of *.Special teent Ralph P. ibaler, dated and captioned asabove. •

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All sources (except any listed belov) used in referenced• coomunication have furnished reliable informatiorc in the past.

Iron York T-1, Now York T-3 and Mu York T-4 have•furnished =Liable Information In tho past. • r- •

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Regarding the operational climate for clandestine across-the-border opera-'tions in the Suwalki of Poland using recruited ethnic Lithuanians who live onboth the Lithuanian as well as the Polish side' of the border, Subject elaborated. •at length as follows:

•. I.. Under no circumstsmces should these areas be viewed with any degree. •

of security whatsoever, because the KGB and the Polish intelligence services'have made intensive counterintelligence preparations in these areas to preventclandestine operations.. The KGB has its emigre directorate (called the Ninth

• Directorate) under the First Chief Directorate. It is subdivided into its com-ponents by nationalities sub-units and.a sub-unit for *it. Guards as a whole. .. .

• • The Lithuanian sub-unit not only monitors all possible Lithuanian emigre groups,..wherever they may be in the 'world, but has its resident agents who are informants

''living in their midst. The counterpart for this activity under the Second Chief• 'Directorate is the Eleventh Directorate, called Nationalities Groups. Formerly-. .4t was the Fourth Directorate. Its sub-sections' broken up on a basis of

nationalities which are largelY geographic and, in the case of Lithuania, there- is also the local Lithuanian Nationality-Field Office in' Vilnius to handle the: activity as well as the parent sub-section in Moscow. This sub-section has its

: agents and informant/ livingimaong the Lithuanian population particularly bear •. . the borders of adjacent. countries. The sub-section closely coordinatesuith the

• 'emigre sub-section of the First Directorate and, in addition, obtains support •. from "Section Ka. which is the coordinating section for all activities under the

'First Chief Directorate. This section is headed by Georgiy Stepanovich XEVDOKIMENKO.'On the Polish Sido only the Secondthler islrectorato is concerned, which also has *

. .a section for non-Pollah minorities reaiding In Poland. Thin :section bag liaison. .channels to. the appropriate sub-section of the Second Chief Direttorato. Subject . : •

.,..etressod that it would be far easier to run operations from -either a foreign ' •-• :1 •iountry in the person of visitors or from a part of Poland not adjacent to the •

territory. At least, in that 'manner,. the intensive surveillance and unsuspectedpenetrations from bpth sides would be minimized. Subject was so emphatic about •lads that he prepared a map of Poland showing the prominent areas in which Lith- -suntans reside. He' said that sad: area was given constant and specific counter-. •intelligence attention. Subject was quite interested in this concept, however;

.and, as it developed later, he agreed to write a short study (referred to above) :-which would be entitled "Agent Operations against the USSR Based from Satellite . . . .

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II. liegrading further information on a -61. JANVINS (or similar name) -• which Subject had• reported previously as being a Lithuanian, a principal agent

associated with another principal agent named ROGALL, who in turn had acquain-tanceship to some degree with SKORTSENY, Subject stated the tenoning:

-L. He could not recall the exact name, but it could have just as

. well been JANUES (AIS agent) and he could be a Latvian as well as a

' Lithuanian, although Subject vaguely recalled that he thought he was• Lithuanian. The basic information came from the gliatt data which sus-.

. pected FRIESSEN, the penetration of the German service and which wascontained in a CE dossier as far back as 1945-19146. Subject had pre-viously reported the FRIESSEN case to EE. The only adlitional information

• was that operations against the West using penetrations against the Balticpeoples, Ukrainians and Belrussianscrun from Poland by the NOB were conductedby Lt. Col. marnnanr, now in counterintelligence in Kiev* and Cot. KAS-

'4YANG, who was later transferred to Prague. Subject saw the tile in 1945-

III.. AnOther case of possible interest to SE/2'which was askeibyC...1dealt . with three persons suspected of clandestine activities in Spain.

The first . one,./CARANCUSEI, a Pole who enjoys favorable trade concessions on goodsf from. Poland, Subject has heard was definitely a Polish agent. The second person,'

the Spaniard Franeisco SOLA ySEQUERAS, is definitely an agent; and Subject..'400148,pe1'sonalky that he was visited by his awn acquaiatance,e KGB agent and a .much-sought 'man in the West for an assortment of crimes, Herschel LI:MEWS

• Mtschi . WISHNEWSKIT who traveled under a Polish passport:under the falso'name'-'*. WF.SitACRII when he -visited Barcelona in 059 to..eoetact SEQCFAS.

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